So much has been going on, it's going to be so difficult to write just a bit without detailing everything!! These will not be in chronological order, just so you know ;)
Yesterday, Mark and Tracy Crocker came over to deliver the twin bed we had given Mark while he was still single. With the issues Asher has been having at night (coming out of his room 2-5 times and attempting to get into our bed) we thought him having his own bigger bed might help out. So, we set it up, re-arranged the room and since we were feeling ambitious, we put Cole in Asher's old toddler bed. Woohoo, both boys did WONDERFUL! Right now, Cole is sleeping in the toddler bed for nap with no problems!! What a praise! We'll see how tonight goes...
Asher has been saying the funniest things lately. Talking like crazy, sharing his thoughts, telling us things that happened and re-inacting them. Lately, we've been working on teaching him left from right. Then a few days ago, I had one shoe on and he brought me my other shoe saying "Mom, here's your left shoe!" and he was correct! So I smiled, laughed a little, then he smiled and laughed too. And here's what's really funny... a couple days later, I was reading something on facebook and laughed, he says "Who smiled at you?" Too cute!! Love the way his little thoughts are coming together. A few days after that, Ash was spacing off at lunch and Mark got his attention and asked what he was thinking about. He replies "Hmm, just thinking about mama." Talk about melting my heart!
Cole is also growing and learning like crazy. He can say all kinds of words - here's a small list - Papa, Mama, Milk, Cookie, No (of course), trucks, monsters (b/c of Monsters Inc.), cheese, don't know, bath, teeth, want some, what is (what is it), no thanks, thank you, pants, uh oh - poo poo (funny thing, he waits for us to repeat "uh oh" before saying the poo poo part), pants, shoes, walk, gum, grapes, raisins. There are lots of other words that aren't quite as formed yet. Like, balloon used to be "baboon" but now sounds more like "bougon" - not sure what happened there! He also sings "our town" from this song we listen to a lot... it's a song Asher constantly requests and they just really like the part that says "This is our town" - it's a random, secular band, not a kid song, but Asher really likes that style of music with lots of guitar and lively drums... Dashboard, Julianna Theory, Yellow Card... funny kid!
Cole is also getting a lot more physical skills. Like running, jumping and even catching a ball! Today, we played catch for 20 minutes straight! It was so fun, and he was such a doll. Cole's latest trick is sliding on his tummy off of the couch. He will also use my desk chair or Asher's tricycle to climb up and over the arms of the couch... he's so reckless it's amazing he hasn't hurt himself seriously yet! Once, while attempting to climb over the chair and the arm of the sofa, he fell off head first, with only a little crying. Sheesh, I'm sure we'll be taking him to the ER for a broken limb before kindergarden!
Asher is starting to have pretend conversations with his toys and one imaginary friend. Well, she's not TOTALLY imaginary, b/c it's the character Mini Muffin from the book "Under the Tagalong Tree" which we read together most nights. He just randomly pretends she is here with us. He also sometimes pretends papa is at the table when he is gone... funny to see the things Ash likes to do. He loves coming to track practice with me and always talks about all the coaches and athletes he knows, however, he will hardly say a word to any of them in person! He especially likes the hurdle coach (Coach Clarkson) but will barely even look him in the eye. At home once thoough, he kept talking about doing the hurdles with coach Clarkson, but again, then next day at practice just hid his face from him. It's a good growing experience for him and I know he's learning better and better how to deal with feeling uncomfortable with new people.
What else? The meet in Seattle was crazy. I'm not going to even get into it. For all you track people, just know that it took the official 4 hrs to complete the women's and men's long jump - less than 40 total jumpers. Ugh!! He was just slow!! The head field event official took over for triple jump and it went WAY faster :) Mark came with me since I had a hotel room to myself and his parents watched the boys Friday and Saturday for us. It was a much needed break, even if it was mostly standing in the cold and driving... we are still so grateful we got to go!
Well, I've got to do some other things. Tonight I am doing my first batch of dried blueberries and strawberries using my friend Bev's food dehydrator! So excited to see how things go!! Hope you have a great week... oh, one last thing. I know I haven't been posting much about what God's doing lately. That would take an eternity. Just know that I'm learning so much about what He is like and how He is working with me to teach me about Him. I'm constantly amazed and how often He goes out of His way to comfort me and set my emotions straight. I pray for many of you, that you experience Him more and more, and for some of you, that someday you'll know Him for the loving God He is. Enjoy the week!
