It's time to secure the cabinets

Our Linus

We have a baby Linus on our hands. Little Asher loves his Tiddliwinks blanket...

He travels with it...

He shops with it...

  He reads with it...

 

 

 

He cuddles with it...

 He visits the ER with it...

 

He plays with it...

All in a day's work... 

...He almost can't sleep without it.

 

 

 

 

We had to get a backup and he loves it just the same.

Recovering Asher

We are excited to announce baby does not have a food allergy! He has eczema. The doc says it's most likely related to me having asthma as an infant. So hopefully, Asher will out grow the eczema too.

Raising Godly Children: Your Child's Greatest Need by John MacArthur

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A Tine Update: Hello 2013

We are looking forward to a new year. We've been keeping busy here in Edmond. Besides taking lots of snapshots of Asher, Bill and I both have had a few projects on our to do lists.

Bill has been digitizing the polka band's music. He is also cleaning up pen markings and tears. The finished versions are very clean. It's like the first day of band, everyone gets brand new sheets of music. Ahh. Another project Bill is working or should I say playing with (he is absolutely enjoying it), is adding the Matthew Henry commentary and Charles Spurgeon's Morning by Morning daily devotional to the RCV website.  

I've been a little crafty. I made a pair of curtains for our bedroom window using this tutorial. They turned out pretty good. It was getting quite chilly in our room with only blinds in the windows. I'm also almost done with a beaded key chain. It's a peyote stitch like my mom taught me. It was real nice in the beginning but I kept messing up the design. Haha. It looks just okay now. 

Our master bath is under construction. We had to tear out our shower because water leaked into the wall and termites decided to move in. Finishing it has been on hold, but until then I have a small project for our garage. I've designed shelves for it. My handsome husband is going to build them when we can get the supplies from Lowes. I'm excited about them because as soon as the shelves are up, our extra bedrooms will be more functional and we will have less clutter. 

Asher is growing and learning everyday. Currently, he likes to play in his walker or his bouncer and still loves his play mat. We have noticed he has chosen his favorite blanket. He gets so excited when he sees it. He enjoys chewing on it, playing with it and pulling it over his head when he's ready for a nap.

 I love waking up in the morning to Asher talking. He's so serious sometimes too. Haha! We're teaching him signs so he can communicate with us. He hasn't really signed yet but I think he's beginning to understand our intentions. For instance, every time I sit him up from a lying position, I point up, grab his hands, count to 3 and pull him up. At first, he would tighten his neck up, to hold his head, as I was pulling him up. But now, as I'm counting he's ready to be pulled up. He loves to be pulled up too! He thinks he's a big boy. His mouth goes into this huge oval smile. "Yeah! This is so AWESOME!" You would think we gave him a "free get out of chores for the rest of your life" pass! Haha!

A few days ago, Asher was banging his toys around, while he was in his walker. Bill built a little tower of blocks in front of Asher and Asher quickly tore into them. Bill started to cry.... Aye! Just kidding. One of the blocks came back and hit Asher in the face and scared him. His hanging lip is so cute! Bill built the tower again and Asher, held his hands out, as if he were casting some sort of spell, and slowly knock over the tower. It is so neat to see him learning and thinking.

 Yesterday, January 18th, was the first time we've left Asher with a stranger for a couple of hours. We attended a marriage conference at our church. He cried. He lived. He was happy to go home too. Asher had two "firsts" this weekend. His first two teeth are now poking through his gums! He's starting to lean in for sips from cups and is reaching for food. He'll be ready for food very soon. We are very happy he is a healthy baby.

Well, Bill is playing at the hall tonight and I have baby clothes to fold. Good night!

Asher's hair is combed and he's ready for church

Asher's desk job