Cars!

Between Daddy's classic Hot Wheels and the new ones from Christmas,
Asher now has at least 100 of the little cruisers. Good stuff!

Blueberry coffee cake

Oreo truffles

Fun at the Clubhouse

Exploring the new yard

Nature break

There's a creek near Grandma's house with a dirt trail. We decided to
get away from the house and play in the dirt a while. Asher is
enjoying throwing rocks into the stream.

Zoo fun

Family Portrait

Daddy love

So proud

So my kid can pick up stuff with his feet. This is a genetic gift from both sides of the family, so it was destined to be. This morning, he started picking up elastic hair bands from the floor of the bathroom and transferring them to his hand (while standing up). Pretty coordinated for a just-turned-2-year-old, I'm convinced.

He's started scolding and/or cautioning himself, as well. This morning, as he picked up daddy's cordless powered screwdriver, he said, "Careful..." He usually tells himself, "No!" before doing something he knows he shouldn't. But he generally does the thing anyway. :o)

One of my favorite sayings right now is, "Good job, baby!" which he uses to congratulate himself on jobs well done.

His vocab is too big to count now, and he'll mimic any word. This is definitely the most exhausting age, but also the most fun and rewarding.

New scooter .. Thanks, Aunt Lori!

Nakey butt guitar

All the way to Six Flags...

Just to play with the train tracks...

Carosel

Not yet, but soon...

Cowboy up

Asher is big enough to mount and dismount his rocking horse now, so he
spends some time on him every day.

'sie down!

Asher's new favorite way to see the the world is 'sie down...

Learning to trike

Pool fun at Smiths

Basoccolf -- a new hybrid game...

Words

Asher vocabulary is unlimited now, but he still has a few cute
mispronunciations.

Ravioli = ayodi
Garage = ba-rog
Water = wah-wah; whoa-duh

Lots of cute ones I need to start writing down!

Alicia Adams
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Park fun

Puddle Stomping

Jungle boy

12 on the 12th - July 2009

1. We went to a bluegrass concert at the Peter Strauss Ranch. Asher and I try to escape the heat under an umbrella.

2. Asher plays with a tickley piece of wild grass.

3. Daddy and Asher stroll the trail, waiting for the music to start.

4. Mom was away for the weekend, so I fed her dogs while she was gone. This is Kami.

5. It was HOT at the concert, and Asher had fun with the water bottle.

6. Brady went to the Rainbow Bridge Monday, July 6. We're not ready to let go of his things yet, including his bed, which smells like him. I've had nightly sobs curled up there for a week.

7. Asher has a thing for cables, and likes to hang them around his neck. Gotta watch him close! He can even play a game of peek-a-boo while tied up.

8. After his bath, Asher started feeding Daddy's belt through the holes on the side of his slide. He's interested in the fact that when he pokes it through on the inside, it appears on the outside.

9. Our shaved ice didn't last long in the summer heat.

10. I made some strawberry freezer jam with a couple boxes of berries I picked up in Santa Barbara last weekend.

11. We have tablets that color the bathwater, and it's Asher's favorite part of the ritual.

12. One of Mom's tomato plants from last summer came up again on it's own this year, and it's bearing a bit of fruit. Small bits, as you can see.

Flinstone Feet

I was scanning checks to deposit this afternoon and Asher was very interested in the scanner. So I stood him on it and scanned his fat little feet. It was too cute not to share!

Owie

Big bandage, little wound. Pad of pinky sliced on knife, but no
stitches; only steristrips. Thank goodness!

Beach fun

Well, it's fun til you get sand in your eyes, that is.

12 on the 12th

Seems like these are the only posts I do anymore. I guess once a month is better than nothing. I'll try to do better! These are 12 on the weekend of the 12th. We were traveling from Dallas to San Antonio on the 12th, and the rush of meetings, air travel, and drive in the torrential downpour at midnight weren't conducive to photography.

 

12 on the 12th - May 2009

 

Future so bright

I love my boots!

 

Alicia's birthday dinner

For my birthday meal, we all drove to Pasadena to enjoy a Brazilian churrascaria called Porto Allegre. It was delightful!

 

Fun at the Park

 

12 on the 12th (April 2009)

 

Videos...

How cute is that?!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Here's Your Pot of Gold!

Sandra and the twins

Fun with sand

Wheeee!

Stylin'

We'll have a while to grow into this jacket...