Asher James

He loves his sister!


Daddy is my favorite!!

He loves to draw and color!


Playing at Oxford Park in the fountains




My little boy will be two in less than 3 months! And what a sweet boy he is! My absence from the blogging world is much due to the fact that this little boy keeps me running!! He is such a joy to all who know him and is one dearly loved little boy! He is growing and changing so much. He keeps Zack and I very entertained. We love to watch him learn new things and listen to him talk! He is speaking in sentences now and will repeat just about anything and everything he hears. He is very polite! We read a book about manners and he will repeat No thank you, and say excuse me. He always says please and thank you on his own without any prompting from us--which I am VERY proud of :). His most favorite things right now are trucks, guitars, drums, playing "fix it" with his tools, playing basketball, baseball---playing ANY sport with Daddy, "Thomas the choo choo", Praise Baby (we have a praise baby DVD and he is always asking to watch it!), and of course his bike. We bought him a little bike that is similar to a big wheel. He can't quite reach the pedals yet, but he pushes himself with his feet on the ground. He was so excited about this bike--probably more excited about this than anything else I have ever bought him. He was hugging the box in the store. When we came home, he helped me put it together and rode it ALL over the house, outside, and then we had to bring it inside with us when we came in for the day. That night at bedtime, he had to ride his bike to his bed and the next morning Zack and I awoke to that sweet little boy riding his bike into our bedroom. He is such a mess and SO MUCH FUN right now!! He is all boy. He loves to jump off of things, climb anything that is climb-able ( and sometimes things that aren't) He loves to run, play basketball, and love on his little sister! We taught him his full name, which has led him to think that everyone's last name is Casey. One of the sweetest things I love to hear him say is "Ashey Casey". I can't say enough what a joy he is right now. The pictures above are just a few random pictures from this summer.
An update on coming Honor soon!!

A Perfect Fit!

Honor Blake was born Tuesday May 11th weighing in at 8 pounds even and was 21 inches long. A beautiful red-headed bundle of preciousness!! She turned one month old this past Tuesday! I can't believe it has already been a month since she made her debut into our world. All I can say is what a blessing she has been to our family--a perfect fit for us! She is completely opposite her brother in every way, so far :) I had a wonderful labor and delivery with no problems or complications. Life at home has been great, but it has been a BIG adjustment. Learning to live as a family of four has its challenges--mainly on Mommy :) I can honestly say I had no idea about the stresses of motherhood when I only had Asher and could give him all of my attention. I am still trying to figure out how to take care of my babies and cook dinner in the same day--haha! But we are blessed beyond measure with our children! Zack and I praise the Lord for Honor's safe arrival and the addition of a beautiful healthy baby girl to our family!! Here are some pictures from Honor's birthday and Asher meeting Honor.

Asher Lately

My sweet boy!! He is growing so fast and changing so much every day! He is talking so much! He LOVES to read. His favorite books are Brown Bear, a book about trucks and a book about first words. He loves to point to the pictures and tell us what they are. He will get a book and pat the ground next to him and say 'Mommy, Daddy' so we'll come read with him. He loves to be outside. I think he would live outside if he could. There is not much else he would rather do than play in the dirt or ride in his car, as long as he's outside, he's happy. We are busy busy getting ready for little Miss Honor Blake! She'll be here any day now. Please pray for our family as we make this transition. Asher is such a sweet and loving child. He loves babies and I know he is going to be an amazing big brother! He is also very very much a Mama's boy, so pray that he will adjust well with having to share his Mommy and Daddy when his baby sister gets here. We have our 18 month appointment this week. I can't believe my baby is 18 months old!! Here are some pictures of him recently.

Nocalula Falls

Asher and I took a trip to Nocalula Falls with our good friends Bekah and Walker. We had a great time!! The boys loved riding the train! Asher would say choo-choo!! He loved it. Asher loved looking at all the animals. There was a little lamb that followed the boys around. It was soo sweet. We ended the day with some yummy ice cream cones! Here are some pictures from our day!

Pictures!

Here are some pictures from our Easter!

Just Because

Well I have been bad about blogging lately (Sorry Grams :)) I tend to stay on the go with my little man...goodness knows it is about to get a whole lot busier! Last week Zack was gone to New Orleans with our college students on a mission trip. He had a great time and we enjoyed getting to spend lots of special time with Nonnie, Aunt Caroline and Aunt Gabrielle while he was gone, but we were VERY glad to have Daddy back home! I am 8 weeks away from my due date today! We decided on a name--finally. Our baby girl will be Honor Blake Casey. It took me forever to finally commit, but Honor is her name! I am SO ready to meet this little girl! While Zack was gone, mom helped me fix up Honor's room. We had it painted (pink of course) and put the bed and bedding up. We still have a good bit to add, but it is a start. I love going in there and seeing all the pink! So fun! Asher is getting busier by the day. I love every second I get to spend with him. I am so lucky to be his Mommy!! I am so humbled that God allows me to mother this bright, happy beautiful boy! What a blessing he is! Here is a CUTE picture of Asher from two Sunday's ago after he woke up from his nap. I thought the outfit was adorable :)

Daddy's Little Helper

Asher has recently gotten very, very attached to Zack. He insists on doing everything Daddy does. If Daddy is working on something, so is Asher. If Daddy has a tool of some sort, Asher needs one to work with too! He is such a good helper!! Needless to say we MISSED Daddy while he was gone to New Orleans last week. We had some trees cut down last week and Zack had to fill in the holes where they chopped up the stumps and of course Asher had to help Daddy. Here are some pictures I took because it was too cute :)



Zack's 'mini-me'


Working so hard!