Dear...

Dear,
Bed
Bella
Asher-man
Super Dad

I miss you. I haven't seen you since Monday morning.
I now know that you can survive without me...
But I can not survive without you.
This has been a tough 2 weeks for all of us. I have been to Nashville, DC and California all in a matter of 10 days. We have made it through and we will all be united tomorrow morning at 6:30 am.

I can not wait to snuggle up with all of you.
Super Dad. You are just that. Thank you for being Mr. Mom all week.
Bella. We promise to take you on a long walk and finally get you groomed.
Asher. I can not wait to squeal in excitement over your walking. I want to witness it in person. Thank you for being such a flexible, laid back, easy going child. You make parenting very easy and so much fun. We are spoiled.
Bed. By the time I arrive home I will be exhausted from 3.5 hours of sleep on a red eye (note I am writing this before I actually get on the plan and assuming I will sleep thanks to sleeping pills). I can't wait to lie down on your ever so plush latex mattress.

G'night moon until tomorrow.
I love my family. I love my life...which is why I am flying home on a red eye.

Big Steps

Asher is a WALKER!!!!! 16 months old and walking like a big boy. To say we are proud is an understatement. Enjoy the cellphone captured video.

And on the note of big accomplishments...I am no longer a nursing momma. It's sad. Real sad. I am still not sure I was ready or wanted to stop, but I did. No turning back now. 16 months of momma's milk sure did a body good for both me and Asher. I might be sad but I am darn proud.

WAY behind on posts due to an insane travel schedule

(but this one is current and written from California)

The GREAT Greats!

We are excited to announce that Asher's Great Great Aunt Estelle and Uncle Jerry moved from Florida to Charlotte!! We could not be happier that they decided to call Charlotte their home and as you can tell they are very excited to be close to us and Asher. My Great Aunt Estelle is 87 years old and looks amazing. We are looking forward to sharing many memories with them over the years.

Buddies

Asher and his ladies Stella and Lila at the Sukkot Party

Asher with his bro and future AZA'er Jacob Hirsch

Asher with his cousin Kylie

Asher and Ella playing at the park

Best friends!

for the record

Asher peed on the potty 2 nights in a row.

Probably just luck...

but we are proud parents...

for the record!

Prayers for Papu

Today Papu is having back surgery to have a spinal fusion...actually right now he is having surgery. Because Papu has Parkinson's and will be undergoing anesthesia his recovery can potentially take a lot longer than it would for me or you. Often times Parkison's patients become a lot more confused post anesthesia as well as a long list of other side effects listed here.

Please pray that the surgery will go smoothly and he will have minimal to no complications from the anesthesia.

All our love and prayers to you Papu!

Erev Yom Kippur Dinner

Since Nana was very sick with some virus during Rosh Hashanah we had to scrap our dinner plans and postpone them until Yom Kippur. It was sad to miss out on Nana's yummy jewish cooking, but we knew she would out-do herself for Yom Kippur. Asher got all gussied up for the company. He wore a shirt that Sarah K and Robert bought him before he was born. He looked so grown up and handsome. He also wore his new stride rite shoes his Softa bought him...and a braided belt! He was prepared for a sleepover with Nana & Poppy while we went to Kol Nidre services at Temple Friday night.

Waiting or Daddy to arrive!

Dinner table set and ready for yummy food and wonderful guests!

Check me out!

I'm a big boy!

Getting some Papu love!

Star of David Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins!

Hanging with Nana and Poppy at the Tot Yom Kippur Service

Check out his seer sucker blazer!

Hanging with his girl Lila. She has grown since you last saw her here.

Still supervised dating...

"come on mom....we are all grown up, you dont need to watch our every move!"

Asher is loving life!

May you have a Happy and Healthy New Year...

looks like its going to great for The Schreibmans!

15 months oh mi!

We can't believe our little man is 15 months!

Asher's 15 month stats:

26 lbs - 75th %tile

31 1/2 inches - 75th %tile (he really sprouted the past 3 months!)

