Asher Spear

Today was a wonderful day. Share, my doula (birth coach) visited, and Don and Holiday brought mom and dad a Pan of marinara and a couple nice bottles of wine for dinner. I’m feeling too cool.

Asher just woke up from a nice nap and Mom is in the shower so I’m taking the opportunity to catch cuteness.

So you ask me what do I think?  What do I think about this whole thing?  This place called earth?  Well it’s taking some time to get adjusted, for me and for you.  When I was in mom’s belly I was floating like I was in a pool, a small pool.  I didn’t fuss much, for food, to be changed.  Everything was taken care of for me.  Mom would eat and I’d let her know I’d eaten to with a few kicks and flips.  Now I have to start sucking on my hands, raising my voice to let you know I’m hungry.  In mom’s belly everything was muted.  Movement and sound were softer and duller.  Now I have to endure my dad putting and taking off clothes and diapers.  He’s decent at it, but sometimes I think he forgets I’m 8 lbs and he’s 188.  My little fingers have trouble guiding themselves through sleeves.  In moms belly no one messed with my attire.  I am enjoying being on the outside.  I’m enjoying entertaining my parents with my cute gestures and coos.  So you asked what I think and I’ve been sitting here with my index finger touching my lip in deep thought.  I think this whole thing is pretty amazing.  I’m enjoying myself.

Here’s a picture of mom and I after I’ve fallen asleep at the wheel. I tend to do that. I get that big dose of oxytocin from mom’s breast milk and just can’t keep my eyes open. Sometimes I recover which can be evidenced by my swallowing muscles. I’m working on developing those to championship level.

Daddy just snuggled me up before he and mommy sat down for dinner. I was being kind of fussy but daddy figured out I needed a fresh diaper. I don’t like hanging around in a wet diaper. They’re having a whole wheat pasta with marinara and chicken sausages to help mommy get her strength up and recover from last week.

Dad has wanted to build me a website for sometime.  So here it is.  You can follow along as I grow at https://asher.nathanspear.com.  Dad will put up pictures and video of me for you to enjoy.  Check back when you have the time.

My dad wanted to share some pictures with you.   https://sites.google.com/a/nathanspear.com/asher-benjamin/

He used Google Sites to put this together.  He likes it because it’s pretty easy to take a picture on the phone, upload the picture right from the phone to Google+, then move it to an album and once part of the album it will show up on this website.  He thinks it’s going to make it easy to keep everyone current with my progress going from a 1 day old to 10 days, then 100 days old and beyond.

Thanks for all the nice notes sent back to me.  I have enjoyed having these read to me by my dad.

 

I was born today, Thursday, October 4th at 12:00 noon.  I am 21 inches long, and weigh 8 lbs. 5 oz. I’ve checked out ok and my mom is doing well.  I’ll send pictures soon.  Mom needs a nap.