What he does when I'm not watching

My life pretty much is my kid now, so therefore the blog is about the kid as well. :)  Today, while making breakfast, Asher decided to turn a full 180 degrees on his play mat in order to see himself in the mirror!  He loves to swat at it, rattle the monkey (which he never lets go of), and stare at himself!  So cute!  My baby is growing up and learning sooo much...when I'm not looking.  How does anyone even let their kids go off to school!?  The thought of my child learning so much without me watching is kind of hard to bear.  I want to be there with him to see all that he does and learns.

The Mommy Saver and Three months!

It's true.  Sometimes moms need to get stuff done, so we have toys.

Asher likes his play mat.  He is learning to grab and is exploring the world around him more through touch and sight.  In fact, he is beginning to see me from a distance.  Not so cool when you want him to forget you and fall asleep, but oh so sweet when you're cooking dinner and you want him to see you from the other room when you call his name.

He loves his hands.  He loves to put them in his mouth, whole fist and all, and then suck on them like I haven't fed him in the past 24 hours.

He's very social and apparently loves to charm perfect strangers!  The ladies who check us out from Costco got him to giggle for them...he hasn't even giggled for Shem or I yet!

We love our little man and we can't believe that he is 3 months old already!  

Four years and we're still so happy!!

The best decision of my life was deciding to marry my best friend four years ago.  I'm so blessed to have such a handy, handsome, helpful, hard-working, and loving guy as my husband.  And he's even the best daddy ever to our son...love that times infinity!  I couldn't have done any better had I chosen to not marry a Thompson!

The photography workshop of my dreams!

Jean and Travis Smith are two of my most favorite photographers in the whole wide world!  I'm kind of hoping to win a seat at the next workshop in the good ole D-town so that I can learn from them (and visit my family :)  Who wants to babysit Bug for me? :))

Here is a link describing the workshop.

http://workshop.jeansmithphotography.com/

Go to this link to enter it you'd like to attend as well!  Who knows, you just might win!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=193308897

This morning...

...we cooked real food in our almost done kitchen.

 Asher ate his breakfast too.

 And then we played just to make him smile since the camera was out.

Note:  No, I really don't let him eat himself for breakfast...he just LOVES to suck on his whole hand now.  And yes, we did put carrots and celery in our eggs...sooo yummy!

Like Father like Son.

When I first came out to Seattle to meet Shem's family before we were engaged I learned a lot about him from his parents and siblings.  One of the funniest things about Shem is that he can entertain himself for hours!  Even as a kid he would play board games against himself if nobody else was able to play with him.  Well,  it seems that my son is no different.  While making dinner I caught him staring at the ceiling laughing. :)

Eight Weeks/Two Months Old!

I can't believe that Asher is already two months old (almost...not until the 6th)!  It feels like Asher has been a part of our lives forever, yet at the same time he has only been with us for two months.  Life does change a lot when you have a kid and our life has changed for the better.  Our little Asher is a blessing to us.  He has been ever since we found out that we had a good pregnancy.  We love our little one and these are some of the things that we absolutely adore about him:

-He smiles a lot!  And I'm pretty sure that he giggled in his sleep the other morning. :)

-He kicks and moves his arms.

-He does this really cute baby coo/giggle/whine that melts your heart

-He sometimes will hang out by himself in his swing all wide-eyed and happy until I get him, so he must be patient.

-He still loves contrast...a lot...and I think it so cute!

-He will whine sweetly when he wants attention.

-He is finally in size 1 diapers

-He is very strong and can hold his weight while standing supported by Dad.

-He is putting more fat on his body and mostly carries it on his thighs (which is so cute!).

All in all we have a very sweet baby.  We're very blessed to have such a beautiful and good baby.  Here is the beautiful part that I love about him.  I took these photos yesterday after bath time on my bed.  I used my 50mm 1.4 lens and I love the results!