A birthday and 5 years of marriage!

David turned 29 a few weeks ago! We celebrated by going to Great Falls National Park. We've been to the Maryland side of the falls several times but this was our first time visiting from the Virginia side.




We also celebrated our 5 year anniversary on the 20th! Hard to believe that we have been married for 5 years already! We went out to eat and to visit this place called Morven Park, the home of a former Virginia governor from 1918-1922.

Solid Food!

We decided to have Asher try out some solid food this past week. Banana was always my favorite when I was little and we had him try some. You can see what he though of it in this little video. :)

Asher's blessing

Asher was blessed about a month ago. We were sad to not have any family out here but we were happy to have our good friends Gary and Barbara come out from Maryland. It was a very nice blessing and I particularly noted thoughts on the service Asher might bring to others. He is such a sweet happy baby and we just love him more and more everyday.

4 months old!

Our little baby is growing up so fast! Asher is doing great and we really enjoy seeing him develop and learn. He is laughing almost everyday and likes to be tickled. He is able to roll over from his tummy to his back, and likes to suck on his first two fingers. He has recently discovered his feet and likes to grab them. He always has a great big smile in the morning when you go to pick him up. Lately he hasn't been sleeping quite so well, sometimes waking up right after we put him down. This made for a few long nights. He has never really liked his pacifier, so that didn't help much at night. I decided to get him a new kind of pacifier and he has really taken to it. He is still waking up but if I give him the pacifier right away he will instantly go back to sleep, as opposed to having to nurse him back to sleep after only being down for a half hour.
His weight gain has slowed down even though he still eats very frequently. Current stats:
Height 24.25 in (46th %) Weight 14 lbs 15 oz (56th %) Head (70%).
The pediatrician asked me if big heads run in the family. My response: "Ummm...I never thought to ask."

Easter

We had a very nice low key Easter here. Asher got a cute new little outfit from his grandma and aunt and had a little Easter basket. He, of course, was oblivious to it all, but I'm sure next year he'll start to get the hang of things.

Baby laughs

Our new camera has some limited video abilities. I managed to capture Asher laughing a few days ago! So adorable!

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.