New Toy...

At least for Jason and Asher! Jason got a new pressure washer for things like cleaning the house, cars, and his bike (mostly the bike), and Asher thinks that it is the coolest. thing. EVER. Which usually results in some fights and some crying whenever Jason gets it out. So far we haven't reached WWIII status, but it has come close a couple of times :).

 He loves "cleaning" of the patio

And of course his four-wheeler!

Couch Potato

So if you're wondering where my sudden burst of posting came from, it's because I have been told I have to be a "couch potato" for at least a week, by my doctor. I'm not on bed rest, but they don't want me doing much, for at least another week. I went to my appointment yesterday and I was dilated to a 2 and 60% effaced. And since I'm just barely 36 weeks and my doctor isn't around this weekend, they want me to take it really easy until at least next week. The good new is that I'm finally caught up on here! The bad news is this is only day two, and I'm getting really bored and Asher is getting really tired of Mommy not running around playing with him. (sigh)  Not only that but I still have my list of things to get done, that aren't getting done, and since they said that there is a good chance of me having the baby next week, I'm starting to freak out a little. I'm so not ready for two kids, but it sounds like I don't have much of a choice! Apparently at about 37 weeks my body says "you're done". (That's how far along I was when Asher was born too) So here's hoping I can remain good and make it to at least next week!

Blackmail!

I am totally going to use at least the last picture here as blackmail one day!

 He loves to wear Dad's shoes and hats all around the house!

 So stylin'

Oh yea, he also likes to wear Mom's shoes too! So pretty!

First Loose Tooth!

No it shouldn't have been loose, and yes he is really young to already be missing a baby tooth. But back in October when we were camping up at Salmon, the day before we came home, Jason was carrying Asher out of my parent's trailer when one of their stairs buckled, and they both fell. Asher hit his tooth on something and it bled really bad. We ended up heading towards Salmon to get some service and called the pediatric dentist here in IF. They told us to give him only soft food and set up an appointment for the next week. When we finally made it in the doctor told us that it was loose but that maybe it would re-set. He also told us that Asher had some cavities (oops! Poor kid has bad teeth genes) and that we needed to get them taken care of, and since he was so young they recommended having it done at a surgical center under anesthesia. I told them about his health problems but they assured me it would be fine. I just needed to have Dr. Judd send his history to the surgical center, and they set up the date for the first part of Nov. Fast forward to the Thursday before his scheduled date. The doctors office call me and tells me that they still haven't received his chart from Dr. Judd. So I call again, and get the same nurse I had talked to before. She tells me that she's been gone and doesn't know why no one sent it. She assures me she will fax it over right then. The next day I get a call from the surgical center telling that they will not do the procedure in their facility because of Asher's health concerns. Of course we have to wait until the Friday before (his procedure was on Monday) to find all this out. Ugh! But we finally get it re-scheduled for the hospital (which is where I told them it should be done, but they said the surgical center would be just as fine and the hospital). And besides few other glitches, we finally get his cavities filled! They did end up pulling the loose tooth, (the one that started all of this, if you can remember that far back!) because it never had re-set, and since it had been about two months since it was knocked loose they figured it wasn't going to.

 I'm not sure why this picture turned like this, but it won't upload the right way. This is him at his most recent appointment (a couple of weeks ago) and I'm glad to say NO CAVITIES!!! I'm also still trying to get a picture of his toothless mouth, but his not very cooperative. You might be able to kind of notice it in some pictures, or if you see him. It's on his bottom right.

Money

So Asher has recently found that he has a container full of "money" (coins) in his room. One day out of the blue he asked for his money container and took a bunch of coins out and started carrying them around with him. I was getting tired of always being on money patrol so I showed him that he could put them in his jacket pocket. So then, for about a week, every time we went somewhere, Asher would load his jacket up with his monies. We felt so bad because we couldn't figure out what he wanted to do with his money. So the Saturday before Easter we were going to go get him some new summer shoes, and I told Jason that we had to go to the mall or somewhere with a vending machine because that was all I could figure out that he wanted to do with his money. So we went to Payless in the mall and got him some new shoes, then while Dad stood in the long line, Asher I went in search of a vending machine. He grabbed my hand and lead me all the way to the same vending machine as we went to on our Mini Date. As soon as we got there he stopped and started pulling out his money. After he had enough quarters, I picked him up and let him put the money in, and then he picked out which pop he wanted (Diet Pepsi) and then got it out and lead me to the seats where we opened the pop took a drink, and then went looking for Dad. He was so proud of himself and finally quit taking his money everywhere we went. I was just glad to finally know what it was that he wanted!

Easter '12

We had a good Easter, and since I'm getting tired of typing and since I have so many pictures....here is our Easter in pictures.

Saturday we had our own Easter egg hunt in our back yard. Asher loved finding all the eggs, and made it last all the longer by just running back and forth across the yard getting eggs, instead of getting all the ones that close to each other and then moving on.

 Two eggs

 After he found them all he wanted to carry around his basket

 He was sad that there were no more eggs to find

 But then Dad brought out his new bike! (the one he has been fixing up from DI)

 He loves it! And looks so big on it!

 He even got a Lightning McQueen helmet

 He loves pointing out all the birds

 Ready to go!

 Then we colored some eggs. He did a pretty good job helping and loved that they came out different colors, but the best part for him was putting stickers all over them!

 His finished eggs! (I forgot to get egg die until it was too late, so we used Kool Aid instead. Some worked better than others)

 Opening his basket after church. Since he didn't sleep in his own room (he hasn't been very good at sleeping in his bed since he was sick) he didn't see his basket until after church ;)

 Playing with his cousins at G-ma and G-pa Jackson's

 And another egg hunt and G-ma and G-pa James'. (Don't mind the big pregnant lady in the pictures. I was just the bag holder and didn't know I was getting in the pictures too. I am almost 34 weeks here)

 Finding another egg

Asher and the baby's eggs. Jason did another egg with what we might name her on it, but we still not 100% so I didn't put that picture on here. :)

Sleepy Boy

Asher can fall asleep in some of the weirdest positions, just like his Dad. He was fighting taking a nap one day, so I told him that he at least had to settle down and play quietly for a while. He headed down the hall, and after a while of not hearing him, I went to see where he had fallen asleep this time. I checked the baby's room (he likes to fall asleep on her floor), not there. I checked his room, not there. Then I see our bedroom door is shut so I go in there. No Asher. As I turn around to leave, trying to figure out where he went I notice the light to our closet in on, and the doors are shut. I peak through the crack, and there is Asher asleep on our shoes. Silly boy!

 Is he there?

Yep, there he is!