Lightning McAsh

So the wee man had his first taste o' takin' the wheel this past weekend, and I think he likes it...

He's the Walkin Man

So our little guy has decided it's time to walk... and I do have video that I hope to post SOON... but we at least needed to put the word out.

WALKING! Full-on, letting-go-of-the-furniture, free-standing, grinning, arms-out-front-like-a-mini-franken-baby, Walking.

He's so proud of himself (and we of him).

Wow.

Where does the time go?

He Otter Be in Pictures...

So my wonderful friend (who happens to be a fabulous photographer) Donna Reid came by the house a few weeks ago, and took a whole series of shots of Asher... Bella and I slipped in there too, but he was the real star. She has them posted on a site for viewing (or purchase); called EventPix.
So, here's the skinny on getting to the goods...
From the home page click on "view event guest", on the following page fill in "Reid" for 'photographer's last name' and click "find event", Asher is at the top of the list, and the password is "kingsbeach" (all one word).

Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Asher's first day at the beach

So can you tell that E and I have actually had time while being here to do things like post (let alone set up this blog in the first place)? It's amazing what a difference it makes having several other family members available to put loving arms around the wee ones, and subsequently how much time becomes available to do more than simply fix the next bottle or change the next diaper, or try to finally get to the lagging laundry in between.... (I won't even discuss our consistently furry carpet). I guess that's why it's called vacation; the demands of real life go on hold for awhile. So we've basically been doing a whole lot of napping and breathing... and spending relaxed family time together. One of our holiday events was to take a trip to the west side of the state to Naples and go to the beach, so Asher had his first experience in salt water. It was pretty fun to see him feeling the waves and the sand moving under his feet while I held him. As soon as I figure out how to post video I'll put that up, but in the meantime here is a cute picture of Charlotte with Asher in the sand.

OK, I've been inspired

So my dear friend Susie at suziehulahoop
has been blogging for some time now with a little dudelet mere weeks older than Asher, so seeing her succes with posting I have decided that it's high time for me to make available more of the general cuteness to be found in my new-mommy life these days. The fam will be quite appreciative, I'm sure, as they've been (nicely) yelling for pics of the wee ones and we have been woefully remiss. So, here we go, and hopefully this will be a nice way to keep y'all current!

So here are a few pics of the tots... Asher in his duckie towel and Charlotte and her cousin Jordin all dressed upon Christmas morning.