Becca's Shower

Last week all of the girls met up for a fun night to celebrate Becca's upcoming wedding in two weeks.  We met downtown at the restaurant Eva for dinner.  I was nervous because one look at the menu showed me it was not "normal" food, and everyone who knows me very well knows that I am really picky and am usually a little bit scared to try new food.  Anyway, the food turned out to be really pretty good and it was fun to try something different.

Sarah, Marianne, Jessie, Kendyle, Me, Heidi and Becca

After dinner we went to Jessie's darling apartment in Salt Lake for the best chocolate cake, gifts and a little game to learn more about Becca and Art.  It was so fun to be with all of the girls and to see how happy and excited Becca is.  I love these girls!

My Boys

This week I went to both a bridal shower and a baby shower.  And it got me thinking.

My bridal showers were a little over four years ago, and I was excited and wondering what my life was going to look like and how it was going to change once I was married.  I was a little nervous and unsure about what to expect, but I was so excited for the adventure.  

Only a few weeks ago I was at baby showers for myself, excited and wondering the same things, what my little boy was going to look like and how my life was going to change once he got here.  It seemed like babies were all around us, but I still could not picture what life would be like once we had our own little baby.  And now he is here, and I could have never imagined how my life would have changed for the better.

And it is so weird to me how once it happens, whether it was marriage to Marcus four years ago or the arrival of little Asher six weeks ago, once it happens it is all so natural.  Like it was meant to be that way and like it has always been that way.

I love these boys of mine.

One Happy Little Guy

Asher first started smiling (on purpose) at about five weeks.  This is the first smile I've been able to catch on camera.

Love

Asher Loves:

Bath time

First bath, 1 week old (August 11th)

(Today)

Swimming

We went swimming again this weekend and he slept through the entire swim!

Dad

Walks in his Stroller

Visitors

Jamie came up from St. George and we got to meet her sweet baby Millie.  She is so darling! She is as girlie as can be with her cute little nails painted, her bracelet and little hair bow.  Millie is 3 weeks older than Asher and it is so fun having babies so close in age. (August 27th)

Sleeping with his arms up and out

Popeye Arms

See the resemblance?  Yeah, we've been eating our spinach.  

One Month Old

Asher is one month old today.

At one month:

Weight:  10 pounds 5 ounces (75 percentile)

Height:  22 inches (90 percentile)

Head:  15.2 (80 percentile)

He is a big boy!

-Asher eats about every 3 hours during the day and goes 4-5 hours at night (one time) and then 3 hours again after that.  

-He is losing his hair!  He looks a little like a grandpa with his receding hairline.

-We swaddle him up to go to sleep, but he hates having his arms in and usually fights until he gets them out.

-He is such a little grunter!  He is constantly grunting, even in his sleep.

-He smiles a lot in his sleep and we just recently discovered he has dimples!

-He is really alert and loves holding his head up and looking at the ceiling.

-He has grown out of newborn size clothes and diapers.

-He doesn't do well when I eat ice cream, so he must not deal well with milk.  He gets fussy and spits up a lot, so for now no ice cream for me.  Luckily I don't really drink milk anyway, and he seems to do ok with a little bit of cheese or things here and there. 

-He is such a sweet baby and we are just loving life with him in our family!

Our Little Fish

Yesterday we took Asher swimming.  The pool was warm and Asher seemed to really like it.  His swimsuit is a little big, but he didn't seem to mind.  He absolutely loved just floating around on his back and soaking in the sun.