Sneezes

This is a video of Asa sneezing. I was lucky to catch him in the act!

Giddy Up!

Asa's uncle was giving his cousins a ride. I think this video is funny, just because he was probably about to die!

Val-Pack

As I was looking through the coupons Monday, I tossed the ones we wouldn't use on the floor for Asa to play with. He had fun for a long time. I don't think he ate very many of them.

Plastic Bag

I know you aren't supposed to let kids play with plastic bags, but I was watching Asa and he was having a lot of fun. Of course, he didn't play the same when I got the camera. But I think it's cute how he talks.

Sickness & Halloween

Asa was sick this week. Monday his temperature got up to 102.1. The nurse kept saying that it was ok as long as it went down in three to five days. Just so you know, that's a long time to deal with a crabby kid. But it was gone by Tuesday afternoon. We went Friday for is 9 month check up and found out that he has an ear infection. The good news is that he really likes his medicine.
For Halloween our family was a disco family. We didn't take Asa trick-or-treating, but we went to a Halloween party. It was pretty fun.

Standing and other new things

Asa pulled himself up in his crib for the first time Sunday night. Monday evening he pulled himself up to the couch without help from Mom or Dad. He started having cheerios last week on Wednesday. Sunday he actually got one in his mouth by himself. Asa crawls so much that his knees are a little red.
Sunday we had a potluck at church. Asa was his normal crabby self after church. The only problem was that we didn't go home and I had things to do to get ready for the potluck. I finally fed him and he fell asleep. We played sand volleyball afterwards. He played in his pack and play for a while and then was tired of it. So we put him on a blanket which he crawled off of. He wasn't too sandy after the whole afternoon. He did have actual dirt on himself when I gave him a bath. Also in that bath he was reaching for a toy and got his mouth in the water. He coughed a lot and tried to get out. But I made him stay in and play some more.
I just can't believe how much he's growing.

Camping

This weekend we went camping. Asa and I drove down Friday afternoon with three friends from church. James left after work with some other people. We got there and set up the tents in the dark. I was thankful that it wasn't raining and the ground was dry when we were doing this. Asa just sat quietly in a little high chair we had borrowed from some friends while we set up the tents. The rest of the group (14 in all) got there by midnight. The first night went really well. Asa slept the whole night in his pack and play. It rained during the night and was still raining when we got up Saturday morning. Everyone but Asa and me went canoing. The trip was 15 miles and took most of the day. Asa and I just hung around the campsite. We played, sang songs, took naps and just had a nice relaxing day. By the time everyone got back from canoing, it was dinner time. A couple guys started a fire and we had hamburgers and hot dogs. And who can go camping without s'mores? It was a lot of fun. Asa had a little trouble falling and staying asleep the second night. I didn't get much sleep either. I couldn't believe how awake he was in the middle of the night. Everyone was very surprised at Asa's overall laid back attitude. He really wasn't fussy much and had fun in the outdoors. That's a good thing about him, he will go wherever we take him and usually is happy just to be with us.