Happy 1st Birthday, Asher Wade!
Today is Asher’s first birthday! We can hardly believe it has been a year already. Asher has changed a lot in the last month. He is very social at home around those he knows. He loves to crawl to us and give us hugs, nuzzle in our necks, and he head butts us as a sign of his affection! It is so cute. This boy loves to eat. Seriously, he can be in the other room, hear something in the kitchen and come crawling in all excited because he thinks it is time to eat! He gets his arms and legs going when he is excited, typically for food or when he sees me, which can be one of the same. He is now only nursing 1x a day, as I had planned, in the morning. The night time weaning was REALLY hard on me and has been an adjustment on Asher to a degree. He goes down okay at night, but wakes up now around 4:45-5:15 AM! Yikes, that is early. I really do not want to be getting up and feeding him breakfast at that dark hour. Now I am nursing him and putting him back to bed. We will see…this may get complicated as I try to wean that feeding. His favorite foods now are chicken, chopped grapes, mandarin oranges, sometimes strawberries, strained vegetable soup (I was eating soup and he wanted some!) and crackers. He is now taking the sippy cup well and holds it by himself! Yeah!
Asher now stands for a while on his own but then throws himself forward instead of stepping. He cruises well. But, when he runs out of things to hold onto, he throws himself down and crawls. We caught him today letting go, taking a step before falling onto his knees. He does like the attention he gets from standing and claps for himself. I think the boy would probably be walking if I did not carry him around so much. J Asher also likes to nod his head yes and shake it back and forth for no. This always makes me laugh. He also is one good dancer, bobbing up and down with his head and legs. As for talking, he says, more, yes (I think), Piper (our cat) he says really clear and often, Mama and Dada (He says Mama and Dada a lot!), hi and Bye-bye. He still likes to make this clicking sound with his tongue, something he picked up from Daddy.
Asher’s Favorites: Splashing in water (in the bath, at the pool, at the children’s museum, etc), playing in the cupboards, playing with Addison's potty chairs (he likes to put toys in it...YUCK!), eating, and giving hugs.
Dislikes: Being woke up, having his hair washed, being picked on by his sisters, & an empty stomach.
Asher loved his party today, in spite of the hard day we had (and he did not get a nap). He loved looking at the presents but not opening them, and he loved the cake! We gave him a little people airport and he really liked that. But his favorite gift was a big bus from Uncle Brent and Bridget.
Having Asher turn one is bitter sweet. We are having fun seeing him turn into a little toddler, but sad to see our baby grow up too fast.
Happy 1st Birthday, Asher! We love you…
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