Asher memories

I started this blog post in February....and I figured that it's time to finally finish it. Here are the latest...and maybe not-so-latest Asher happenings:

You're obsessed with ostriches, pelicans and flamingos. You call all three ostiges. You love to watch 2 ostriches fighting on youtube...I tell you they're dancing. All day long, you ask to watch 'ostiges'.
You crawled out of your crib for the first time on December 29, 2009. For 2 1/2 weeks, you didn't do it again...and then on January 13, 2010 I caught you on top of your dresser in the morning playing with your white noise. That morning, I re-arranged your bedroom. When you were suppose to be sleeping at your afternoon nap, you decided to climb out of your crib not once...not twice...but 3 times. I had to rock you to sleep that day...and when you woke, I lowered your crib an additional 3 inches. That lasted 5 weeks and 4 days. On Monday, February 22, you crawled out again and came to find mama in the bedroom. Mama told you that you shouldn't have crawled out of your crib, so you turned back around, walked into your room and started playing with toys! You haven't done it since. You'll crawl up on the crib rail, hang both feet over the edge and then pull yourself back into the crib so you won't fall to the ground It's crazy.

You're a drumming fool! All day, every day. Drum, drum, drum. We bought you a drum set that continually breaks. It's held together with super glue and duct tape. When it falls apart, we hear a 'Uh-Oh!' and then you bring us the pieces. You're constantly losing your sticks too and so it's a mad dash to find them. Mama keeps finding more drums at goodwill..someday you'll have a crazy huge drumset!

You always point out mama's face mole and then kiss it.

You never needed to sleep with anything, but now you have to have your friends turtle, ostrich, J.G., your giraffe friend and now Ellie, your elephant friend. You crawl into bed and point to each one calling their name. "Tutle, J.G., Ostige, Ellie!"

You love your friend Brian's bike. Over the course of a month you've gone from simply sitting on the bike, to learning how to petal yourself. You like to ask Mama or Papa to 'Pooosh' you. Grandma and Grandpa bought you your own bike as early birthday present and you love riding it back and forth in the neighborhood.

You can't get enough of Kipper. It's such a silly, simple Euro cartoon...but you love it. Each time we log onto netflix, you immediately call out 'OOOOOHHHHH!' and point to Kipper. Well, that or the Wiggles.

You are constantly hurting yourself, and with each time, you say 'boo boo!'. and then run to me so I can kiss it. , When Mama asks if you need kisses after you fall, you show her the boo-boo and then press your hurt appendage into mama's lips.
You need to dip everything in ranch or ketchup, you like to dip chips in salsa...even when it's hot, and you like dressing on your vegetables. If I forget to place sauce on your plate, you swirl your finger over the food you want sauce and whine.

Every morning when Mama goes in to get you up, she ask if you had good dreams. You always say 'yeah'. When she ask what you've dreamed of, you quickly say 'ostige-tutle, tutle-ostige'. Every...single...morning.

You love water. You play in the sink, pretending to brush your teeth and then spit, just as mama does, every morning. You love the water table Papa made for you, you love using the water hose and you can't get enough of running through the sprinkler or sliding down your slide into the pool. You also like to wade at the beach.

You love buses. Every time you see them you yell, 'Buss!'. If you hear one, you run to the window to find it. Some times it's not a bus...it's a big van or truck. To you, it's still a bus.
You are starting so much more. It seems as if each day you yell out another word. You still don't talk a ton, but it's been so fun to hear each new word you say. Though you still don't say milk, you say cheetah! Go figure, silly boy. This morning when asking for juice, Mama asked you to say 'juice please'. You immediately said it and kept saying it over and over again.
You are starting to sing and make up your own songs. It's pretty funny.
You have started to walk behind people to pat their backs, as if they need consoling. We have no idea where you learned that from, but it's hilarious.

You think the sink is where you throw things away. Mama is constantly finding trash and random toys in there.

You mastered the art of swinging on the big boy swing and as you sit there you yell for us to 'pooosh iher!'.
You love to help Mama in the garden and Papa to do anything. You still love to ride on Papa's back when he mows the lawn.

You continue to make us smile each day. You're such a joy! Today as Mama was getting you ready for your nap, you started bawling. But then you reached out and flapped Mama's lip. You thought it was so funny that you broke out laughing. That embodies you. You're a ray of sunshine. Even when you're sad, you can find something to laugh about. I love that about you. You are going to be such an amazing big brother some day!