Asher’s first steps

While this isn’t the best example of Asher’s first steps, it is the best of what I recorded.

The last time Asher was in San Diego, the end of April, he learned how to crawl. Commando crawl we’ll call it. He just slithered on the ground following the carrot his cousin Allie led him around the table with, which was some kind of toy on a string. Since then he has mastered crawling, so I’ll make the guess that it will be about 2 months until he is an independent infant.

I want to go on record that I predicted that he’d walk in San Diego. He waited until the last day, but he proved his papa right. He and I will have a successful career of prognosticator and achiever, I’m sure.

Just an observation, but his sleep patterns were very different in the days leading up to this breakthrough. We hope his brain has recorded and stored it and allows him to go back to a more regular sleep pattern.

Congratulations to Asher for his breakthrough!

http://youtu.be/A-8J86LFEy0

Asher’s 9 month wellness check

Today we visited Dr. Breeze at the North Portland Providence Medical Group offices and it was a breeze. Our doctor has an 18 month old and is a well informed pediatrician keeping him always ahead of our Asher’s stages. We love Dr. Breeze.

Today Asher weighed in at 21 lbs. 13 oz. which is 82nd percentile. His height was measured at 29.4 inches which is 86th percentile and his head circumference was measured at 18 inches, which is 67th percentile.

His car seat is good until 30 inches in length, so were gonna go get him the upgrade.

We’re disappointed that there is a shortage of pentacel. Pentacel is 3 immunizations in one, and we’d rather do a single shot than 3, however we’re going to visit in August and do the individual shots. He still hasn’t had his 6 month Pentacel and we can’t afford to get to far behind.

Overall Asher is healthy and doing wonderfully.

Our pre-walking infant

Asher has mastered his car, crawling, sleeping in his own bed (!), pulling up, sitting down, climbing stairs, eating with his hands, loving everything we feed him and being a generally adorable pre-walking infant.

Here’s a cool video of him being industrious, excited and fast.