Climb Ev'ry...Dragon???

My son...Asher, the climber. I found him doing this the other day, looking like a regular mountain climber in his stance (to me, anyway).

He's standing on top of his dragon toy in his play yard, and playing with the blinds. He's a hoot.

Catching Up...

I must admit Val and Julie are much better at keeping up with this, but oh well, I try. Anyway, I'll try to catch up here and make this as interesting as possible! HOME PROJECTS That seems to be what we are ALWAYS doing and/or thinking about lately. Over Christmas vacation, we started to paint our bedroom. So far, we have the ceiling, and one wall done! YAH! Of course, as with any home project we try to do, something went wrong. When trying to peel off the tape that's supposed to peel off easily, it took some of the paint and/or wall with it. Joy. Something to touch up later. We can't even paint a room. Haha. But at least the paint looks good and I picked a color I like. As for the rest of the room decorating I want to do, that will have to come as money allows, as always. It's ok. Keeps me humble. And thankful, hopefully. Money...christmas money...brings me to the other recent home project....dum da dum...the woodstove! Yes, we FINALLY bought a woodstove - at a great price - and had it installed. Of course, the first time we tried to use it, we smoked ourselves out of the house! Yep...unable to establish a draft (something we didn't know about at the time...Jeremy's experience includes building campfires...) the smoke filled the house, causing us to flee to mom and dad's for the night. Thankfully the smell cleared out and didn't linger. Jeremy now knows how to build and indoor fire and has done so successfully - and is very proud of it. So now the focus is on setting up and cleaning out the basement...again...always. Why do we have so much stuff? Anyway, we need to move the futon to the basement and make that the "guest room" so Asher can move to his big boy room...even though he'll still be in a crib. Anyway...here's the big reason this must happen (soonish)... Yep, Asher's going to be a big brother! Sometime around September 10th, according to Babycenter.com. Surprise! I'm getting used to it and even getting a little excited! They'll be 18 months apart! Another big thing in our lives is Asher is walking! I'm going to try to put a video on here but I don't know if it will work or not. Here goes...



Yeah! It finally worked. It's so cute to watch him totter around, so proud, yet still a little unsure of himself! Today we went to Mom and Dad's to gather some kindling wood. We took Asher for a walk in the woods. He was so cute holding our hands and walking! Asher is also self-feeding and eating more table food now. Tonight he ate green beans! It amazes me how much he can eat with only two teeth! And here's some more random, yet cute pictures of Asher. Asher and Grandma Asher, 10 months old Asher kissing Aunt April Asher and his friend, Cody Mohney Asher and his girlfriend, Ella Wolfe Peek-a-boo!

That's the Breaks

Well, Asher has officially begun breaking things...it's clear I am now a parent! Last night he pulled down a lamp and broke it and today he broke a princess house oil lamp. Both times he accessed these things because of a doily or something under the item...meaning he could pull that and whatever's on top of it came along! Oi. Guess I'll have to get rid of those things!

Well Christmas and New Years are past and now I'm trying to get back to life. Had to let Asher cry to sleep again last night...back to square one teaching him how to go to sleep. His schedule was nonexistant through holiday gatherings. And of course, my sister and her family were here from Nashville for a week, so life just comes to a halt when they're here. We don't see them much so we need to make the most of the times we have when we have them. We had lots of fun times with the family and I won't go on about it because Julie (my sis in law) did a great job blogging it so if you want to see pics and stuff go to her blog www.weidman-family.blogspot.com.

So now that I've caught up on Val's and Julie's blogs (reading them) I thought I should blog. I never have too much interesting to say like they do because I'm usually thinking about what else I should be doing besides sitting here typing!

Interesting random fact...the name Asher was #252 in 2006 according to Social Security Office. Also, on the credits of Sabrina the Teenage Witch (I was flipping back and forth between that and HGTV and I didn't see the whole episode) I saw a character was named "Asher". That was cool! I noticed the name Wyatt was #52 thereabouts in 2007, according to babycenter.com.

Well, Jeremy just called so I guess I'll go talk to him. Peace and Love to you all in bloggerland.

I'm in a hurry...

Remember that country song that goes..."I'm in a hurry to get things done, Rushin' Rushin' till life's no fun...all I really gotta do is live and die but I'm in a hurry and don't know why."

