Bad Blogger

Sorry, I haven't posted in sooo long... life has been busy and I haven't had much time for the computer!

Asher is getting big and smiling lots! He went for his first round of shots on Thursday and didn't much appreciate getting stuck 3 times! But he settled down pretty quickly and had a cuddle with mom!

Yesterday (Saturday) was our first time away from the little man. Grumpy and Grandma M came and watched Asher for a few hours, while Mommy and Daddy went to a funeral. Not exactly a fun outing, but hopefully we will be able to do it again for something fun.

Right now we are working on getting little A to fall asleep in either his bassinet or Crib with out falling asleep in our arms first... just now Gord was holding him, he would fall asleep, Gord put him down and he would cry... this isn't what normally happens but I want to make sure he knows that he wont get picked up right away if he does that. So I told Gord to walk away. I rocked his bassinet a bit, turned on his seahorse and after a bit of protesting... he is asleep! Sometimes he just likes to cuddle... but I want to make sure he doesn't get in the habit of only wanting to sleep in our arms!

Well... that's all for now... hopefully I will get back and post some more this week, but for now here are some pictures!

Lights of Courage

Tonight we went downtown to hang our lanterns for the lights of courage campaign, to celebrate the courage of people who are fighting, have beaten, or have succumbed to cancer.

It was really quite beautiful to see the hundreds of colourful Chinese paper lanterns illuminated in rows, and the hand written messages expressing hope, humour, love, grief and inspiration.

Each lantern comes with a paper tag, on which people can write a message as a tribute to anyone they know who has been diagnosed with cancer. I thought that this would be a great thing for us to do as a family so we could all think about the many ways that cancer has affected our lives. It was especially special to me because my dad has been diagnosed with cancer and will be starting his chemo treatments on Monday.

Asher wrote his Lantern for his Grumpy M, Great Grandpa Ross, Great Grandpa Irwin and Great Grandpa Percival. We know Grumpy will beat this thing so he can see his grandson grow big and strong!!!

Grumpy and Grandma M in front of our lanterns:

Asher trying to stay warm in his blankey:

Busy Busy

Sorry for the blog slow down everyone. We have relatives in town and Asher and I have been visiting non stop since Friday!

Here is the little man in Grandma M's arms on Friday, 10 Days old!

Aunty Gerry and Asher:

Asher and Aunty Brenda at Breakfast on Saturday:
Today we went up to Grandma and Grandpa M's for home made soup and a shelter raising. Asher basically hung out with Grandma, Mommy and Stef but in a few years he will be able to help out too!

Here is the crew working on the shelter, Aunty Gerry looks a bit puzzled by the instructions!

And here is the little man lounging on Grandma's lap!

Visiting

Gord, Asher and I would like to apologize for the low productivity day in Government offices around Victoria today, Asher went visiting!

First we went to my work, where Asher was given a few gifts, including the cutest hooded towel that is in the wash right now so he can use it for his bath tonight, and a card that is filled with well wishes. What a great group of people I work with!!! Thanks everyone!

Then we walked down to my old work to visit Ronnie, Cindy, Liana, Dana and others! We took a picture of Cindy holding him since Sharon was away today and Cindy wanted to one up her LOL

After that we went to Grandma P's work for a visit too!

Over the weekend we also did lots of visiting. On Saturday night we went up to visit Grumpy M and Grandma M. Asher sure loves his Grumpy, he cuddled with him for hours, and mommy got a nice long break!

Then on Sunday Kris and Liana came over and so did Aunty Gerry and Uncle Jack!!! Aunty Gerry bought Asher the Diaper Genie, and she brought it all the way from Vancouver on the back of her motorcycle!!

Then once everyone left, it was time for Asher's first bath at home!

And since every ones fav thing about the little guy seems to be his hair, we took a picture of it right after his bath.

Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa P's for a visit. Asher got to meet Deb, Harold, Dia, Tim and Cheryl. Aunty and Uncle were also there with Cousin Kiana. Here is Uncle Glen with the cousins:

And lastly this morning we went to visit the doctor for his 1 week (6 day) check up. Asher has grown 1/2 inch since he was born and gained 1.5 oz. So he now weighs in at 6.25 pounds!