Mother's Day

I couldn't have asked for a better Mother's Day to be my first. Luke let me sleep in until 9am after a 6am feeding of course. He then made me my morning tea, I showered and then we had a fabulous breakfast at a cute little place by the zoo called Mae's. I had one of my ultimate fave breakfasts: chicken fried steak, eggs, grits, biscuits and coffee. Asher did us a great favor by napping while we both got to eat our breakfast. Then we ran some errands, went to a farmer's market, and then home again.

I got two really great Mommy gifts as well. A new Asher carrier since the Moby wrap is no longer big enough for him. I also got a bird feeder for our little front yard. Now Asher, the cats & I will have something to watch as we sit in the rocking chair by the front window.

Our little guy is quite the talker these days. He's discovered that he can use his shrieks and squeals to get out attention. He'll stand on my lap and just shriek to the world about who knows what. It cracks me up every time.

We got him a new seat called a BeBe Pod. It's a great little chair that helps kiddos to sit up when they can't sit up on their own yet. He seems to really like it since he's always wanting to be able to sit up and look around. Now he sits in his chair on the kitchen counter while I make dinner. We talk about what I'm doing while he chews on his fingers. He's growing so quickly too. It seems like just yesterday that all he did was sleep. Now all he does is smile and eat. I still sometimes stare at him in wonder because of who he is. It's amazing that he came from Luke & I. He has this fantastic personality that is unique to only him. The latest twist of his character is that he went from being perfectly happy to be held by just about anyone. But now, he'll start to cry if he's held by someone other than Luke or myself. He's becoming aware of this great big world around him and he's also learning that sometimes that great big world can be a scary thing. We'll have to make sure he gets through this phase to being happy in anyone's arms again.