Well as I was rushin' around yesterday and a little stressed, that song came to mind and it just kinda made me happy and calmed me down. Fun little ditty...

Anyway, yesterday I took Asher to mom's for the afternoon. That's probably the longest I've left him and the longest he's been with Grandma! He had a good time and even went to sleep for her. I need to help him aquire some better sleep habits now that he's not sick. He's been a bear to get to sleep at night and finally the last two nights we just let him cry himself to sleep. Hard to do, but I feel it's necessary at this point. Hopefully he'll get the point soon that it's not worth it and to just go to sleep!

So now we are looking forward to our first Christmas with a child! He's so fun and I can't wait for Christmas morning.

I should report that he's quite the verbal little boy. His words that he says with meaning are: Ma Ma, Da Da, A-ma (Grandma), Moh (more), A-meh! (Amen) and Uh-oh. Only Uh-oh sounds more like a hiccup. It's cute.

Poor Little Sick Boy

Well we got through (we're getting through) our first major illness with a child. Poor little Asher couldn't keep anything down this morning. He was so tired and so limp in my arms all day...I've never seen him so lethargic. But thankfully, after much rest and many sips of gatorade, he's hydrated and feeling better. I'm glad we didn't have to take him to the ER for IVs! Actually, I think he's on a sugar high from the gatorade! Here's a picture of him when he was feeling so sick...



But even though he was feeling so sick, he still found it in him to smile at the camera...sweet boy...




I felt so bad for him. But now he's feeling better...see?

Thankfulness

I just read an email from a friend with a Thanksgiving greeting saying what she is thankful for. It made me think...what is thankfulness, really? Sometimes it can seem like just something I say, but how deep does it go in me? Is thankfulness a feeling? Do I FEEL thankful like I feel love or hurts? Is it a state of mind, thinking about what life would be like without the things we're have, and being glad that we have them, recognizing that others don't? Each year at this time and times throughout the year even, I think about thankfulness for my blessings. I even think about where the blessings come from - from God. But I'm not sure the thankfulness reaches my very soul, which is where I think thankfulness should truly come from.

As I pondered all this, I realized that thankfulness is not a feeling, nor even a state of mind, though it may begin there. True thankfulness is seen in where it ends, in our actions. Yes, thankfulness is a way of life; an attitude. If we are truly thankful, it is seen in our attitude in the daily, mundane tasks of life. I was just folding laundry, a task which I often loathe. Yet, if I am thankful, my attitude would be happy to do the task...happy that I have clothes to fold. Even many clothes to fold. Thankful for my husband and son, whose clothes I am folding! Each day I am faced with the task of cleaning and organizing my home and all the things in it. Sometimes I hate all the stuff we have. In fact, I do beleive I have too much STUFF. I am trying to get rid of what we don't need. I get frustrated easily when I cannot seem to keep things in control here. But in thankfulness I am reminded that I am blessed to have this home, and to love taking care of it.

Well those are my random thoughts today. Now it's back to work, and this time with a thankful heart.

By the way...Asher's getting a tooth!

Catching Up

It's been a long time since I've added to this blog, because I've been pretty busy at home, but I'll get into that later. THe biggest news since I last wrote is that Asher has started crawling! He is also getting stronger and stronger at standing and pulling himself up...he even walks a little from thing to thing while holding on! Jeremy says that he stood himself up independently yesterday, but promptly fell back down. My prediction is he'll be walking by Christmas! We'll see! Here's a clip of his first time crawling...yep! I caught it on camera! It's kinda long, but he does crawl at the end!Ok it looks like the video didn't work on my computer...so here's some pics.






So I've been busy because I have given myself a schedule of tasks to complete each day, and it's really helping me to focus my time. I was getting so overwhelmed each day when I'd look and see 15 different things that needed to be done all over the house, and I just didn't know where to start! But now, when I'm unmotivated (or overwhelmed) I can tell myself, I just have to do this and that, and then it gets me going and helps me to focus. Last week it worked well for me. But it means I'm not spending as much time on the computer. Which is a good thing, except those emails pile up! But it's really helping me to keep up with housework; at least the everyday stuff. And it's satisfying to cross tasks off the list each day. Well that's all I have time for now...hopefully I can work computer time into my schedule now...