His head is a different measurement depending upon who measures it.

This has become the check up joke. One nurse always measures it huge. Like 140th %tile+.

The doctor always remeasures it and its 60th %tile. Whatever.

Dr. Matt examining Asher.

Nurse Lori (our favorite) measuring the big boy!

Measuring his head for the FIRST time...

Almost time for the big boy scale!

This month Asher has started walking with minimal assistance!

He took 5 steps on Thursday and is getting braver by the day. We suspect we will have a walker in the next week or two. We are so proud of this accomplishment. We have all worked very hard to develop this skill and he could not be more excited for it to click in his head and feet!

Asher's PT is still coming every Friday and will do so until he is running. As first time parents this has been so helpful for all of us. We all truly love his PT, Tammy and the County Services Coordinator Kesha. He always makes huge progress after each week's therapy.

Here are some recent Asher photo favorites...

Look Ma, No hands!!!

What's more fun than a day in your jammies!

Walking with Daddy on the Greenway.

Best view in town!

Time for Asher to take charge of the stroller

This is easy...one hand!

Just like you daddy...

Now its my turn to take over.

I told you I knew what I was doing!

Crash...good thing no one was in there!

I used to fit inside this basket very nicely...

HELP....!!!

That is what I'm talking about...

15 month old's shouldn't be sitting in baskets!

Fun Asher facts:

Asher is extremely independent and came play by himself forever.

We can now play peek a boo with our hands and not just curtain!

Opening cabinets and discovering what is inside is a favorite around our house.

He is BUSY. Constantly on the go.

He is an extremely fast crawler.

When he is serious and mischievous he displays an underbite.

He knows when he is the center of attention and loves to be a ham.

He scrunches his nose when he smiles big. He laughs when we laugh.

He is learning to pat pat Bella and she is tolerating it a little better. But just a little.

We started introducing the potty at bath time thanks to several friends recommendations and so far he has only peed in the potty twice, but hey its twice. By all means we are NOT trying to potty train yet. Funny note: The first time he went while sitting on the potty it shot out on my foot. Oh the joys of boys!

He can now sign "more, all done and tree".

Yeah tree is kind of random but he does it.

He can say way more than he can sign. He is extremely verbal.

Still sleeping like a champ and eating like a champ.

He eats anything.

He loves music and head bangs/bops to it.

He has 7 teeth which include 1 first year molar. He has about 4 teeth on the way, which makes for a fun time. Teething doesnt phase him much, but enough for us to know he is teething.

Working on transitioning his milk bottles to milk sippy cups. We are struggling on this one.

I guess it might help if I stopped nursing. He can do water in sippy cups but freaks when it comes to milk...even warm milk.

Asher doesnt like anything cold except water. Ice Cream, yogurt, milk. Cold, no thanks.

I'm sure I have repeated myself in prior blogs. But then again, its all about keeping a record.

As I sit here and type my child is shaking different bottles of vitamins like maracas. I guess I better get off the computer.

Have I mentioned I swear I'm going to be a mother of 3 boys. My gut tells me so.

xoxo

snip snip

We finally bit the bullet and cut his hair...

His hair was in his eyes and forming a mullet

Several people asked if he was a girl (seriously!?!?)

So off we went this Saturday to Pigtails and Crewcuts for his first trim

He loved his hair dresser and the fire truck!

but was very fond of the spray bottle

he was much better behaved than we expected

his rat tail is gone and his hair still has some curl to it

his little jewish man "pais" are gone (long curls over their ears)

clearly getting your haircut is something to be excited about when you are this cute!

serious business people

the final touches

Voila....our big boy with his Poppy, Nana and Softa at his first haircut.

Yes everything our family does is a family affair/production. We love it that way.

Cheeeeese! So handsome!

He even got to pick out a treasure out of the treasure box.

We also bought him some special kids hair gel...!?!?

Lets see what kind of crazy hair do's we can come up with now!