shoes = outside

I'm glad the weather is getting better because Asa is OBSESSED with going outside. He figured out very quickly that putting on shoes usually meant we were doing something outdoors. He follows me around now going "shoes?, shoes?, shoes?, shoes?, shoes?, shoes?, shoes?," then when I put them on he gets this real high pitched innocent voice and says, "go outsseye?" Anyway, he LOVES pointing out dog poop and going "ewwwwwww, blechh," so we decided we better get him more things to do out there. Here he is with his new sandbox. He loves it. He still checks out the dog poop first thing though.




Here he is atop the climber/slide/fort thing we got him. Where he's standing in this photo is about 4' off the ground. Sunday, he started pushing up above the crawl hole you see and lifting his feet off the ground, which we kept telling him not to do. Eventually, it happened, he flipped head first over the top of it--but never fear, mommy jumped from the chair and caught him just before he hit the ground. The only casualty was the last of my cheap pinot and the logo wine glass I was using--a small price for avoiding the emergency room.

Happy Easter 2008!

Asa just wanted to pass along Asa's Easter happiness!



I got lots of great shots of his back, though, but this one is the best. This is our next door neighbors' daughter Caitlin, and she and Ace get along beautifully. They held hands for a long time and just laughed and giggled down the path.



The clouds parted for about 10 seconds today, making the only decent shot of Asa today a squinty and blurry one. Oh well...next year!

A couple of overdue Christmas shots

We learned this Christmas that all we needed to buy Asa was a couple of nice cardboard boxes and wrap them in paper. No--he didn't want to play IN them, he just wanted to climb on them. After a little coaxing and a lot of help, he figured out there was something good inside.




After Christmas, we headed to San Antonio to hit the Alamo Bowl with our best friends. Here are the boys up to no good...we caught them digging around in Amy's cabinets:

Back for more blogging

I'm sure by now the hiatus in blogging has now dropped us off the map with all of our baby-blogging friends. But just in case you still stop by now and then, more pics of Ace should be coming soon...thanks for your patience! The new year has brought employee changes at work, new responsibilities, sicknesses and new friends, which has cut into blogging time.