Rigby Lake

Of course we had to go to Rigby Lake at least once this year. Asher always has lots of fun playing in the sand and water, and with his cousins! Thanks for inviting us Julie we had lots of fun!

 My little stud!

 After I had to change his diaper, he didn't want he shorts back on, but did want his shoes on (the sand was hot!) After a while he finally let me put his shorts back on

 We stopped at Wendy's and got us some lunch

 Playing in the sand (and eating some)

 I put his shirt back on because it looked like it was going to start raining and I thought we were going to have to leave, but I think we ended up staying another hour or two

 He thought this was the coolest thing ever! Some big kids had brought shovels and made this little pond, then left. He was in HEAVEN!

 He played in it by himself for probably a half and hour, then kept trying to get Charlee to play in it with him too, but Charlee had a friend with her so she didn't stay long with Asher

We had such a fun time, and hopefully next year we'll end up going more!

Some Summertime Fun!

I am so far behind it isn't even funny. I kept waiting because Jason has some pictures on his phone that I want to get off, but I can no longer wait. so here is a brief post on some of what we did over the summer. 

He fell asleep, "helping" Daddy one day down in his office. 

 Playing "forts" on Mom and Dad's bed, with all the pillows

 We played at the park a lot, and had lots of fun going on bike rides

This is how he "adjusts" it, you know, to make it go faster!

 This is at a park in Jackson Hole. We went for a drive one Sunday, and of course had to play at the park for a while before going home

 This was his favorite thing there. The handles were broken but he still sat on it forever, and didn't want to leave!

 And of course the swings, are always a favorite

And took lots of naps with Tigger

MRI

Back in July, on the 21, Asher had an MRI of his back they wanted to check it again, even though they did an ultrasound of it when he was first born, they said that they needed to do an MRI now that he was bigger. Just to make sure that there wasn't any nerves or anything caught up in it that would start getting pulled as he gets taller. We had to be at the hospital at like 6:30 in the morning to get all checked in, and they took him down for his MRI at 8:30.

 Watching some TV while we wait

 His blue teddy bear that the nurse gave him. He now has a red one and a blue (both from EIRMC, the red one he got last year when he went for his cardiology appt.)

 Watching TV with Dad and his teddy. When they finally took him down, they let us go down with him to say "good-bye" and I even got to ride on the bed so that Asher would too! They put him completely under for the procedure, but before we left to go down they gave him something to make him drowsy, (to make putting an IV and getting him hooked up easier) and by the time we got down to the room, he could hardly keep his head up. He was really funny to watch because he was trying so hard to stay awake, but everything was working against him! After they took him, Jason and I went and got some breakfast, and then headed back to the waiting room until they came and got us. Then we just had to wait until he woke up, and we could take him home.

 We spent the rest of they just chillin' at home. They told us to keep a close eye on him because he would still be kind of groggy for the rest of the day, so we didn't do anything to exciting.

 Dad took a nap...

And I played with Ash. So glad that it's over, and results were good, we had to wait like two week after the actual appointment to get the full results back, but they said there wasn't any problems with the hemiangioma being connected to anything.  They did find that his kidneys sit weird (kind of like his heart does, more on the right side of  his body and tipped to right) but Urology said that as long as they aren't causing him any problems (i.e. having trouble going to the bathroom) there is no need to do anything about them. Poor kid, all his inner-eds are messed up. But we were just so glad to have it be pretty good news, and have nothing that needing fixed! On a side note, he was such a good boy the whole time, and I am so proud of him and how well he did, and does with all his doctor appointments.

~TigGEr~

I had to do a special post about Asher's special friend, Tigger. (This is the same Tigger that Jason bought for him right after he was born and stayed with him in the NICU the whole time he was there. If I get up to it later I may go down and get my hard-drive and put on a picture of Asher and Tigger in the hospital) He loves his Tigger, and sleeps with him every night/nap-time. When he wakes up, he will even find Tigger in all the blankets, and bring Tigger with him when he comes out to find me. He will also, sometimes, go find him when he's tired.

 Just after he woke up one morning

 It was really hot that night, so he just slept in his diaper

 This is how he carries him around...by the neck

 Tigger is also a great help when you need to mow the lawn. It does tend to make him kind of dirty though.....especially when he keeps falling off the mower. He's a dirty Tigger most of the time, but a well loved one!

Meeting Carson!

In July our friend Amy came up from Utah with her baby, (Jake was out of town working). We hadn't gotten to meet Carson yet so they stopped by to see us on their way back home. Asher didn't get mad about me holding Carson, but boy was he upset if we tried to make stand by Carson for a picture! Hopefully next time we see them, Asher will be a little more cooperative, and not so grumpy! But it was so nice to get to visit and catch up, and of course meeting the little guy!

 Amy and Carson

 Trying to sneak a picture with Asher

 This cute little guy was wide awake the whole time they were here

  Trying (unsuccessfully) to get another picture of Asher and Carson. It's nothing personal Carson, I promise!

HaRrY PoTtEr!

I LOVE the drive-in, and I love Harry Potter, so I was so excited that the last Harry Potter was coming out in the summer so I could go to it at the drive-in! I have been counting down all summer, much to Jason's dismay. He doesn't really like HP but he tolerates the movies for me! So I had it all planned out that we were going to go Friday the 15 (the day it released) but Jason came home Thursday and asked if I wanted to go to the drive-in that night. I asked what was playing and he said "What do you think?" So apparently because it was the second movie it was like a midnight viewing of the show on Thursday! I was SO excited!

 Asher watching his pre-movie, movie!

 This (and getting popcorn) are probably Asher's favorite part of going to the drive-in. He loves sitting in the back of the truck with all the blankets.

 The dogs get to go too!

 Ice Age

This is how excited Jason was for Harry Potter

We saw Green Lantern first and then HP. As soon as the previews before Green Lantern were over, Asher was asleep! But it worked out nice for us! He slept the whole time! After that I made Jason have a HP marathon at home! I can't wait for it to come out on dvd!

Playin' in the Rain

Asher really likes the rain! The other night we were outside playing and it started raining, but he didn't want to come in, so me and Jason sat under the covered deck, and let him play in the rain! He would occasionally come for a visit, but then it was back out into the rain!

 Rainbow!

 Taking a short break

 He was trying his hardest to get us to come play too! I did for a while, but didn't last as long as he did!

 He wanted to take some pictures too, which I'll show you later

 He was being so cute and kind of weird all at the same time

 Laying on the cement, kissing the patio

 He crawled all over the patio splashing in the puddles

 Here he comes!

 Asher and Mom

 Picture of Daddy that Asher took, Dad didn't last as long as we did. He came inside to play on the computer, and watch tv.

He loves taking pictures of his own feet! I have one of both of his feet on my phone!