5 Weeks Ago

It's hard to believe that our little boy is over 5 weeks old!  It's even harder to believe that in no time he will be the same size as Addalie and we will wonder where the time went.  Asher is growing like crazy is such a good baby.  We had to take him to the doctor on Monday for a check up, and he weighed in at 9lbs 5oz, which means he gained almost 2 lbs in less than 3 weeks!  We'll be starting him in on the weights soon. 

For Asher's birth we were so blessed to have our great friend Susan take pictures for us.  That was one of our biggest disappointments when Addalie was born because we didn't have anyone there to take pictures during or afterwards since we were in Ohio.  Now we haven't been around a lot of birth photographers, but we can guarantee that Susan Kedroski is the best by far!  We are so thankful for her and the memories we will always have from the moments she captured.  Thanks Susan!

Here are some of our favorites....

Deciding on whether or not to have an epidural...

1:52 pm, Asher is here

Our Mommies 

Addalie meeting her new bubba 

Already a Texas fan.  Hook Em' 

And now here is our boy at 5 weeks 

Lately...

So I've been terrible about blogging, or communicating with the outside world in general. I've relied on Daniel to communicate with people and keep the blog up, and look how he has slacked this past week! Just kidding, I honestly don't know what I would do without him. Since we had Asher, we have truly had to be more of a team and I have a whole new appreciation for him!

So... what's been going on with us? Not a whole lot, really. We took a quick trip to Welch last week to see my parents and let Asher meet some family. I just needed to see my parents, you know? We are looking at houses to rent pretty often, and so far have come up with nothing. Unfortunately, we will have to raise our price range if we want anything decent. We have gone back and forth about possibly staying in this apartment, but if we are going to pay that much and are not doing CARES, we would prefer a house with a yard and no stairs! I had no problem with these stairs until I got pregnant, and since I've had Asher, the dislike has grown to hatred! I have a toddler who will hardly go up and down on her own, and when she does, it takes twenty minutes, so I give in and haul both children up and down two flight of stairs way too often. I've started neglecting the upstairs rooms because I just don't want to go through the trouble to go up there! Please pray that we find a house that works for us soon!

I'm still not in the swing of not working or not doing CARES. I'm grateful that I don't have to worry about it because the kids take up all my time, but it's the first time I haven't had a side job on my mind always. I am used to getting out more! I'm kinda ready for summer when all the moms from church have fun play dates and activities planned frequently! I mean, I'm super busy around the house, but I just feel better when I spend time out and about. Again, I think a yard would help! Ok, enough rambling about nothing interesting, here are a few pics! My mom threatened me not to put the pig tails one up, but what's she gonna do about it?

Cousin Bonnie

We had more family come in town today!  Ryan, Suzanne & Bonnie came all the way down from Earth to meet Asher and spend New Years with all of us.  Addalie & Bonnie have been really cute and fun together. 

Here are the girls in their matching Christmas pajamas! 

Pop & Grand-D got Addalie a story book with their voices recorded on it.  Here are the girls right before bed listening to it. 

"Aunt Susu" made Addalie all kinds of bows for Christmas.  Can you tell our girl likes to dress up?

Here are the girls chasing one of our remote control helicopters that we got for Christmas from Santa!  Thanks Santa!

Can you tell a difference in skin tone?? 

This is how our girl rides around on her bike....when she isn't dragging her feet in water puddles. 

And here are some pictures of our boy.......

Holding tight to his paci.

Happy 3 weeks Asher!

Christmas

Well all our family is gone and it is just the 4 of us again.  We had a great Christmas and are always sad when it is over.  This year was a little different than most in the sense that we did not do any traveling.  With Asher still being so young we wanted to make sure we were able to get into a routine before we did a lot of traveling, so we were fortunate that family was able to come see us. 

Since we were home this year we were able to go to the Christmas Eve service at church which we have never been able to do.  It was a great service and a great way for us to remember what this season is all about. 

Here is our little family right before we left for church.

Our little boy has been very alert the last few days. 

Our sweet girl all dressed up.  We could not get her to smile for the camera though.

Not sure what was so funny. 

You might think several things about this picture, but one thing for sure is that it is not a Snuggie!  It is a fleece with sleeves!   

Addalie got a kitchen from Santa this year, along with various other cleaning supplies.  Here is the before shot.   

Here is the after/   

Family picture Christmas morning while we were all still in our pajamas.   

Addalie got a 4-wheeler from Pop & Gran-D,  She loves it!! 

It didn't take long for her to feel comfortable on it.  She will be jumping cars in no time! 

We all got bikes this Christmas from Santa!  Yes that is a large tricycle! 

Addalie riding with her momma! 

The whole family. (Minus Ryan, Suzanne & Bonnie) 

Uncle Kanyon & Aunt Erica came for a quick visit on their way to Houston. 

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Christmas Lights

We went out and looked at Christmas lights tonight since we failed to do so before Christmas.  Here are some pictures of the places we went. 

This was in Cedar Park on Chinati Court.  The whole Cul-de-sac particpated!

In each yard was a different sign like this from "The Night Before Christmas"

This is a massive oak tree at a park in Cedar Park.

 

The best part of our night was this house in Round Rock.  If you are in the area you need to stop by to see this, they have several songs with lights synchronized to the music.  The last show is on December 30th. 

Kinect

Gran-D and Pop bought and X-Box with Kinect the other day and brought it along for us all to enjoy while they are here for Christmas.  Here are the girls doing some dancing!  I think our little girl is a natural! 

On an unrelated note, Asher went for a check up today and is doing awesome.  He weighed in at 7lbs 6 oz and 20 3/4 inches.  Our baby boy is growing fast!

First Bath

Asher got his first bath in the tub this evening.  We were more prepared with him than we were with Addalie:  we had a space heater warming up the room, a more comfortable bath bed, and a big sister who was ready to help if needed..........and by help I mean making sure he had enough bath toys in the tub!  Don't worry, no injuries tonight.

He had no idea what was about to happen......

Almost there.....

Not a happy boy!

Needless to say, our kiddos do not like baths...here is Addalie during her first bath. (Can you tell they are brother and sister?)

Calming down 

Snuggling with his John Deere blanket, thinking of PaPa 

On a side note, Addalie wanted to help get Asher's bath ready, so of course she has to wear a big bow on her head!

We have a sweet girl

On another side note....Addalie is almost 2!  There are several pieces of evidence that have helped us conclude this fact...1) March is less than 3 months away, 2)she is absorbing everything we say.  She is talking so well, learning all her colors and letters, growing like crazy and, 3) Getting into EVERYTHING!  We have included a couple pictures of what she did just today....

She loves to clean, therefore she thought it was appropriate to pull out all the cleaning wipes. 

She also loves to draw and color, since no paper was available, the kitchen floor should be okay right? 

Somethings we did not get pictures of include, sticking her hands in the toilet then grabbing all of Asher's paci's, pulling the ornaments off the tree, constantly spilling drinks because she wants to drink out of the big cups, eating chapstick, putting on lotion, throwing all she can in the tub, crawling in Asher's bouncer, swing and bed, pulling the stocking down and getting hit with the stocking holders, pulling anything she can out of drawers, cabinets or the fridge, leaving books all over the house, using everything she can as a phone, and being the sweetest little girl in this whole world!  She makes all bad days better!