The (good little) big bad wolf

 For Halloween, Asher dressed up as the big bad wolf. We went trick-or-treating at HP (Grandpa Brent's work) It was nice because he could go with his cousins and it was in the middle of the afternoon- night time trick-or-treating is past his bedtime :) Asher loves this Thor's hammer so he drug it around with him most the time even though it has nothing to do with his costume.

 Grandpa had to hold him so I could get a descent picture of him. He walked around with his head down a lot so he could see where he was going and he wouldn't hold still for very long, so the following pictures aren't very good.

 Asher loved going from desk to desk collecting candy, but had a hard time grasping the concept that he was supposed to keep the candy. He liked to pick it out of the bucket then drop it back in again over and over.

 Here he is with his cousins at Grandpa's desk. As you can see, he is more interested in them than anything else.

 The new baby dressed up as a jack-o-lantern. I was going to go as little red riding hood, but I just had to play on my big belly since I probably won't be this pregnant for any other Halloween.

 Here is Asher trick-or-treating at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We also went to two neighbor's houses and Asher thought he was so big being able to walk up to their doors all by himself. 

Happy Halloween from the sweetest big bad wolf anyone knows!

Fall Leaves

I think these pictures speak for themselves: we love October weather and we love fall leaves!

Fifteen Months

Asher is now fifteen months. And that has me a little nervous. Since my boys will only be 16 months apart that means that we only have a month left before #2 arrives! Asher has been having a hard time the last couple weeks. He got a really high fever that lasted a couple of days followed by a rash all over his face, chest, and back. I found out that it is something called Roseola which is related to chicken pox. Luckily the rash didn't bother him, but it was hard to see him so miserable and lethargic while he was sick. You might be able to see a little bit of the rash still on his face since this was the first day that he was really feeling better. He has been pretty clingy and had a hard time sleeping by himself ever since he got better, but we are working on it since he is going to have to do a lot of growing up when his brother arrives.

Halloween Cookies and "Spaghetti"

 We had the chance to watch our niece and nephews this weekend to give their parents some alone time. Asher always loves playing with his cousins and it was a fun night for all of us. We started out by decorating Halloween cookies. The boys each made their own plate and Austin and Asher just ate the ones that I was making. Luckily our little niece "Panda" was being very good during this time, so we all got to enjoy the cookie decorating.

 Ben kept informing us every time he got some frosting on his finger, so we just told him to lick it off (since we weren't giving any to the neighbors or anything). After that I think he was purposely getting frosting on his finger, because it was constantly in his mouth.

 We made the cookies before dinner, but didn't let them eat too much before we had soup. The cookies were a great bribe to get them to finish most of their soup. They got really worried when Austin finished his soup first and said he was going to eat all of the cookies if no one else ate.

 Paul and Ben made five cookies each. Paul insisted that he was going to eat all five cookies, but after two and a half, he started complaining that his tummy hurt.

 Here you can see that eventually Ben moved from licking frosting off his finger to licking frosting off the knife :)

 After dinner Austin took the boys into the playroom to entertain them while I held "Panda" and cleaned up the kitchen. Paul had his little lego parts out and Asher started taking them out of the bin and throwing them on the floor. So of course Austin just made a game out of it and told the boys they should throw the parts up in the air and yell "Confetti". All three boys thought this was a hilarious game, but couldn't quite get the word right and kept saying "Spaghetti" instead. They threw the parts all over the room, gathered them all up, then threw them again. It was a huge mess, but Austin got the boys to clean up without any complaining.

While they were cleaning up, Asher decided that he should actually walk (rather than just taking a step or two and then falling down.) He took about 10 steps while he was trying to get to the bin that they were putting the lego parts back into. Austin held it in front of him and moved it along just out of his reach to make him walk for it. After that, he wanted to practice more and walked all over the room several times. Unfortunately, we were both so excited that neither of us thought of making a video.We will try to get one in the next week or so. He is so funny to watch walk and try to keep his balance.

Denver Zoo

 This week we took our first trip to the Denver Zoo (and Asher's first trip to any zoo!) We met my friend Dave there. Austin had to work and wasn't able to come, but luckily Dave offered to carry Asher around everywhere, since the view wasn't very good from his stroller. I was a little worried that Asher wasn't going to be really interested in the animals, which was the case with many of them, but he did like some of them.

 He was interested in the elephants, but seemed a little more interested in the other little kids that were standing near us.

 He loved the peacocks and wanted to walk right up to them.

 The polar bear got him really excited. He kept touching the picture of the polar bear on the sign and pointing to the actual polar bear. He started squealing and getting giddy about this point in the afternoon.

 The giraffes weren't the most interesting to him, but he did at least pay some attention to them. (Look at my belly! I'm starting to get huge!)

 The hippo was especially fun because he was swimming and jumped up out of the water a few times- that really got Asher's attention.

 I don't know why the penguins were so exciting, but he seemed to like them a lot even though they didn't do much.

As you can see, he didn't care about the lions at all. This is the best picture I have of him with them and he isn't paying any attention to them. Maybe it was just because we had been at the zoo for awhile and he was starting to get bored.
Our first trip to the zoo turned out to be quite the success. Asher got to see lots of new things and didn't cry or fuss until the very end of our car ride back home.