Babies Unite!

As I mentioned in the previous post, we traveled this weekend to Cherry Hill, New Jersey which is fairly close to Philadelphia for a baby naming ceremony of our new cousin, Bella! Boy does Bella live up to her name. She is just as cute as can be and we were so happy to finally cuddle our new cousin.  Asher enjoyed meeting Bella so much that he tried his best to communicate with her.  It was so cute to watch him try to interact with her. We can't wait until baby Bella gets to be a bit older and the two can meet for play dates.




Asher says, "Hi, Bella!"

 



The Joel side of the family. Look at baby Bella, she steals the show with her smile.



11 months old

Our little boy is growing up, he is already 11 months old. Currently, Asher is on a hunger strike. Our little chubbikins used to love to eat just about anything you put in front of him. Now, he has regressed to only bottle feedings and an occasional bagel, oy vey! Trying to feed him has consumed most of my time over the last few weeks and Jed and I have become fairly creative in ways that we have approached feeding time with Asher.

With all that we have managed to still travel. We headed to Philadelphia this past weekend for our cousins baby naming. (pictures to follow in the next post).  Our Philadelphia trip coincided with Asher's 11 month birthday and so we took pictures of him with his sign at Jed's law school Alma Mater, Penn, and in the hotel room. These birthday signs are becoming more and more challenging. Luckily, we only have one more month to go until the big ONE, until then here is our 11 month birthday picture.

On Penn's campus next to our good friend Ben.

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

Asher's first Thanksgiving was a success, his daddy made the entire meal and we shared it with Grandpa Neil who is visiting from Pittsburgh.  We gave Asher mashed potatoes, but he told us in the best way that he knew how that he prefers yogurt. So, we mixed some squash with his yogurt for his first Thanksgiving feast.

Asher's 1st Thanksgiving feast.



We are grateful for Asher, our little Turkey.

 Today, was Black Friday, the day everyone goes out and gets the best buys for the holidays. It was such a gorgeous day that we decided to go to the National Arboretum instead of dealing with the crowds.  Boy, are we glad we did!!!

The happy family the day after Thanksgiving!




Happy baby on top of his Grandpa's shoulders.

 


My little guy taking a break to snuggle.





All of the Silversmith boys.

The last of the Fall colors.

Discovering the Door Stopper

The last few days Asher has been exploring the door hinges and door stoppers in the house.  Life is pretty exciting for a 10 month old.

Happy Birthday, Da-da!

Asher and I are a little late posting our birthday wishes for Da-da, but we do believe that it is better late than never. 

Daddy's birthday was on November 16th, unfortunately, he got Asher's 1st cold.  However, that didn't hamper the day.  Instead, we celebrated with Asher's beautiful masterpiece for his Da-da along with a celebration dinner and an awesome cupcake. What a way for a guy to ring in his 38th year of life!

Asher wasn't so sure about finger painting...



Working on Da-da's art piece is a messy job.




Mommy had to pitch in to help, guess who got a bath afterwards?



Happy Birthday, Da-da!

Let's Crawl....

Asher has been moving around lately and keeping both Jed and I on our toes.  His motivation lies in chasing little Roswell. Asher spots Roswell and off he goes, laughing and shrieking all the way.  Go, Asher, go!

Our Little Monster



 It has been a busy last few weeks.  We are finally getting around to posting our Halloween pictures. Our little monster had a lot of fun playing with the fuzz on his costume.  Other than that, he had no idea it was Halloween.  We enjoyed spending his first Halloween in Pittsburgh with Grandpa Neil and Nana.  Asher loved playing with them and showed him his new talents--eating teether biscuits, puffs, and getting from point A to point B by any means necessary.

When we first put Asher in the costume, he didn't know what to do with the extra weight on his head.  He sat with his head tilted back for a long time.

Happy Monster

Monster play with Daddy.

With the costume fitted, we were headed out to Pittsburgh for some Halloween snuggle time.

A happy baby with Nana at the library before the costume

and here is our monster who was playing the part perfectly and wanted nothing to do with the paparazzi or the costume. 



A little less of a cranky monster here.





Listening to Nana talk to her coworkers.




Doing a little monster jig at Nana's work.






Hi, Nana!

Asher loves his Grandpa Neil

See you soon, Nana and Grandpa Neil, Rarrr....