"Pregnancy Brain" (No I am not pregnant!)

I heard a ton of people talking about pregnancy brain and how they would forget everything and mix dates and times up. I never really had any of that...until today. I guess I should call it "Baby brain" or something like that. I needed some tomatoes for dinner tonight and figured Asher and I would just run to the store. We get to the store and I go to get him out of his carseat, but then remembered I had printed a few coupons so I went to move his door and go the passenger side for them and what happened...the door closed and YES it was locked!! So, there I was in the parking lot with no cell phone and my baby locked in the car. Of course there is a code on the driver side, but I don't know it. Ryan does, but of course I don't know his number because it is programmed into my cell phone that is sitting next to Asher. So, the lady getting out of her car next to me couldn't really understand what I was asking her to do by running to the store and having them call the fire department so she stood by my car and I ran up to the store. Luckily, the employee outside had her cell phone and let me call 911. Let me first say that the fire department was there in about 5 minutes and they were awesome! Asher didn't even know anything was going on, but the 911 operatore was an idiot!! I told her where I was and she kept saying "the one in Katy" when I had told her my cross streets and that it was Richmond. She must of said it three times - I was starting to cry at this point and she was definitely making it worse! Luckily I was in front of the store and found the freaking address for her. Once she dispatched the fire department she asked if I wanted to stay on the phone with her- are you kidding me! The store manager was really nice and waited with me telling me how she locked her now 16 year old son in the car during the summer! So, yes I am super grateful it was cool outside today and that he was still strapped into this seat. So, just like when we locked ourselves out of our house and told everyone to get a spare key (but not everyone listened to use) you should all know your car codes if you have one and your emergency numbers, not just have them programmed into your phone! I have definitely learned my lesson!! Hope you all had a better day than me!!

9 Months Old

Asher had his 9 month old check-up on Friday so I thought I would wait until then to do his 9 month old post. His stats were:

Weight: 20 lbs 4 oz (40th percentile)

Height: 29 3/4" (87th percentile)

Head circumference: 18"

We are hoping that his Grandpa Ashe gave him his height, but we'll have to see. Asher has learned so much in the past few months so here are a few of his favorite things:

• He loves when we sing Popcorn Popping and he does the hand motions (I'll have to post a video)
• He is army crawling everywhere and loves to cruise around the couches and his music table
• He is a super eater - he will pretty much eat anything but he really loves his animal crackers and nutrigrain bars
• He loves all his new toys from Christmas, but the door stoppers seem to grab his attention whenever he sees them
• He loves to go outside and loves to go to the park - we need the warm weather again!
• Loves to share, especially his half eaten food!

We love watching him grow and learn new things. We can't wait to see what the next few months brings!

It's Been A While

It's been a while since we posted. I guess after the holidays life just slowed down. We have been having a lot of fun outside with the awesome weather we have been having and in the new playroom (post coming soon). Here's what we have been up to:

Asher can now go down the slide all by himself!

Happy New Year

Well, it seems like so many people have listed their top ten events or happenings of the year so I thought I would follow suit. Fortunately for me our top ten is really just one:

Asher!!

We love having Asher and love all the family he brought to visit us for his shower, his blessing, and first Christmas and all the adventures we've had with him. We can't wait for another year!!

AZ Grandparents

We were lucky to have my mom and dad come to visit us the day after Christmas. Asher loved having more people to push him around the house in his car and play with him and we just loved having them here. We had lots of fun going to the museum, eating at Lupe Tortillas, The Cheesecake Factory, visiting Old Towne Spring, eating fried twinkies (yes that sounds disgusting, but let me tell you it was so good and I don't even like twinkies!!), watching football, shopping and just hanging out. It was sad to see them go. Asher kept looking around his car seat to find Grandma in the back on the way home from dropping them at the airport. It was soo sad. We can't wait for them to come again!!

Merry Christmas!!

We had a fabulous Christmas this year. Christmas Eve we had a yummy chili dinner with the Petersens and Reed grandparents and then Ryan, Asher, grandparents, and I drove to Pecan Grove to look at lights. It was a lot of fun and hopefully will be part of our tradition. Christmas morning we followed the Ashe tradition and read the Christmas story before going out and seeing what Santa had left. Asher had lots of fun opening his gifts. Santa must of thought he was extra good this year. He loved all his new toys, but his favorite was from Ryan and I: a new car! He didn't want to open up any of his presents once he saw the car so we had to put it behind the couch to open Santa's gifts. Ryan tries to sneak him by the playroom so he can't see it so he doesn't have to push him around. Once he's in he doesn't want to get out! After we opened gifts we headed to the Petersen's for a wonderful breakfast. Then we had Christmas dinner over at our house later in the day. Ryan made a really great pork tenderloin (though he greatly overestimated and ended up with 6 tenderloins for 10 people!) and we had yummy sides to go with it. We had so much fun Christmas day that we forgot to have Asher open his stocking until it was time for bed. Luckily, Santa left some bath toys that he could play with before his nightly bath. We are so grateful for the birth of the Savior and the opportunity we had to celebrate this wonderful holiday with family and friends.

Practice Run

Ryan wanted to get Asher a helmet for Christmas so he could put Asher in the bike trailer. So, we wrapped it up and had Asher open it before Christmas - just to get the hang of opening presents. Turns out the helmet is still a little too heavy and Asher didn't really enjoy the ride. Ryan will have to wait a little longer before he goes for any more rides.

He might look happy, but he really wasn't and yes he tried to take the helmet off the entire ride!