Birthday Palooza Part 2&3&4

Well, I intended for there to be a lot more follow up on this. We had a great party at Play World Down Under with the kids. Mark took pictures on the camcorder, and I don't know how to download them. That was suppose to be Part 2. Hopefully I'll have some pics before he turns 3!
Part 3 was the celebration Asher had at school. I took his class cinnamon raisin biscuits and bananas for breakfast on their cereal day. Of course, they didn't understand it was for Asher's birthday, but they all dug in! I was just glad to be able to do something like that.

Part 4 was the actual weekend of Asher's birthday we went to the Tennessee Aquarium. We're members there, but the membership is about to expire so we thought we'd enjoy it one last time for a while. Afterwards we ate at a great restaurant that is right on the TN River called the Boathouse. It was a great birthday. Thanks for all the gifts and well wishes!
I'd say the little guy had a well celebrated birthday!!!Asher with Daddy at school. Asher didn't understand why we were there so he didn't enjoy it as much as we hoped. He just kept saying "home" which is where we go when Mommy and Daddy show up. I didn't think that one through!

Riding the escalator at the Aquarium. That was way better than seeing some ole fish!

Looking at the fish through the "bubble"Birthday dinner with Mommy and Daddy. (I'm not sure what the black blob is in the corner. We reformatted the computer, and I haven't re-downloaded my editing program yet.)

Whoa!

Am I stupid or something? I was so excited to get photoshop so I could just start creating. Oh my! I don't know how to do anything though! I guess I figured I'd jump right in there and figure it out. It's awful!
I thought doing a blog header would be a great way to start, but I'm totally intimidated now. What have I gotten myself into? Any ideas from you guys? I need all the help I can get!

Birthday Palooza Part 1

The weekend before Asher's actual birthday both mine and Mark's families traveled from MS for his party. Asher just loves getting to play with his cousins Landon and Annelise!
Part of the festivities was a party at Play World Down Under which is an indoor playground here in Chattanooga. The theme was Blue's Clues. That's his favorite!
It was a beautiful weekend so we played outside with Asher's new T-ball set. Grandma even got in on the action! That evening we went to PF Changs and then to my favorite Bruster's for ice cream. There he had his first ice cream cone.
It was overall a wonderful weekend, but our visit with family was way too short!

A clue, a clue!

Asher opening gifts at home. Landon and Annelise helped out.

Daddy showing Asher how it's done!

Grandma showing Asher how it's done! :)

This is SO my kid! Loving him some ice cream!

Saying goodbye to Aunt Sis

I was very sad I didn't get any decent pictures of Asher with his cousins. It's almost impossible. Better luck next time:(

Two Years Already!

Happy Birthday to our little Asher-Man! We couldn't ask for a cuter, funnier, or healthier child!

Things Asher dislikes:
Most meat, pineapple, when Mommy or Daddy leaves, jackets, long sleeves that go over his hands, going inside, being woken up, brushing teeth...

Things Asher likes:
Anything sweet to eat, pancakes, Thomas, Elmo, Blue's Clues, gymnastics, drawing/writing, sliding, swimming at the Y, phones, the water squirt bottle, bathtime, any dog, napping, blankie, his paci:(, balls, going to school, going to church, finding stop signs and flags, fried okra, grapes, one particular baseball cap, drinking from an open cup, riding Granddaddy's school bus, airplanes, squirrels, Jello, "driving" Momma or Daddy's truck, brooms...

We'll have his stats this week after our check up

A little trip down memory lane: Getting ready to pop...in about 8 hours!

About to go home not realizing how fast this all goes 7 months

1st Birthday
18 months

The Big Boy he's become

Today is such an emotional day for me. I mourn the baby I had. It goes by so fast, and when it's over, it's over. All I have are pictures that make me cry when I look at them. Who knew having a child could be so heart wrenching! I wouldn't trade it for the world though!
I love my family so much!

Pigs Didn't Fly...

But hell froze over! No kidding, I thought I was there for a short time! On the way back from Virginia Asher and I got snowed in at the Charlotte Airport. After having our flight to Chattanooga delayed a few hours it was finally completely cancelled. We met two very nice ladies that helped us out that were trying to get to Chattanooga also. They found flights to Huntsville for us. From there, we'd rent a car and be home within a couple of hours. 

We got on the plane to Huntsville at 10 pm. I was very excited to finally be leaving, and it would work out well because Asher could sleep. Well, after getting on the plane they informed us we would have to wait at the gate for about an hour before we could proceed to the de-icing pad. So, we waited. Then we waited 2 more hours in that line. During our de-icing the truck doing it broke down! We had to then go to another line which was another 2 hours long! When our time came everyone was ecstatic! Now, we were getting closer to home! We got on the runway where we were about to take off when the plane pulled over. What now?!?! A temperature sensor on one of the engines went out. We had to be grounded! Asher and I got off that plane after 5 long hours at 3:20 AM!!! 

Asher slept while we waited (again) for a 7:30 AM flight to Chattanooga which of course got cancelled. We then planned on getting on a 10 o'clock plane to Nashville. It wasn't cancelled but delayed because it had no crew! The crew was coming in from Memphis and were running late. Close to noon we boarded that plane and went to Nashville where Mark picked Asher, the nice ladies, and me up. We arrived on our doorstep at about 6:00 Monday night after driving, dropping off the nice ladies, and going to the Chattanooga Airport to find our luggage. We were about 25 hours off schedule! Then of course, I had to be at work Tuesday morning. I promise I'm still not recovered from 24 hours in an airport with an almost 2 year old by myself!

I have to add though that Asher was a real trooper! He thought he was at Disney World! We just kept busy pushing the stroller (I think I walked 10 miles:), playing on payphones, and riding the moving sidewalks! He was in much better spirits than his momma! That is for sure. I was sick of rationing diapers, eating overpriced junk, and not sleeping!

Thank you to everyone that was concerned and kept calling and texting! That was my source of sanity. A lot of ya'll were very helpful. Thanks Pam and Conner for your offers! 

Trip to Virginia

Asher and I took a few days to go visit Erin one of my best friend's from college. We had not had the priviledge of meeting little Miss Shelby Claire yet. It was great to catch up with her, let the boys get to know each other better, and of course love on Miss Shelby Claire!

We did a lot of kiddie friendly activities including 2 children's museums and the zoo.

Daddy taking us to the airport for Asher's first time to fly! Asher loved the escalators!

Strong boy pushing the mountain

The boys watching the animals at the zoo. Yes, they are wearing the same thing...We're complete dorks! Believe or not someone asked us if they were twins! Ha!

The twins loving the train:)

Asher "fixing" the car the Richmond Children's Museum

Little grocery clerks

Catch up...

I haven't been blogging lately. Life has been very busy. I'll try to sum it all in a few blogs.

1. Valentine's Day:

I just love being a mom and doing things like this. These were the cookies and Valentine's I made for Asher-Man's class. The card cracked me up! I had to share!