Well, it is time to check in again. We are fast approaching the beginning of a new part of our life. The boys are growing up so quickly!
Archer, dear sweet Archer. He still wakes up every two hours. I even tried the cry it out method for weeks with him, which I never bothered to try with the others, and with him, it just doesn't work. Not consistently enough to count on it anyway. He gets so worked up that not only does he not succeed, but the other boys begin to hear him and wake up. NOT GOOD. So, bummer. But I keep trying. Because everyone always swears it only take two to three nights and they sleep through the night. But I am sure that there must be a critical piece of missing information-maybe Benadryl? Do other people's kids not mind that their teeth are aching, despite all the Advil we spoon into them? So I keep thinking maybe tonight is the first night of the magic three. But I have never seen a more adorable worked up little 12 month old. He is so cute.
I actually witnessed Ronan becoming aware of a mess he was making and-I can't believe it-he altered his action to halt the continuation of the disasterous creation. My dear little Ronan. He is still the size of an 18 month old. Little shrimp. We love his activity, he never stops moving and he has reinvented the meaning of hopping mad. He is quite good at it. And it is stinking cute.
Odin expressed his love for church today on the way to a friends house. He observed that every time he goes to church he learns something exciting and that he hopes it never ends. I asked what his favorite part was. 'Not any one thing, everything is my favorite part.' Awesome. He refers to himself as a lover. I don't quite know how he came up with that term, but he is always draping himself on my shoulder and saying 'sigh, I am a lover, Mom. I sure do love you.' He put the couch back together for me too, after deconstructing it into a million different sorts of machines that can do just about anything. A very clever, fun boy. We are looking forward to Kindergarten for him next year.
hmm...it's been a long time!
well, since it has been a very long time and an awful lot has happened here, i will just direct you all to our photobucket site and please feel free to see pictures of the house and the boys, you will also find a video or two of the boys.
we are moved into our new house, it has snowed here at the camp and we are freezing cold!
archer started walking at 10 months 3 weeks and he loves it! he has eight adorable teeth and is working on a few more, though i am not sure which ones yet. he enjoys a good game of chase or monster and will engage you then smile the biggest sweetest smile. he loves church and all the fun people who love him.
ronan can say just about anything now, though you might not be able to understand everything. he is as busy as can be and wants to DO everything under the sun. most particularly he is keen on cooking and wielding a hammer, though i managed to wean him of that deadly weapon finally.
odin is doing really quite well, though we are sure experiencing the thrills of a four year old--no one ever tells parents about a four year old!!! a little warning would have been helpful! he is smart as a whip and just about as darling as they come. a very sweet little boy.
i don't imagine i will get back to this until after christmas. i feel a little busy these days, with the kids all wound up, fixing up the house, archer's birthday, putting on the ward christmas party and the holidays, my time is swamped! so we'll see you later-though you might find me on facebook...
we are moved into our new house, it has snowed here at the camp and we are freezing cold!
archer started walking at 10 months 3 weeks and he loves it! he has eight adorable teeth and is working on a few more, though i am not sure which ones yet. he enjoys a good game of chase or monster and will engage you then smile the biggest sweetest smile. he loves church and all the fun people who love him.
ronan can say just about anything now, though you might not be able to understand everything. he is as busy as can be and wants to DO everything under the sun. most particularly he is keen on cooking and wielding a hammer, though i managed to wean him of that deadly weapon finally.
odin is doing really quite well, though we are sure experiencing the thrills of a four year old--no one ever tells parents about a four year old!!! a little warning would have been helpful! he is smart as a whip and just about as darling as they come. a very sweet little boy.
i don't imagine i will get back to this until after christmas. i feel a little busy these days, with the kids all wound up, fixing up the house, archer's birthday, putting on the ward christmas party and the holidays, my time is swamped! so we'll see you later-though you might find me on facebook...
the boys
look at these dashing men! aren't they all just handsome?! i debated whether i should put this one on because ronan has his finger in his nose, but truly it is nearly impossible to snap one withOUT his finger up his nose these days, so it seemed fitting. don't worry, he isn't going to eat it. oh, and don't be fooled by the sweaters, it is still 105 over here, it was a very unusually cool day last sunday,
finding messes under the table, maybe making a few too..
odin bit through his lip, poor dang kid. he's OK!
aw, shucks, i am so cute
archer has been crawling for three weeks and it is the cutest little crooked crawl. he sprouted his first two teeth shortly after learning to crawl and then days after that he started pulling himself to standing. today he started cruising so really and truly here we go. for a while before he started crawling he had been focusing on trying to stand himself from a sitting position that i was certain he was going to skip the crawl altogether, but he finally figured it out. he is as adorable and sweet as can be! we love little archer to bits and pieces.
House Update
In the following pictures you will see that we have reached the final stages. Mark painted our walls, installed the doors and is in the process of installing our ceiling fans. In our bedroom we are going to try something out, which I am excited to see completed. We have drywall on the walls, will be installing pine wood on the angled slope of the ceiling and then we used drywall on the upper level as you see in the picture of our lovely ceiling fan. I LOVE my ceiling fan. I think it is GORgeous. Can't wait to look at it every night.
Don't you think it is pretty too?
Celery colored walls, at least I am painting my bedroom the color of a healthy food, if it is going to be the last color I see before I go to sleep...
And Odin can truthfully brag 'oh ya, well I can walk on our ceiling', at least until it is installed.
In this picture you will see the fantastic Spanish texture style that Mark put in our living and master bedroom. Notice the speaker wire. Ah ya, Mark has us completely wired for EVERYTHING there is out there right now.
Color is called Liberty, kinda like dark periwinkle. A NICE color.
Check out what we found at the Home Depot and Odin is so pleased. He talks about it to everyone. Who wouldn't love a space-themed fan???
And this is what our new couch looks like. We bought it clear back in April and has been in covered storage at the new house since then. Odin wanted to pose his new Transformers toy, to make a Thank You picture for Grandma Diana. So here you go Grandma, Thank You very much. The boys have already designated voices for each character.
Carpet installers come next Tuesday to measure for the next week's delivery! Start packin' sista!
And this is what our new couch looks like. We bought it clear back in April and has been in covered storage at the new house since then. Odin wanted to pose his new Transformers toy, to make a Thank You picture for Grandma Diana. So here you go Grandma, Thank You very much. The boys have already designated voices for each character.Carpet installers come next Tuesday to measure for the next week's delivery! Start packin' sista!
Leah did me a favor. I don't know if she knows that yet.
Cousin Leah got our cousins camp weekend so perfect with her BLOG ENTRY that I am going to just cheat and post a link to her blog for any one who wants to see some awesome good times. We had nearly every Ashby family member here. Those who didn't make it were SORELY missed. next time!!!We got this camp pretty whipped into shape for40 overnight visitors, all with beds, albeit some where bunks and another was a netted tent in the woods. It was the envy of the camp, though, complete with queen bed, rugs, chair, table, lamp and an extension for a noise maker as well- for those Ashby-women types who can't sleep at night without one. I am still making apologies to Mark for the fact that I just simply need one.
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