Cousins

Asher is pretty lucky to be completely adored by his cousins.  The second we walk in the question is always "where's Asher?"  On Sunday he was asleep and the kids all seemed disappointed.  But the second he woke up, he was flooded with attention.  We went to the park and everyone wanted to take a turn carrying, playing, swinging or sliding with little Asher.

Jackson is so sweet and so responsible with Asher.  I know I can completely trust him to be gentle and take care of our little man.  I can tell Asher feels safe when he is with Jackson because he never seems nervous.  He can tell just like the rest of us what a good kid Jackson is.  When did cute Jackson get so big?

Miles was seriously cracking me up.  He wanted to do everything with Asher.  He wanted to push him in his stroller.  He wanted to hold him in the picture.  He was hauling him up all of the stairs by his armpits and running around the grass jiggling him around and making him laugh.  

Probably most importantly though Miles was teaching Asher how to trample and destroy his sand volcanoes.  Miles would build them up, and then pick Asher up and help him stomp and destroy the volcano.  He certainly wants Asher to follow in his footsteps.  :)

Little Lola is such a good mini mom.  On Sunday she played downstairs with Asher for the longest time and I felt like I had a babysitter.  She laughed and played with him and took such good care of him.  She runs around with him saying in her sweetest little voice "hey...Asher-man!"  She calls him Asher-man pretty much exclusively and it's just about the cutest thing I've ever heard.

And let's not forget little Stella.  Even though she isn't even two yet herself, she clearly knows that Asher is a baby and she isn't.  She always wants to get in on the action and hold Asher too, even though he is more than half her size.  She is just so sweet and has always loved to look at him and giggle.  This picture kills me with them linking their little arms, playing together in the sand.

Asher is one spoiled cousin and I know he just loves his cousins right back.  He lights up when he sees them and loves all the attention they give him.  Thanks Kate for these darling pictures!