We’ve been so busy with Dad out-of-town, and then the move, and then cross country travel followed by hotel living that we’ve not blogged about how our baby is doing… But fear not! This is your Asher update. We are all Asher, all the time. And, believe us, it doesn’t get any better than that.
First, Asher is HUGE! His tummy is like a bowling ball. He high centers himself while army crawling across the floor. And he’s army crawling, and almost real crawling, a ton. Yes, there was that two week stretch that we didn’t want to put him down on the hotel floors (because let’s be honest, we don’t know what was there before), but now that we’ve moved into a new house (more on that later) he’s on the move. And while he’s moving, he loves to hold stuff in his fat little fists. A spoon is his favorite. But sunglasses are a close second. And then keys.
Second, Asher has teeth! Two of them, in case you couldn’t see in his latest pictures, they are on the bottom and right in front. So fantastically cute. Like teeny chicklets floating around in there. But beware lest you underestimate his bite. It hurts. A lot. Take it from us. Asher loves to grab fingers and bite them like they are sausages. And when he does this he laughs. Full, giggly, slap-happy laughs. Amazing.
He’s really taken to Tessa of late, as she’s the one who makes him laugh the most. She dances and narrates and all the while he watches and laughs. Not exactly helpful while he’s trying to eat. But otherwise, it’s great. He loves to jump like he’s in a bouncy castle, and everyone agrees that he has some strong, solid legs. Like he’s been practicing squats.
Lastly, he is an accomplished manipulator. He still prefers being held to being put down. Based on his screaming, you’d think that he was being cooked alive when on the floor. Then you reach down and pick him up and he’s all smiles and love. He’s been a bit more self sufficient lately, though. What with his crawling and holding his own bottle when drinking. If he thinks that you have an extra hand, though, he’ll drop that bottle and scream for you to hold it for him.
He’s due for his nine month visit at the end of the month. So check back and see how all of this wonderfulness is quantified by western medicine.
With love,
The Pigs
PS We gave up searching for our perfect house and bought something little and new. It’s nothing like what we’ve had before, but it has enough bedrooms and we moved in on Friday night. Now we’ll take our time and look for a big piece of land, preferably with water views or even on-the-water, and we’ll build the perfect Pig Palace. Keep checking back about that, as it will probably take at least a year for that to happen. In the meantime, we are determined to enjoy every minute of this adventure.
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