Happy 1st Birthday Asa!

I love you little Asa! You have blessed my life in so many ways. Happy Birthday!

Just Some Videos!

Asa is learning so fast! Here are some of his latest adventures in learning...





On the 12th of February, my brother-in-law Chris got married! We are so happy to have Dani in our family. She is a great girl and tons of fun to have around! Congrats you two!

So Far Behind!

I have a lot to post but life has been crazy busy the last two weeks. Berkeley is now at Tech School in Texas. He left Monday, so the week before we were scrambling to get stuff done and now I am just busy with school and Asa. I will do my best to catch up though. Oh, my baby just woke up.
Signing off!

Cousins!

A couple weeks ago, we celebrated my nephew, Bryson's first birthday. It is always so fun to get our three little boys together since they are so close in age and all boys! Cade was born in December, Bryson in January and Asa in February. Here are some pictures of the cousins with their moms and dads.

In the first picture: Cade is on the left with my brother-in-law Matt, Asa in the middle with Berkeley, Bryson on the right with my brother Scott.



Left is me and Asa, my sister Kim and Cade, my sister-in-law Jen and Bryson.



It's really easy to tell which baby belongs to what parent, isn't it?

Our Own Place...and Two Weeks Together...

Tomorrow we get to move into our own apartment again. We have been living with family for nearly a year, and while I am very grateful, I am also very anxious to settle into our own space for a while. I am also anxious to settle into a ward for a longer period of time. I am not anxious for Berkeley to leave for tech school in two weeks. Three months apart will not be fun, but I am going to do all I can to make the best of it. I am so glad that I have school to focus on this time around and that Asa is a much happier baby. If you are ever in Bountiful, please call me and come visit!!

Compliment or Burn? You Tell Me.

While on my way to school last week, I called Berkeley to day hello. This is a bit of the conversation that followed:

Annie: "I keep driving the wrong way. I just can't think straight right now."

Berk: "Well, at least you're a beautiful retard."

Hmmm...I said thank you because in my mind I heard the word beautiful, but in response to my thanks, Berkeley laughed out loud, so I think his emphasis was on the retard part.

Oh well.

11 Months, Walking, and InstaCare.

Asa is 11 months old today. This week has been a crazy one mixed with good and bad. First the good: Asa took his first steps on Sunday (Jan. 17)! Of course they were very wobbly and ended in a pretty good face-plant, but that's a start! Since then, he has taken a couple steps a few times a day. Mostly he does it when he doesn't realize he's let go of something. He can stand pretty well on his own for a while but prefers not to, so this walking business might take a while. It is just crazy to think that our little guy will be walking soon. He also has learned how to blow on his food whether it is hot or not. It is really cute to see his little lips form a circle an blow air. He also loves to throw is body around. He will just put his hand in the air and free fall towards anything he wants. He is such a funny boy. Now for the bad. A few days ago, Asa came down with a really bad cold pretty much overnight. He was coughing constantly and his nose was a fountain. Well, on Monday night, he started wheezing and working pretty hard to breathe. I freaked. I saw my little asthmatic brother turn blue a couple times, so I don't take breathing issues lightly. We took Asa into Instacare (which I would never choose to do, but it was Martic Luther King Day so the pediatric office was closed) and they took his vitals. His oxygen levels were just over 60%, which isn't considered an emergency yet, but still low. He received a breathing treatment and his wheezing cleared up after that. They don't diagnose asthma in a baby this young, so the doctor just attributed it to his bad cold. They gave us an Albuterol breathing machine to have at home if we ever needed it again. Since Monday, Asa has had no real breathing trouble, so I am really hoping it was just a bad night. I still am really glad to have that machine on hand if we ever come across this problem again. I think everyone should have one!