Fun with Nana

Nana flew in for the weekend and we had nonstop fun! Asher showed her how well he can get around.  He also showed her his comedic side by throwing his food off of the highchair. Big belly laughs were all that Nana heard as he took each piece of his dinner and gently tossed it off of the highchair.  He loved Nana's reaction, even though Nana didn't want the fun to continue and took the highchair tray away. That's alright by us, sorry Asher, we don't throw food.

Also, the weather was fantastic this afternoon, another beautiful day in DC. We decided to dress Asher up and take him out to Arlington for a fun afternoon of house hunting and eating. We stopped at District Taco for some of our favorite food and Asher enjoyed showing everyone how much he loves black beans, he even showed off for two of my students that just happend to be there.

Below are some adorable pictures from this afternoon. Love his outfit!

Enjoying his toy box!

Helping Daddy out in the kitchen

Bedtime story with Nana and Asher this evening.

Crying over Cupcakes

This past week we celebrated Valentine's Day with a cupcake for Asher. Boy, did he enjoy his cupcake. So much so that we decided to take it away from him because of all the sugar he was ingesting. His Daddy thought that he wouldn't notice...not true, not true. Asher had a fit, his face turned red and he tried his best to get out of the high chair.  We tried our best not to laugh at him and ended up giving in and giving him back his cupcake. We may be turning into pushover parents. I decided it was alright to be a pushover, after all, it was Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's, Asher!

Happy Baby

Sad, no cupcake, baby!

Really sad, no cupcake, baby!

Bring back the cupcake, Mommy!

Change of scenery always makes things better.

Happy Asher with his Valentine's Day book from his Mama.

We love you Asher, our sweet little Valentine!

Bath time for Asher

Asher is getting used to using the entire tub to take a bath.  He loves to play with his bath toys, but is not sure of what to make of the space he now has in the tub. Here are a few snapshots of our bath this evening.

Watching the water run

Testing the water and watching his toys float.

I love bath time!

Super Sunday for Standing

Asher is learning by leaps and bounds. Currently, Asher can clap his hands to "Patty Cake"-- this is especially useful when doing diaper changes.  He does a great job of communicating that he wants you to hold him by pulling on your pant leg or telling you that he is frustrated by kicking his feet.  However, sometimes, when he kicks, it is to show happiness. The smile or the frown on his face are the dead giveaway when interpreting his kick.  Also, Asher can hold his sippy cup filled with water and gnaw on the straw with delight. He enjoys crawling and can do so at a super fast speed, almost a run-crawl. He also loves to point to tell us where he wants to go. Lately, it has been the Fazzino painting proudly hanging in our living room. He has good taste in art, don't you think? Today, he impressed us all by climbing up 4 steps, while no one was looking, to retrieve his Daddy's shoe. This promptly was followed by Mommy and Daddy blaming one another for not watching him carefully.  Finally, Asher is getting really good at standing. He L.O.V.E.'s it!




Nap time is officially over!





Loves to open doors



He looks like a little boy here.

Now, he is going to try to figure out how to get down.

So far, this is Asher's solution. He is very careful not to go down with a hard thud. We are very impressed.

A Birthday Party for Asher

Asher's Birthday party was a few weeks ago and boy did we have a good time. We had over 40 people attend and we shut down our local coffee shop for the event.  The theme for our January party was a Winter Wonderland with everything centered on feeling warm and cozy. Oddly enough, it happend to be 60 degrees on the day of the party.



Sweet Asher




The location had to fit the theme, a cozy local coffee shop!





Party Favors



Little snowman toys, sitckers, and kazoos to entertain all the "5 and under".




Cupcakes for all the guests--strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla.




I loved our balloons, we had around 100.



Snow globes as our centerpieces. I made the one in the back of this picture.



Giving the Birthday speech right before the cake.




Yummy!




Dig in





Joy




Several times Asher was trying to go for his teether biscuit instead of the actual cake, here you can see him munching on the teether biscuit filled with frosting.



Even Asher's shirt was fit for the occasion. It was a little snowman with Asher's name printed on it.



Bubbie and the baby



Kiera lives up the street and her dad has been friends with Asher's daddy since college.





Alan, one of Asher's first friends. He also lives up the street. He is the cutest little guy. I always want to pinch his cheeks.

My newest little cousin from NYC, Bella.



Elanna, the party girl.







 


Bubbie's side of the family.



Cousins!



So much fun was had and so many memories were created. What a way to celebrate Asher's first year of life.