The biggest boy and the littlest boy

One of the things I am enjoying this 4th time around is the age difference between Asher and his older siblings. The 3 big kids are able to understand how Asher behaves as a baby and are able to interact with him really nicely.

Here is a very cute example.

Handsome Little Chunk

Our chunky little man has received his...

1st haircut! 

He handled it like a pro, and didn't mind the clippers at all. 

 He is a warm little guy and often he would get a hot little head. His hair was growing at about 4 different lengths too so now it is all nice and cool and even and trim.

Such a handsome little man!

The Big 3

Here is a bit of a glimpse at the big 3 kiddos.

Mr. Jeriah is his silly little self. He hangs out with me in the mornings and is my helper, we grocery shop, bake, take care of Asher and play. He is loving the alphabet and learning the different sounds that the letters make. He is full of questions and will love school next year. He is already talking about how he will take the bus home and what color he would like his backpack to be.

He is such a funny kid. In this video he is singing part of a song from the Backyardigans.

Mr. Corban is getting so big, he is gaining on Marin in height, and I wonder how long it will be before he becomes taller. Corban is understanding letters and the sounds they make very well, which is what spurred Jeriah's interest. When they play I can hear them talking about letters and making the sounds together that each letter makes. Corban is good at teaching Jeriah if he has the wrong letter or sound. Corban loves rhyming and has also made huge progress in his writing ability. This past week was his K2 Show case at school. Here he is pictured with the 2 airplane pictures he drew and a write up about the airplane he made. The quote from his write up. "I made an airplane and a cloud. It's for taking people to places. Sometimes people can travel places through a car if the countries are stuck together. Some places are not so you need an airplane to cross an ocean. We need to go other places to visit..."

He preferred sticking his tongue out...

this is the only picture with his tongue in his mouth.

The whole class made a town modle, many of the things they made represented building in our community. Corban made an airplane, that we all need to use to get back to our home counties. :)

Miss Marin keeps becoming more and more grown up,  and I can't believe she will soon finish Gr.1
She likes to help me in the kitchen when I am cooking, or baking, she calls herself the "mini chef". Her favorite is to help with Thursday night pizza making.
She is continuing to learn piano and the other day and dropped in on her practicing with the video camera.

3 Months Old

It seems like so long ago that we had a precious little newborn, time is flying by so fast. Now we have an adorable chubby 3 month old baby who is already showing signs of wanting to keep up with his older siblings. Slow down time, and stop growing up so fast sweet baby boy!

Asher is a super baby, really easy, an amazing sleeper, happy, smiley and totally cute!

He chews on his hands, and tries to put anything he gets his hands on into his mouth. He likes play time and tummy time, and looking around at everything. He is starting to arch his back and use is feet and legs to twist himself when he is laying on his back, and is working at becoming a little scooter.
He is getting so big too, weighing in at 14lbs 4 oz and 24 3/4 inches long.

I set him up to take some pictures, but he dosen't really seem interested in the big black thing I stick infront of my face to take pictures with. He took a look at it...

but then found his hand,

yum, yum, yum.

Then he saw Jeriah...

what is that crazy brother doing?

Then I asked Jem to come over and help me by making him smile.

That worked for a bit...

but then he found his feet.

Cute no matter what he is looking at though! :)

Seriously Cute.

This little man is just too sweet.

He such a wonderful baby, content and easy to please.

He loves having his big bros and sister play with him and talk to him.

He is working at figuring out how his hands work.

I have said it before and I'll say it again and again and again... We love him SO much!!

So Cute and So Loved

A bit of sweetness from this morning. :)

A Bit of Asher

Our littlest man is super cute and he has been showing off his big smiles and dimples that go a long with them.

Asher has been enjoying having books read to him, well what he really likes is to look at the pictures. He has also been working at getting his hands to work for him and is in the process of learning how to grab a hold of things. He continues to love bath time. He is growing really well and is over 13lbs now. The big 3 kids are eager for him to learn new things and like to bring him toys. When they come to him he likes to watch them and smiles at them. Very cute.  We are loving our baby boy! :)

Granny & Grandpa are here!

We have visitors! Granny & Grandpa arrived just over a week ago and we have been filling our days with fun outing, going to the pool, doing projects and spending lots of good time together. We are about to finish up a week of spring break, on Saturday the kids will go back to school.

One of our first outings was taking them to see the old Ottoman castle.

The kids have had fun doing learning projects with Granny & Grandpa, they learned about elephants, they did a poster about animal facts, biggest, smallest, fastest, etc and along with Daddy they created a modle of the plantes in our solar system in our hallway. You can see pictures of that along with a few others by clicking HERE.