Category: Asher

Asher knows

On our anniversary, Craig and Kelly came over to watch Asher while we went out on a date. The evening for us was shaping up to be a fun one.   We made it to four locations within four hours; the Kennedy School for a drink, Sushi dinner, Mississippi Pizza Bingo (recommended!) and Salt and Straw for dessert.

Kelly and Craig we’re prepared to walk to the store to pick up something for dinner when Kelly exclaimed, we don’t have a key for the front door!  Asher, being a good listener, observant, and dexterous 18 month old, high-tailed it from the living room into the kitchen, pulled open the drawer that keeps the keys, oven mitts, and extra batteries, extended up onto his tip toes and said a series of baby sounds like humph, and umph and maybe an “i did” or “i did that”.

Knowing that he’s able to get on his toes and reach into the drawer, we’ve Asher-proofed the drawer and moved the bowl of keys to higher ground.

Pretty awesome that Asher knew that Craig and Kelly needed keys for the front door and he knew right where they are kept. This isn’t something that Kathleen and I talk about since we have keys.  We also don’t talk about where we keep keys, we just put them there.  So Asher knew what keys were and where they were kept.  (I’ll edit this paragraph someday to make it make good sense) 🙂

“I did that”

Asher took at trip to San Diego with his mom to see Grandma Silvia and the rest of the San Diego family at the end of January.  I’ve grown to expect Asher to make breakthroughs when with Grandma Silvia.  He said his first word, dada, first crawled, took his first steps, all under her watchful eye.  I predicted he’d do some  talking during Christmas vacation, but instead we spent the week being a sickly bunch.  This trip made up for the last.  You’ll see why in a minute.

Asher loves to press buttons and flip switches.  We have a number of toys that he’s able to get immediate feedback from by pressing a button and hearing a sound or song or see a light come on or flash.

In the video below he has corralled his mom and grandma to help him get to the doorbell at Grandma’s place.  He’s on his step stool so he can reach and press it.  I notice, also, that he’s using his thumb.  At Christmas he would struggle to press that button down with his index finger and his middle finger.  I showed him that his thumb is stronger, I even explained it to him.  I see here, he understood.

Listen to what Asher says when he presses the doorbell.

 

Time alone with Asher

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Asher is 15 months old, full of energy and growing and changing all the time. He’s had various colds and sicknesses since November. His first fever was Thanksgiving weekend. Another I recall was during our Christmas vacation. He’s lying in his car seat getting a much needed nap and making a gurgling sound from his lungs that alerts us that even though he’s a busy body, he’s still sick.
Yesterday he took a solid three hour nap before Kathleen woke him up around 4. When it was time to go to sleep, he wasn’t interested and fought it until about 9:45. Then he was up at 3 am and rolling around in bed like he wanted to get away from himself. I guess the boy is still sick and feels uncomfortable.
I got up with him at 530 and he complained about being up but would not go back to sleep.
Now we’re in a parking lot, he’s napping, I want a nap. When he wakes up we’ll do our shopping.
Enough blogging about our adventures, day and night. I’m gonna nap with him.