Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful, family full Thanksgiving. We enjoyed visiting with the Mascari and Perea families in the early afternoon and then headed to Papa's and Granny's for a fabulous dinner. We didn't get too many pics, sorry.

Here is our Thankful Tree we made the beginning of November. We used pictures of the people in our life that we are thankful for since Asher can't read, but he knows the pictures.

Asher playing with his cousins...

Asher loves playing with the big boys and even got in on tackling them too



The traditional Turkey leg for the baby

Isaac enjoyed gumming a lot, he had some sweet potatoes too.
Asher and Papa relaxing in Papa's recliner watching some tv after a long day.
We have so much to be thankful for this year and years past too. We are surrounded by wonderful family and friends. We have a warm, comfy home and food in our fridge, daddy has a great job and I get to stay at home and so much more! Hope your Thanksgiving was great too, you were in our thoughts and prayers!

Desert Trip

We had a blast on our desert trip. Asher loved being so free and running in the sand. He really enjoyed all the big kids and adults. Asher rode the 50 for the first time too! We weren't able to get any pics of the 50 ride since Daddy and Momma were running along side him, but our fellow campers thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment! The weather was beautiful and we had lots of fun. We enjoyed the fellowship and I was able to get in a ride, first time in over 2 years...I have been pregnant 2 desert seasons in a row.

We think we have finally figured out what 'a kers' means in Asher english...the girls. Ever since Asher started talking, his words would be proceeded with ahh or ahhh la and then the word. So, since we have been home, whenever he sees a young girl, especially with blonde hair, he says a kers. So, we think he is saying 'the girls' which makes sense to me since I would ask him if he wanted to go see 'the girls', Kendra, Jenna, Taylor and Selah were his besties out there.
We opted to keep the boys in jammies since it was so cold the morning we left.

Asher sleeping on the way out...

Isaac hanging out in brothers seat for part of the ride. Getting close to Glamis the boys rode in my lap for a better view.

Loving the sand...
Asher enjoying running free
Playing with the big boys
Isaac's first quad ride
8 months old and riding like a pro
Loving the outdoors
Preparing for his first quad ride alone
Moving right up to the 80 forget the little 50

He climbed up all on his own Here we go...
We were amazed at how well Asher did in a 'big bed'. We put up the railing and he never got out and slept great.
Isaac playing in brother's bed.

One day was a little windy so we played in the trailer.
So all weekend anytime David or I got near Asher while he was playing or with someone, he would protest and fit. By the end of the weekend, David and I were feeling pretty unloved, but MAN OH MAN, did this make up for it. As much as it killed my back, I soaked in every last minute of this sweet time. From the border check outside of West Moreland to 79 Asher was on my lap and fell asleep on me. This boy never sleeps on us any more and hasn't since before he was 1 years old. I will cherish this moment forever. It made the car sick Isaac clean up even easier. Yes, we learned on this trip that Isaac is our car sickness child. I was prepared for the sickness on the way home...I put him in his highchair so most of the mess was contained on the tray and the rest was in the seat.

My sweet, sweet boy!
What a great trip we had and are excited and praying we can make it back out for the post Christmas trip.

...And He Stands

So as I posted the other day, we thought he would stand very soon. Little did I realize it would only be later that same day. As you can see he is in the same jammies, he stood on his own only hours after crawling. The puzzle pieces were quite the enticement...he loves to gum them.He has been getting around very well and is having all kinds of fun in the process.


PS. I will post our desert pics and Thanksgiving pics soon.

Isaac is Officially Crawling

..and getting into trouble I might add. He really started crawling yersterday, but only to Daddy and I never saw him go more than a hand forward. It was a busy day, so I was hopeful for today. Sure enough, I was vacuuming this morning and was just finishing up, turned around and there he was right under foot. Here is a picture I took this morning. He came from over by the slider where their toys are to over by me at the desk and where the Pooh plane lives.


He is getting around better and better. Very fun to see the expressions on his face when he finds something new. He came over to the desk again while I was preparing their lunches and proceeded to pull open the doors. I pulled him away and told him NO, which was followed with him screaming in protest, but shortly after I left him, he stopped the screaming and proceeded to crawl back over to the doors. Oh, the testing we will go, the testing we will go. Fun new stage though, so excited! Walking I think will come quickly for him. He has been pulling himself up to his knees for almost a month now. I don't remember Asher ever really going to his knees, just crawling and then standing. We will see.

What a mess...

Who would of thought a 7 month old could make such a mess. As I am typing this he has already tipped the quad back over again. I just put Asher to bed for his nap and cleaned up the mess a little and no sooner was the quad put away and he had it back over. He loves to spin the tires...maybe he will wrench on it with his dad in a couple weeks in Glamis! ha, ha!

Seriously, he did this all on his own. Asher has been busy with me and his car, cars. He pulled the little buckets out of the second self too. At one point I turned to look at him and he was gumming the bars, nice and cold I am sure and good size for his little mouth. Shortly after this picture, he proceeded to dump the bucket of blocks too!

a Self Portrait by the Cheese Boy

"There's ELMO!"

We dressed the boys up on Sunday and went to the Harvest Festival where Elmo was a huge hit. So many of the kids who saw him proclaimed to their parents, "There's Elmo." I didn't realize how popular Elmo is to other kids. Asher wakes every morning and announces, "Elmo, please!" I was so excited when I received the Groupon for BuyCostumes. com, his $40 costume was only $15 and $4 for shipping, a steal I thought. Isaac's costume I bought almost 6 months ago went Pickles and Giggles went out of business. Asher had a blast on the bouncy slide! Daddy went down with him the first 2 times, but then Asher was all on his own and loved every moment of it. Isaac was pretty happy just sitting in the stroller and watching his brother and all the other people. I loved both the boys costumes. We stopped at Papa and Granny's house first to get pictures and light the pumpkins, so I was able to grab a couple pics there too. What a great, fun night we had and were home in time for baths and bed!

Saturday night Papa and Granny came over for dinner and to carve pumpkins. Asher was very interested in the pumpkin and the inside, until I suggested to put his hand inside, not going to do it! He watched from a far, but was not interested at all in 'getting his hands dirty'.



Here are the end results. I have always wanted to do a pumpkin different with the stem as the nose. Bates this year had several pumpkins with long stems. I was pleased with the way it turned out. Granny did the owl pumpkin, since Molly and the owl boxes have been so popular, she has a great love for owls.
Just the cutiest little tiger I have ever seen.
We tried to get him to put his head down a little, but he was confused...hence the look on his face.


Papa, Granny, Daddy and the boys heading in to the festival.
Really he had fun...

The first time down...
Then all on his own...
Having toooooo much fun!
Another bouncy maze thing that was a little too difficult. This is as far as Asher and Daddy got.

'Up High' Elmo for the walk back to the car.