Spring!

The trees and flowers are really in bloom this week! Up until now we've always lived in a high rise apartment, it is so nice to have a little backyard and actually have some plants and flowers around us. Here is our townhouse with the tree in front covered in gorgeous pink blossoms.


A couple of other shots of the plants in front of the house.

And here is the tree in the backyard, a dogwood tree. Very different looking.

We got Asher a little bumbo like seat so that he can sit up unassisted and practice using those kneck muscles. The seat also came with this circular tray with some little toys on it, although at this point he still hasn't shown a lot of interest in toys. But he's started to grab at them a little bit.



We recently got a new camera and realized that we have almost no pictures of us with the baby, so we are trying to make an effort to take a few.



And I just had to add these two because I think he looks adorable!

3 months old!

It's hard to believe our little baby is already 3 months old! He had his 3 month check up a couple of days ago. Here are his most recent measurements:
Weight 13 lbs 15 oz (90th percentile) Height 23.25 in (50% percentile) and Head 90th percentile.
So, it appears we have a big eater, which I could have already told you because I'm the one feeding him every 1 1/2- 2 hrs in the day time. :) Thankfully he still sleeps quite well, and only wakes up to eat a little and then drifts back to sleep pretty quickly.
So, what is a day like in the life of Asher? Well first he wakes up all swaddled in his bassinet by the bed. He is usually quite happy first thing in the morning after a good rest.

After that we do a lot of feeding, catnapping, and playing. And then Asher will usually get a good walk in his baby bjorn if the weather is nice, or we do the wii stepper together. He likes that, usually makes him smile or puts him to sleep. Or sometimes a bath in the whale tub.
And then it's time for a long afternoon nap (preferably in his swing, but on a bad day all on my lap after repeatedly trying to put him down). But he sure is cute and sweet and look at those pretty blue eyes! Then David comes home and we get a few hours of family time before it's off to bed.

Auntie Nikki Comes for a Visit.

My sister was able to come out for a week and she was very happy to finally meet the baby! We had a great time playing together. We took advantage of her video camera while she was here, as ours is still on the fritz. And of course I tried to upload one of them and it wouldn't work!
Asher has an incredible ability to sense when a camera is photographing him. He will instantly stop smiling and look at the camera. We managed to capture a couple of smiles, but mostly we have a series of photos with a very serious looking baby.

Here is Asher with his Auntie, wearing a cute bib she made for him.

Asher being a good boy at the fabric store. Asher loves to be pushed in his stroller, he will usually smile or fall asleep.

Sadly our video camera died last week, so no more videos for a while. We are also working on getting a new camera; our current one seems to produce blurry pictures more often than not. It doesn't help that I am trying to take pictures of a moving wiggling baby. But here are a few pictures that turned out pretty well.

Asher's great grandmother made him this cute little bunny hat, which of course he manages to wiggle out of in a matter of minutes. But he sure looks cute!



He sure looks a lot like a Matheny in this last picture!

Look at me grow!

Here is a picture of Asher 2 days old and one of him at 2 months 3 weeks old. Amazing how fast he grows!


I'm still struggling to get a really good picture of Asher's smile, he does it all the time but does not like to perform for the camera! Here he is biting his lower lip, something he does a lot.

Cute Baby Smiles

Here is a little video of Asher. It isn't the video I wanted to upload, I couldn't get that one to work for some reason, which is unfortunate because he gives some really nice smiles. He kind of smiles in this one, but you will have to endure a couple minutes of mommy baby talk until he actually does it. Feel free to turn down the volume. :)