End of 2007

Thanks for my cool Guatemalan boots, David!

And...how did you know this table runner would match my new high chair??

Carolina Panthers

Uncle Bob....Go Panthers!

5 Month Miscellany

He's a baller!

Elton John must have had Asher in mind when he wrote Tiny Dancer!

"K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo" is the current book-of-choice in our household.

Dr. Check Up Stats

How big am I?
(drum roll please...this is some amazing breast milk!)
17 pounds = 75th percentile
27 inches!! = off of the charts; above 95th percentile
His head is also above the 95th percentile, which means we have an Elmer Fudd on our hands.

Not that any of these measurements really mean anything in the long run - just fun facts. One of our books says that if he doesn't grow anymore in length, at 6 months he would still be in the 95th percentile!

Linus

This is his favourite blanket and sleep-time love.

No lie. This is how he often falls asleep...

Hat Fashion Show

"Mom, this is ridiculous"

"Yes, I'm wearing a jungle."

Ear flap hats are very functional.

"Hey Silvers! I'm ready for Whistler!!"

4 months old!!

Check out Asher's baby mullet!

He loves being naked!!

We just tried this new toy out yesterday and he loves it. He's a big boy now...

Asher can't get enough in his mouth.

He loves reading!

Fight for Kisses

About six weeks ago, I was holding Asher- this is Scott by the way- and we were pretend wrestling: basically I was cradling him and moving all around. And unfortunately, I pinched a nerve in my back and spent the rest of the weekend flat on my back. He won. But now I have been going to physiotherapy and doing a bunch of exercises at home. I have been training. In that context....

Fight for Kisses

But I'm not shaving!

Roots of Empathy-Part 3

I know some of these pictures are similar to what I posted before but it shows how much he changes from visit to visit.

Bulletin board in the school we visit.

This is the goodbye song the kids sing us at the end of our visit!

Daily Life II

100% Cowboy

Ride 'em Cowboy!

So relaxed in May's arms. Thanks for pushing me around for 1 1/2 hours!!

I'm strengthening my neck muscles.

Daily Life

Brent and Scott making diaper wipes on a Saturday afternoon. I guess the grad students welcome a mundane task now and then...

Happy Halloween!

Go Yankees! "My dad makes me wear this..."

Hanging out with Tracy in the rocking chair. Don't be confused - this is not his mother!

Mommy & Asher

Roots of Empathy-Part 2

The class was trying to figure out how much he weighed. They did this by weighing us together, then weighing me and subtracting.

Here they are measuring how long he is and comparing that to how long they are.

Roots of Empathy-Part 1

Asher is in this program at the neighbourhood school where once a month, I take him in to visit a classroom of 1st & 2nd graders. He lays on a big blanket while the kids sit all around him and observe how he changes, develops, grows. The kids love it and are always so excited on the day he visits. Asher loves it because he loves being around people and children tend to be more expressive than adults. It's really cool.

In the two pictures above, Michelle, the instructor, was demonstrating how hard it is for a baby to hold his head up. Asher has a very strong neck though and seemed to really like this position!

Michelle was showing the difference in Asher's interest of black/white verses colour. There was also a panel with a mirror. He really locked into that one - saw how handsome he was and couldn't take his eyes off!