A Name and a Blessing

Yesterday Asher was blessed and it was such a wonderful day.  The weather started out a little bit cold but it turned out to be sunny and beautiful.  Asher was an angel boy and was happy all day long.  Marcus gave Asher such a sweet blessing and I was so grateful for my little family.

It also made me think so much about how badly I wanted this little baby.  I remember while I was waiting to get pregnant how hard other baby blessings were for me.  I remember just wanting a baby of my own to bless.  And now it was so unreal that this was actually my baby that was being blessed.  I used to hold back tears as other babies were blessed, and today I held back tears of joy and gratitude.  So grateful to be this little guy's mama.

And I can't help but wonder who is out there waiting for their turn.  Their turn to have a little baby of their own.  I pray that they don't have to wait much longer.

We had all of our family there and so many good friends.  I was so grateful to have them all there to celebrate this special day with us.  We are lucky to have such wonderful support from all of those we love.

We had a yummy brunch of cinnamon and orange rolls, muffins, ham and so much delicious fruit.  Thank you to everyone who helped!

I love this baby boy so much and I love this gospel.  I am so grateful that Marcus holds the Priesthood and was able to give him such a wonderful blessing.  I feel so blessed and am very grateful to my Heavenly Father for all that I have been given.

Asher Says...

And it was pretty awesome.  It probably was because he got his shots yesterday, but it was so great to get a full night of sleep.  And yeah, he has a little bit of a hard time holding his head up in his bumbo.  At least he's not crying.  Hopefully he is slowly learning to like it.

And the shots--seriously--they were awful.  I've heard moms say they hate them, but it really is awful.  I didn't even have to hold his arms down because Marcus was there and he did it, but it was all I could do to keep from crying when he started screaming.  But he is handling them like a champ, he is just really mellow and really sleepy.

2 Months Old

Asher is two months old!

At two months:

Weight: 13 pounds (80 percentile)

Height: 22.75 inches (60 percentile)

Head: 16 (80 percentile)

-Asher still eats about every 3 hours during the day and goes 5-6 hours at night, and has even gone 6.5 hours the last few nights.  He is on a pretty good schedule, he eats for the last time at 10:30 and then only wakes up 1 time to eat and then wakes up again to start his day between 8:00 and 8:30.

-He smiles a lot now and I love it.  He is especially happy in the morning when he wakes up and will give us lots of smiles.

-He coos and baby talks a lot and loves to have little conversations with us.

-He is pretty good about tummy time, and is getting really strong.  He'll get really excited and be up on just his tummy with both his arms and legs in the air.

-He loves his play mat and just kicks his little legs and bats his arms at the toys.  

-He is now just barely in size 2 diapers and is starting to outgrow 0-3 month clothes.  He now wears some 0-3 month and some 3-6 month outfits.

-He does pretty well about napping.  He usually goes down and grunts and fusses for a little while before falling asleep, but usually he doesn't really cry.  Sometimes when he goes down he doesn't make a peep, but just lies there awake for up to an hour!  I'll think he's asleep but he's not...he is a crazy little baby.  
-He still grunts a lot, loves to look up at the ceiling (especially lights and fans) and is slowly starting to grow back the hair on top of his head.
-He is really a calm, happy and content little baby.  We just love having him in our family and can't imagine our lives without him!

A Bear Lake Weekend

We headed up to Bear Lake for the weekend and stayed at Nate's parents' cabin.  We had so much fun all together!

The weekend included:

-Staying up WAY too late and talking and laughing around the kitchen table.  Lots and lots of laughing.

-The girls braving the muddy water and venturing a few inches into the cold lake.  Stella and Lola got just a little bit deeper.

-A round of golf for the boys.

-Playing on the playground for the girls.

-Everyone sprawled out everywhere as we listened to conference.

-Eating way too much junk food.  Delicious steaks and chicken, cooler corn, and a $13 watermelon.

-A surprise birthday party for Tierra, complete with a Halloween pinata.

-Tierra going crazy trying to break open said pinata while blindfolded and dizzy.  Resorting to using a golf club on the pinata when the plastic bat failed.

-Lots of Legos and Fantasy Football for the boys, while the girls looked at all the fun things they want to do on Pinterest.

-Asher getting spoiled with attention from his aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins.  It was especially sweet to see Lola just love him and want to hold him, Jackson being so helpful and careful with him, and even little Stella was so curious and cute with the baby.

-Pretty nasty burgers from Merlins.

-Tierra nearly singeing her eyebrows off in order to get the grill lit while the men were at Priesthood.

We had such a fun weekend and it was time to go home way too soon!  Thanks Katie and Nate!

Silver Fork Lake

Today my mom and I went up and walked around Silver Fork Lake.  It was absolutely gorgeous up there.  I must admit I usually get a little bit sad as we head into fall and the weather cools.  I just love summer so much, and I hate knowing that winter is just around the corner.  The colors up the canyon and at the lake were so beautiful though that it reminds me to give fall a second chance.  

I love the fall colors and I really love that I can take little adventures with my baby before it gets too cold.  I hope that this perfect weather sticks around for awhile longer and for a lot more outings.

Obsessed

Here are Asher's newborn photos.  I absolutely love them!  I am so glad we were able to get these taken when he was still so small and had all of his hair!  Thanks to our photographer, Jada Chadwick for taking them.  I am posting lots because I just can't decide which ones are my favorites.

Lazy Day

Today has been a lazy day.  After we got up at 8 for Asher to eat, and Marcus headed off to work, me and the little guy went back to bed for a nice nap until 11 when it was time for him to eat again.  I love cuddling Asher and just watching his cute little face as he sleeps.  

Every day I like to take pictures of him and then show them to Marcus when he gets home.  Kinda just to show him what Asher was up to while he was away from him I guess...

He is so dang cute and we are just having way too much fun!