Yesterday, Mark and Tracy Crocker came over to deliver the twin bed we had given Mark while he was still single. With the issues Asher has been having at night (coming out of his room 2-5 times and attempting to get into our bed) we thought him having his own bigger bed might help out. So, we set it up, re-arranged the room and since we were feeling ambitious, we put Cole in Asher's old toddler bed. Woohoo, both boys did WONDERFUL! Right now, Cole is sleeping in the toddler bed for nap with no problems!! What a praise! We'll see how tonight goes...
Asher has been saying the funniest things lately. Talking like crazy, sharing his thoughts, telling us things that happened and re-inacting them. Lately, we've been working on teaching him left from right. Then a few days ago, I had one shoe on and he brought me my other shoe saying "Mom, here's your left shoe!" and he was correct! So I smiled, laughed a little, then he smiled and laughed too. And here's what's really funny... a couple days later, I was reading something on facebook and laughed, he says "Who smiled at you?" Too cute!! Love the way his little thoughts are coming together. A few days after that, Ash was spacing off at lunch and Mark got his attention and asked what he was thinking about. He replies "Hmm, just thinking about mama." Talk about melting my heart!
Cole is also growing and learning like crazy. He can say all kinds of words - here's a small list - Papa, Mama, Milk, Cookie, No (of course), trucks, monsters (b/c of Monsters Inc.), cheese, don't know, bath, teeth, want some, what is (what is it), no thanks, thank you, pants, uh oh - poo poo (funny thing, he waits for us to repeat "uh oh" before saying the poo poo part), pants, shoes, walk, gum, grapes, raisins. There are lots of other words that aren't quite as formed yet. Like, balloon used to be "baboon" but now sounds more like "bougon" - not sure what happened there! He also sings "our town" from this song we listen to a lot... it's a song Asher constantly requests and they just really like the part that says "This is our town" - it's a random, secular band, not a kid song, but Asher really likes that style of music with lots of guitar and lively drums... Dashboard, Julianna Theory, Yellow Card... funny kid!
Cole is also getting a lot more physical skills. Like running, jumping and even catching a ball! Today, we played catch for 20 minutes straight! It was so fun, and he was such a doll. Cole's latest trick is sliding on his tummy off of the couch. He will also use my desk chair or Asher's tricycle to climb up and over the arms of the couch... he's so reckless it's amazing he hasn't hurt himself seriously yet! Once, while attempting to climb over the chair and the arm of the sofa, he fell off head first, with only a little crying. Sheesh, I'm sure we'll be taking him to the ER for a broken limb before kindergarden!
Asher is starting to have pretend conversations with his toys and one imaginary friend. Well, she's not TOTALLY imaginary, b/c it's the character Mini Muffin from the book "Under the Tagalong Tree" which we read together most nights. He just randomly pretends she is here with us. He also sometimes pretends papa is at the table when he is gone... funny to see the things Ash likes to do. He loves coming to track practice with me and always talks about all the coaches and athletes he knows, however, he will hardly say a word to any of them in person! He especially likes the hurdle coach (Coach Clarkson) but will barely even look him in the eye. At home once thoough, he kept talking about doing the hurdles with coach Clarkson, but again, then next day at practice just hid his face from him. It's a good growing experience for him and I know he's learning better and better how to deal with feeling uncomfortable with new people.
What else? The meet in Seattle was crazy. I'm not going to even get into it. For all you track people, just know that it took the official 4 hrs to complete the women's and men's long jump - less than 40 total jumpers. Ugh!! He was just slow!! The head field event official took over for triple jump and it went WAY faster :) Mark came with me since I had a hotel room to myself and his parents watched the boys Friday and Saturday for us. It was a much needed break, even if it was mostly standing in the cold and driving... we are still so grateful we got to go!
Well, I've got to do some other things. Tonight I am doing my first batch of dried blueberries and strawberries using my friend Bev's food dehydrator! So excited to see how things go!! Hope you have a great week... oh, one last thing. I know I haven't been posting much about what God's doing lately. That would take an eternity. Just know that I'm learning so much about what He is like and how He is working with me to teach me about Him. I'm constantly amazed and how often He goes out of His way to comfort me and set my emotions straight. I pray for many of you, that you experience Him more and more, and for some of you, that someday you'll know Him for the loving God He is. Enjoy the week!
