Confession.
I have been beyond HORRIBLE in documenting Asher's milestones.
I never started a baby book.
I have a journal.
Ask me the last time I wrote in it?
Uh yeah. Not a clue.
How many times have I thought..."oh this would be great for the journal"
or
"Ill take the journal with me because I will have time to write"
Parenting FAIL.
Thank g-d for this blog.
So here I go documenting.
15 months is one week away.
I'm still nursing.
Call the police.
This should be outlawed.
Kidding, kidding.
I can't stop.
But I will.
I feel lots of pride. I sacrificed a lot these past 15 months.
You would think I would be so over it.
I thought I would be.
Now it has to come to an end.
No, I am not pregnant like the bazillion other people that I know who are pregnant.
and No, I am not trying to get pregnant.
I miss being pregnant, but have no desire to be pregnant right now
12 months of nothing starts now or sometime this coming month.
No pregnancy
No nursing
What this means is freedom.
What a perfect year to be free.
In the next 12 months...
Philip will have completed his first year of his MBA after dedicating the past 2 years to completing his prereq's...thank you liberal arts degrees...
I will finally get eye corrective surgery after waiting my entire life but more specifically the past 6 years. I NEED this. I have nightmares about my glasses and contacts that haunt me.
I will turn turn 30.
We celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary.
...and most exciting this coming year, Philip and I will travel to Europe...
together, just the two of us.
back to documenting.
Asher, you stood for 8 seconds today.
You weren't holding on to anything.
Big Deal.
We are proud.
You are in no rush to walk.
Methods of transportation include cruising and crawling
You love to cheese for the camera.
This consists of scrunching up your nose.
You also scrunches up your nose when you waves.
We have noticed you prefer to wave with your right hand and hold it up behind your right ear.
You only shake your head yes and no at appropriate times...we think this is a blessing.
You don't abuse the No head shake because we DONT USE THE WORD NO.
Amazing huh?
Instead of using the "oh so abused" command "NO"...we use words and corrective statements such as "That's dangerous", "That's yucky", "That's hot" etc.
Guess what, you actually listen, but dont tell anyone we said that.
Maybe its first time "angel child" parenting luck...
Your grandma's and grandpa's spoil you. You spend so much time with them every week. They let you do lots of things your mommy and daddy won't let you do. They say that is what grandparents are for!
You love Bella. Bella still isnt 100% sure about you, still.
All things water are your favorite....the pool, the bath tub, the faucet.
At 12 months old you were a fish in the water.
You can make animal sounds, Roarrrr, Nay, Moo, Woof Woof, Quack
We think you can say more than we can remember.
You don't have an attention span for TV...just like your momma!
Although you never really watched it...we just started to introduce YoGabbaGabba for 15 minutes each day and you love to imitate them and dance to the music. Who doesn't love DJ Lance!?
You play independently. I always prayed that I would have a child that played independently. Sometimes you dont want us near your stuff or you. You want to play, create, imagine. And so you do....while we watch in awe of our beautiful child's independence.
You love attending the MyGym and Music Together every week.
You love to climb and you are very confident going up and down.
We are thrilled that you love books, the library and being read to. Although you tend to read books upside down you still love to "ooooo" and "ahhhh" at every page.
A favorite is Goodnight Gorilla & Goodnight Sh'ma
You havent had an episode since APRIL....
and yes we are counting. That is 5 months.
I've been hesitant to note this in fear that I will jinx myself.
Asher you love your angeldear hippo lovey. Must have, but stays in your room/bed at all times.
Sleep.... I mean A LOT. I can now look back and say that after 6 weeks old you slept through the night. For some of you this means 6 hours straight. For us that means 10-12 hours straight.
You slept through the night EVERY SINGLE NIGHT except 1 the ENTIRE first YEAR of life. I apologize now to all the parents that read this who have children who don't sleep.
Documenting my friends...documenting.
Don't send me hate mail. Please.
You finally ripped your only remaining aden and adnais sleep sack. You loved that thing for the past 12 months. It kept your feet warm and cozy every night.
You sleep with your lovey over your face. This is a mother's nightmare because I always fear that you will suffocate yourself. Thanks heavens for a video monitor. You also love to have things drapped across your neck. You love your sleepsack so much you want to sleep with it.
Check out that bed head!
You LOVE your daddy.
I would love to tell you that your a momma's boy, but you really do not favor either of us over the other. One of your favorite things to do with daddy is to sit in between his legs. He wraps them around you and you try to get out. You keep coming back for more and more!
You love electronics. Anything that has a button to push or lights up makes you smile. You even took the ceiling fan remote with you in the car the other day...ops!
Asher....you love food. You eat anything and everything. You have even tried sushi and enjoyed it. You especially love carbs but we make sure you eat balanced meals all of the time.
Clearly you are a wonderful baby/toddler. I know there is highly unlikely that our next child will be as easy as you....but all we can is hope. We love watching you grow, discover and experience life.
