6 Months of Asher

 We feel like it's almost summer! We're getting a little slower at getting ready for school each day :)

This weekend was so summery. Kids were outside our house all day, or inside, or out back, playing with our backdoor neighbor's grandkids or friends on our cul-de-sac, or friends from school down the street. We had a barbecue with ward friends Saturday night, and dropped some cookies by Camden's sweet nursery leader and a birthday friend on Sunday. It just felt like the most social weekend we've had since Covid hit us all, so it was happy and exhausting. We have the best neighbors.

Michael needs to take up yoga -- his long cases at work aren't always easy on him later in the day. He does the Wordle and Worldle with Westin each day and Westin loves it. He still falls asleep during our shows at night, which we used to blame residency for and now I think we know that's just a habit we're hanging on to. He's enjoying young men's, and is still the absolute center of Camden's universe.

Westin did his Problem-based Learning presentation at school this week, which was about bees and researching how we can help them and why helping pollinators is a good thing. He loves activity days and is doing great at piano and swim lessons. He keeps asking me to sign him up for Flag Football, which he has never played and which I have not done yet. And he dribbles his basketball on our deck all the time since watching March Madness. He is super mad at me because I told him I wouldn't read him the second Harry Potter book until he read the first book on his own. He doesn't really read by himself much and I want him to practice that skill of reading in his head. So he's been reading at night with his head lamp more and hopefully it boosts his confidence in tackling books.

Bennett has had a couple play dates with his bestie from preschool, and can't wait to have him over to our house next week. He was so excited this week for his Spring Zing, which is like field day, and talked about it so much. He works so hard at speech, and is getting more comfortable in the water at swim. Ever single time I ask him what we should have for dinner he says pizza and salad. This was his last full week of preschool and I can't believe it! These cute boys are getting bigger.

Camden is working hard at being ok with nursery. On the way to church he just says all the phrases he's heard from his sweet leaders or from Michael and me, like, "I'm safe in nursery. Grown ups come back!" And then says, "I won't cry." Then we get in there and he cries :) But I know he's doing his best. And we leave him crying in there now and they say that he's always ok in a minute or two, and is always happy when we pick him up. He happily yells, "You came back!" Which is almost as heartbreaking as it is adorable. We took his nursery leader cookies on Sunday because she has been such a huge helper for him and he loves her.

Asher is getting better at sleeping since we took away his swaddle. We tried his first two foods this week! He spit out all the mashed avocado bites and made faces at us, but the applesauce seemed to be a little more successful. He has his 6 month check up and he is in the 22nd percentile for height, 84th percentile for weight, and 96th percentile for head size. Skinny little cutie. He regularly sleeps on his stomach, which is still so new to me and cracks me up. Still nursing regularly, which is a blessing as I feel all this stress for formula-feeding mamas right now. Such crazy effects of this world just coming one after the other it seems. Asher is such a joy and we love him.

6 months of Asher.
I can hardly believe it.

I can't help but take a picture every time I catch this cutie sleeping.
He never slows down.

Walking home with our sweet Jocie friend!

Not the most appropriate picture BUT it took us a while to get this little guy to be ok with peeing outside, and our lives are now going to be easier because of it. 
Not sure why this was a hurdle? Kids.

Washing the table off, Camden liked scrubbing it!
Time for more dinners outside!

I call him my baby bird in this little suit of his.
He flaps his arms like tiny wings and I just love him.

Bennett works SO hard at speech.
Last week he said, "My mouth is tired," when we were done,
and my heart just loves his sweet soul.

Kids are pouring over our back fence both ways these days and it's a party.
Feels like summer is here, just a few more school days!

Lunch on the curb for these cuties.

I've been walking at night now that the days are brighter longer, and I like this little trail near my house.
But I did not like sharing it with a coyote. Didn't like that at all.

Camden likes putting ants and roly-polies in his dump truck, and was thrilled when daddy put in a little millipede. 

First time rocking the wild bird wrap instead of the moby/solly situation and he loved it. We even mowed the lawn for a bit but then the battery died, so we weren't much help to Michael at all in the end.
But we tried.

Such a sweetheart. Getting chunky!

We had a barbecue at a park with some friends on Saturday night and it was near a farm.
Camden loved the horses and cows.

Hard to believe my days in the Mother's room at church are numbered.
Definitely looking forward to easier Sundays, but I'll miss this sweet baby when he's on the move.

The back of his overalls are my favorite.
That's a leaf on his bum, not poop. Felt like I needed to clarify that.