Five Months

Things I want to remember about Asher at five months. . .

- This kid has always loved to stand, even when he was still tiny. I honestly can't remember a time when he preferred to sit on our laps as opposed to standing. Because of this obsession, we decided to get him one of those jumperoo toys and he loves playing in it! It took him a couple of days to figure out that he can jump up and down, but since then it's been his favorite thing to do.

- Since he's been playing in his jumper so much he isn't as happy playing under his playmate anymore. I think it also is frustrating for him when he tries to grab onto the toys that are hanging down and he can't get a good grip on them. I am going to pull it out again when he starts gripping things better, but for now he is happy to either lay on a blanket with nothing around him or just play in his jumper.

- He has started rolling over from back to front. He is kind of a weirdo because he still won't go from front to back, and I thought most kids did that type of rolling first. Anyway, he isn't quite good enough to do it spontaneously by himself, he usually needs some sort of motivation in the form of reaching for a toy or one of our hands.

- It was crazy, once he figured out how to roll he started sleeping like crap at night. It literally happened on the same day! We've been swaddling him since birth and all of a sudden he started arching his back and moving himself all over in his crib. He would get himself pushed up right against the corner of the crib and try to shove his face into the rails and suck on them, so funky! He'd wake himself up and cry, so I was making several trips into his room at night to move him back to the middle of his crib. I decided I'd had enough of that crap so we got him a sleep sack thing that is supposed to help transition him out of the swaddle. We used it last night and he slept through with no problems, thank the good Lord! I also like it because it covers his hands so he can't scratch himself and it will keep him warm since he kicks off any blankets we put over him in about .02 seconds!

- He has still been eating his cereal, we usually give it to him at night before bed. I've also given him sweet potatoes and he seems to like those pretty well. I had been hesitating to start giving him fruits and veggies because I didn't want to have to start worrying about that yet, but I think he is ready for it  so I'll probably start out with just one serving a day and go from there.

- He still talks and smiles a lot. He does laugh but it's only happened when he's deliriously tired.

- He's a very observant little guy so if we are ever in a new environment he just looks around and stares at everything. He will smile at people he doesn't know but it usually takes a minute for him to warm up.

- Since he started solids he hasn't blown out of very many diapers, thank goodness! I can only remember one blowout since we've gotten back from Christmas, and even then it wasn't too bad.

- The carseat is not his worst enemy anymore! He has finally gotten to the point where he can go a whole ride without his binky and still not fuss, woohoo!

- I swear he gains most of his weight in his cheeks. He definitely has some rolls on his legs, but they aren't too big yet. He's still long and lean for the most part.

- He is starting to get better at sitting up. Obviously, he still needs some support, but he can hold his weight up by himself for a few seconds at a time.

- He still loves the monkey stuffed animal we got him for Christmas and usually likes to chew on it.

- Since it's the winter time I almost always have him in socks, but the other day I didn't for whatever reason and he discovered this fun thing called toes!

- He is a drool bucket to the max!!! It's not so bad if he's laying down, but if he is standing or sitting then he soaks the front of his shirt in less than 2 minutes!

- His hair is getting so long! I used to be able to do a little spike mohawk thing with it, but now it's so long that Jared won't allow me to continue doing that since he thinks it looks weird on him haha. So now we are stuck to doing the side comb over, whatever, he's still pretty stinkin cute!

Four Months

Well it's been a fairly busy couple of week with the Holidays, so this post is a little late, but oh well! We had a very fun Christmas with Jared's family up in Boise, and now we are back to the grind. Here are some things to remember about Asher at four months.

- At his four month check up he weighed 14 lbs and was 26 inches long. That is the 35th and 90th percentiles respectively. It has been two weeks since then and he definitely hit a four month growth spurt, so we think he's probably around 15 lbs now. Either way he gains most of his weight in his cheeks!

- He rolled over for the first time around the beginning of December. We had been trying to get him to do it for a while, but one day he decided to lean his head far enough over to the side to get his momentum going and roll. He has only done it a couple of times since then and not for a couple of weeks now. I don't really care if it takes him forever to learn how to roll, crawl and walk, I'd rather have him immobile for as long as possible!

- We gave him rice cereal for the first time a couple of weeks ago and he totally gagged on it! We made it too thick to start with, so once we watered it down a little it only took him a few times to catch on. I think he likes it pretty well. He had been eating around 6 oz with every bottle there for a while, but lately he's been eating a lot less. I'm not sure if it was from the growth spurt or because of starting rice cereal, but right now we are lucky if he eats 5 oz. at a time.

- He still loves his playmat and will play under it for long stretches of time without having to be entertained by either of us.

- He thinks it is really cool to watch the TV and to FaceTime on our phones. It must be the bright lights because he obviously doesn't have a clue what's really going on. We are going to take him to a movie with us tonight, so hopefully he'll just sit and stare. . . or fall asleep preferably.

- I took him down to STG to visit my parents a couple of weeks ago and he really loved watching their little dogs run around. He would reach out and try to grab them too, but luckily he never got a good grip on them.

