Dahl House News: Asher- 10 months old

On April 11th, Asher turned 10 months old!!

Here are some things Ash is up to:

We have been working on clapping and waving this month. Clapping is going well, waving still needs work. :-)

Favorite foods- deli meat and cheese; man this kid can pack in the food now. I have future visions of him eating us out of house and home. He really likes to try new things; especially if it’s what we are eating.

Asher has reached what I call Official Wigglebug status- he just wants to move!

While still not crawling, Asher likes to maneuver himself 360 while on his belly and also while seated. Then to move to a new location, he rolls, scoots, or pushes himself backwards. I guess it’s something.

Asher is getting better at high 5s.

He seems to have changed his sleep pattern. He now falls asleep between 7:30 and 8pm. We have put a couple of stuffed animals in his bed for him to play with while getting sleepy. It seems to be working well.

We have started “double bagging” at night. This was an awesome idea by Belinda and Nick where 2 diapers are used (the outer one is one size bigger) at night to prevent leaks. It works better than anything we’ve done. Thanks for the idea guys!!

Asher loves to practice standing. He kind of puffs up his chest and smiles or laughs. He holds on to a table, the couch, his sit-to-stand toy, or our hands. He stays up for 5-10 minutes at a time. I still have hopes that he’ll crawl though.

He really likes standing at the coffee table. He works his little feet apart (even if we push them back together)- almost making him do the splits!!

He has discovered many noises that he can make with his mouth and we hear them all them time now. (I still need to catch this on video.)

Ash is a super happy kid 99% of the time. Brandon can get him laughing so hard- it’s awesome!!

Loves his new Spiderman ball.

He loves peek-a-boo! Both Memaw and Gma are great at doing this with him.

He still loves to swing. He shakes his arms and legs with excitement. It’s so cute!!

He is making this crazy new face. It’s a cross between a super cheesy smile and almost starting to cry. I think it’s because his mouth hurts; he’s cutting 3 more teeth.

This is almost the face. Of course I haven't captured a great one on camera.

March 20- waved at the dogs next door and to Memaw

March 22- first baseball game (spring training)

March 22- Tooth #4

April 5- first haircut
Oh the first haircut- a memorable event for us indeed! We went to Cool Cuts 4 Kids. They were great!! Yet no matter what they did, Asher still whined and fussed through the whole thing. Baby Einstein right in front of him didn't even pacify him for long (which is really likes). You'll see the cape goes on, and then he didn't like it, so it came right off. All-in-all, as soon as daddy picked him up after it was finished, he was totally fine. And he looked oh so cute!!