First Week at Home

Asher has been such a great baby so far. He sleeps through everything even Easton's yelling and playing. He has the greatest colics in his hair and looks just like me when I was a baby. At first I was sad that he didn't look like Easton but now I love that he is so different. Asher burps like a man and loved his first bath.

He is definitely a cuddlebug and I hope it will last past the newborn stage like it did with Easton.

Easton is such a sweet big brother. He always wants Asher around and gives him kisses. He wants Asher to lay in bed with him or be in the bath together.

Work

So we are starting to work on potty training again and the other night I was helping Easton. He wants to go standing up so usually Bill does it to teach proper technique. Easton was standing there ready to go... and he is focusing so hard, he says "work, work". Ha! Love it!

He is here!

Asher Rowdy May made his appearance 2 days early on Sunday at 2 a.m. He is beautiful and we are so glad to have him in our family. I am especially glad to have him out of my belly!

He is 8 lbs, 8 oz and 20 inches long. He almost has thigh rolls already. He is a good eater and sleeper and kind of has a little temper. He goes from 0 to pissed very quickly, mainly about meal time.

Easton is doing great and says Asher's name so cute. He likes to have Asher on his lap and help me feed him. I love having my boys cuddle with me and get all emotional whenever I think about it.

Just cause he is cute!

I love this boy!
LOVES slides and is fearless. He always goes for the biggest ones.

If he doesn't have a shirt on, he figures no pants is the way to go too.

I know, I know

I can't believe how behind I am! No excuses but we have had a fun couple of months. Here is what we have been doing.

Bill landscaped our backyard. It looks amazing... the freeze really hurt our ficus trees but fingers crossed that they will come back. Yes that is a SWEET firepit... smores anyone?

We decorated the Christmas tree and Easton liked it for about 2 minutes. We had a great Christmas and we were all way too spoiled!! I even hide a few of Easton's gifts to bring out for his birthday. This video perfectly describes what life will be like with Easton at 2 years old and 16.

My older brother and his family came in town and we showed off our favorite place, Marley Farms. Easton had his first camel encounter.

My wonderful friends, Meagan and Elise, threw me a baby shower since I missed my last one with Easton. It was at Dave and Busters and I had a blast. Check me and Meag out on Dance, Dance Revolution... we were horrible.


Our sweet puppy had major knee surgery last week and we went up to Prescott for it for a better price. She is still recovering but I think she is doing a little better. While she was having her surgery we played around the town... there isn't much to do but we went to a lake for a walk. Easton LOVES turtles and was calling for them to "come here".

Easton saw his first snow too... there wasn't much but he liked touching it but it was really icy and he slipped all over the place. Okay, I think we are up to date. I am 37 weeks and feeling very ready to get this boy out! Only 2 more weeks!

Finally

I am finally catching up on the May Family happenings in November. I really don't have any excuses for not blogging about our month but it has been lots of fun.

Easton and I joined my mom and dad in a breast cancer walk at the beginning of the month. My mom and grandma are both beautiful breast cancer survivors! I made shirts for us... look close they say "we are here for the boobs" {awesome} And check out that belly I am rockin.

Easton says a new word practically everyday and loves to wear hats and helmets. Safety first!

We have been taking full advantage of the cooler weather and our great zoo membership by trying to go every few weeks. I made Bill take a picture of Easton and I before we left the last time since I need more pics of just the two of us. His aunt Kelly got him this sweet shark hat that he LOVES to wear and he growls at people when he wears it. I guess I probably taught him that sharks growl but whatever.

Other than that, we have been enjoying time together, trying to decorate my house, landscaping our backyard, growing another baby boy, learning that saying "no,mine" is not nice {ewww}, and so much more.

Shrek

Easton was his favorite thing for Halloween, Shrek. We were worried that he wouldn't keep on his Shrek ears but I think he liked it and kept them on all night. He loved the trunk or treat and ate at least 3 tootsie rolls with the wrapper on. I would find the ends of the wrappers all soggy with teeth marks. On Halloween we went to the Jackman's to trick or treat with Blake and Ella. I couldn't get all three of them in one place for a picture. The best part of the night was when we knocked on a door and they opened it... Ella and Easton walked right in. Meagan and I had to retrieve our kids from these people's living room. Nice!