standing tall

This is Asher's new trick.

 

He is so over crawling. All he wants to do is be standing every second of every day. Pretty much as soon as I put him on the floor he crawls to either me or the couch, pulls himself up and then proceeds to slobber all over me or the couch. Good times.

He also loves taking a shower.

And he loves his new high chair. Yes, we finally had to get him one since he became the Bumbo escape artist.

family history

Our Sunday School lesson this week was on seeking out your ancestors and doing your part towards your family history. It got me thinking that I should start making my parents tell us stories from their past. Perhaps I may just even get a digital recorder and pester them a bit when I'm back in Utah this winter. I know my Dad will be on board since he is currently obsessed with scanning every last picture we have and creating a digital copy so that we can all have a DVD with all the family photos.

But it also got me thinking about displaying my family tree and wouldn't you know what I saw on Design*Sponge today. They had a link to a very cool site that makes modern genealogy displays, check it out HERE. I'm thinking I would love this one  

or this one

happy halloween

We are having fun celebrating our first Halloween in our new home. Asher is decked out in his Halloween jammies. And for the first time ever, Quinn and I actually carved pumpkins.  We have been waiting patiently for trick or treaters and we finally got some! Hopefully we will get some more soon otherwise we will have A LOT of candy left over.

costume debut

Asher was able to debut his costume tonight for the church "Trunk or Treat" party. We did a little photo shoot on the front porch first.

 

isn't he the cutest little skunk ever?

If anyone has ever been around him when he is having his baby gas then you know this is an appropriate costume for him. He is definitely our little stinker!

We had so much fun checking out all of the other costumes tonight. There was the cutest little girl running around in an adorable peacock outfit. And one girl had on a Scarlet O'Hara outfit that I would die to dress up in. And of course what "trunk or treat" is complete without a Gears of War C.O.G. soldier?

wedding weekend

We left Thursday to Phoenix for Cameron and Ashley's wedding. We were suppose to fly through Houston but ended up being rerouted through DC. I wasn't prepared mentally for a 5 hour fllight with a boy who has just learned how to crawl, but he actually did surprisingly well. My Dad picked us up at the airport and off we went to the rental house to meet up with the whole family. It was so much fun to see everyone again and for Dana, Ryan and kids to finally meet Asher and for me to finally meet baby Marshall and Ashley.

Friday morning, my friend and former roommate Shenise came and picked Lindsay and me up for brunch. We had a great time catching up and eating delicious food.

Shenise, me, Lindsay

Friday afternoon we all got dressed up and took some family pictures. I can't wait to see the results. Then that evening we were off to the rehearsal dinner.

 

 The happy couple

niece and nephew love

Saturday morning we mostly took it easy and hung out and enjoyed one another's company. Then we all got dressed up and ready for the festivities. Here are a few pre-wedding pics.

Cameron and all his sisters

 Dad, Mom and all their children

 

 All the men with almost all the kids (baby Marshall was sleeping)

The wedding was beautiful and the reception was so much fun. I'ts always nice to reconnect with family you haven't seen in forever.

 

 Lacy & Lucy and Me & Asher (Lucy and Asher are two days apart)

 

 Cameron was nice to Ashley

 

Ashley got Cameron good!

It was such a quick but fun weekend. Asher was very good despite the fact that he was being hauled here and there at all hours and his body was totally confused. We left before the crack of dawn this morning. We arrived safe and sound and put Asher down early. Poor little guy is tuckered out.

Congratulations Cameron and Ashley! Thank you for letting us be part of your wedding weekend!

sneak peak

We had some family (but mainly Asher) pictures taken this week. We shot downtown Raleigh. Our wonderful photographer emailed me yesterday saying they were up on her blog. Take a look here.  I am so excited to have so many great shots of Asher!

pumpkin patch

Saturday we took Asher to his first pumpkin patch. Quinn's work had an event at Ganyard Hill Farm in Durham.

Besides the ridiculously cold temperatures it was a lot of fun.

First stop was visiting the goats with Dad.

Next up was some cotton picking with Mom.

We spent some time in the patch and picked out three pumpkins to take home with us.

After snapping a family photo it started to get dark and really really cold. We ate some food and then hurried home.  We stopped for hot cider on the way home which helped warm us all up. Then we settled down to watch some ALCS playoffs. Unfortunately, I had to go to bed before the game was over.

Our house is slowly starting to feel more like a home. I cooked our first meal in the house and I'm beside myself with the amount of counter space and cupboard space. I love it! We also had neighbors stop by today and bring us brownies and welcome us to the neighborhood.