- My nephew has a thermal receiving blanket that he sleeps with all the time and calls his "Little" so he wanted to get a "Little" for Asher to have. I slept with it a few times before Asher was born so it would smell like me and he has loved it since birth. I decided to start sticking it in his crib during naps to see if it would help him sleep any better and what do ya know, it totally worked. So he now sleeps with his Little all of the time.

- He loves to take baths. He will sit in the tub and splash and kick all over. It is seriously going to be a nightmare when he gets bigger and will probably soak us every time, but for now we think it's cute!

- He has been gripping his toys a lot better lately. He also loves to reach for our faces and try to grab onto anything he can get his hands on.  We've got to keep his fingernails pretty short because he's clawed us pretty good a few times.

- He does not like wearing any form of hat. We tried to take some pictures of him with a Santa hat on for our Christmas card and it really pissed him off (See funny pic below). He usually fusses when we put his beanie on, but has gotten better at tolerating it.

- For the most part he just sleeps in his crib, but on the occasions that we are out and about or at church, he will only fall asleep if I am holding him. I won't lie, it's kind of cute and I secretly love it, but the kid is pretty freaking heavy so it starts to hurt after a while!

- He has started to make some laughing sounds. He hasn't given us a full gut laugh yet, but he has a distinct little grunt he makes now when he is happy. He has also been talking a lot more lately and doing random little high pitched screams, it's cute.


Jared and I decided to get a nice camera to document our growing family. It was our Christmas present to ourselves as well as from our parents, so thanks guys, we love it!

He thought he could be a big kid 

and hold his bottle by himself.

His typical face

This was the peak of our nap time desperation,

I've since gotten rid of the changing pad and use rolled

up blankets instead. You do what you gotta do!

This was the face right before he had a meltdown 

because he hates wearing the hat!

He's not sure about snow yet.

Lots of baby cousins at Christmas. 

Three Months

Another month has gone by, which is crazy, I'm not sure where the times goes! Things I want to remember about Asher at three months. . .

- He's still sleeping through the night without any problems. We put him to bed between 7:00 - 8:00 pm and he sleeps until 7ish in the morning. I know we are pretty lucky!

- He doesn't nap all that well during the day and usually wakes up after 45 min or so. He has a really hard time getting through sleep transitions. I tried pulling out the swing again and that helps, but the past few days they've still been short even though he's been in the swing so I think I might just bag that altogether, oh well.

- I moved him to a 3.5 hour eating schedule and that has been working pretty well the past few weeks. He eats around 5 ounces each time. He's not too picky about whether it's breast milk, formula or what the temperature of the milk is, which makes life a lot easier on me. He's a pretty laid back little guy.

- We pulled out the playmat for him last month and he has been obsessed ever since. He loves to lay underneath it and look at all the toys and the little mirror. His favorite thing to do is kick one of the poles so all the toys shake. He'd be happy playing under it for hours if we let him! He loves the little monkeys that hang down, he's obsessed with monkeys.

- He is starting to get a little bit better handle of his arms and hands. He is starting to reach for our faces and for his hanging toys. He's been sucking on his hands a lot lately, we'll see if he ends up being a thumb sucker like both of his parents were.

- He is a happy baby and continues to smile and "talk" to us all of the time. He always smiles and talks to us the most in the morning. I am not a morning person at all, so at least he's happy to start the day!

- He has had some pretty nasty blowouts during the past couple of weeks. Oxyclean has been my best friend since he's been born!

- Unfortunately he still doesn't like his carseat, but I just attach his bink to his strap so that I can reach back and help him if needed when we are at a stop light. We've also been hanging one of his monkey toys from the handle and he seems to like that.

- The stinking kid is a challenge to keep swaddled at night! One morning we went in to get him up and he'd completely come out of his swaddle blanket, arms and everything! After that night we decided to use two blankets and swaddle him twice which has worked well. Good thing it's the winter time so he doesn't get too hot with two blankets. It will be a great day when we don't have to worry about swaddling him anymore!

- He is officially in 3-6 month clothes and has been for almost a month now. It's kind of sad that he is getting so big! (I know he's really not that big, but still!)

- He holds his head up really well even though he doesn't really like to do tummy time. He loves to sit or stand on our laps and look around. He's also a big fan of doing "super baby."

- Changing his diaper has become a bit tricky now because he likes to kick his legs so fast.

Haha, Drake decided he wanted to 

be swaddled like Asher 

Seriously, why do boys get the 

long and naturally curled lashes??

He's not 100% sure about the baby carrier yet.

Meeting his cousin Eden for the first time.

Froggy for Halloween

He thinks he's big

Super Baby!

Nugs on the couch, because he didn't 

want to nap in his room that day, or ever really!

The monkey!

We spent the day with Dana and the twins,

Tate wanted to help me pat Asher to sleep, so funny!

Jared is so proud of the Patagonia winter suit we got for him,

not sure how much we will use it, but it makes dad happy so oh well!

First time in the Bumbo, he's still too small for it, 

he fell over to the side right after this pic!

More monkey play time

Too cool

Always happy when daddy gets home

This is what his face looks like 90% of the time,

he always seems so perplexed about everything!

Learning to walk, ha