Pass the Peas, Please!

We have had such a difficult time with Asa eating solid food. We introduced solids to him about a month ago when he seemed to be extra hungry. We missed a doctor appointment and talked to the nurse on the phone and she said that the doctor would recommend starting Asa on solid food sometime during 4 months - and to do rice cereal and bananas first. Well... we did that for a week and he got a rash and so we stopped all solids. We don't really think that the rash was caused by the food as it stayed for a long time. It finally went away, we went to see the doctor last month and were very frustrated. She told us that she thinks 4 months is too early to eat and that you should definitely introduce vegetables before fruits. I was super frustrated at that - the doctor and nurse disagreed and I felt lied to. But! Asa was fine through it all. I did decide to make all of Asa's food organically after that and so this past week we tried rice cereal again - only this time it wasn't Gerber - it's natural brown rice. And Asa was hilarious. He had really enjoyed bananas - and you could totally tell that he didn't like the rice. He would eat it for his bottle, but he spit more of it than he ate. Today I introduced peas to him... and, well... you can scroll down to see what he thought.










He ate the WHOLE thing, and he wanted more! It was so much fun feeding him today... and he opened his mouth every time the spoon came nearby!! He smiled, he didn't spit any of it... and I am so excited! If Asa could talk I think he would say "Pass the peas, please!"

Sweet Sunday

Sunday was a great Sunday!!

First of all... Papa & Gigi Kaufman came to visit Asa (and us!). We had so much fun.. here's some sweet pictures!





And then! Sunday was Papa's Birthday!
Happy Birthday Papa Burkey!! :)

And Sunday Kara's cousins Tim & Kim had a baby... Kiersten Bethany!! Welcome to life, sweet baby Burkey! Here's a picture we stole from Lauren's blog.

See Ya Later!

"That's it! I'm off to Grandma's! See ya later, Mom!" -Asa

Watch out world... Marseilles, Lima & Bolivia... here he comes!!! :)

Oh Dear...

It happened!

Asa's feet touch the floor... and he is MOBILE!!! Yes, that is right... these picture are from August 27... a month ago... that little outfit still fits him... but now his little feet touch the floor!! Look how far they are from the floor in that picture!! Oh boy, oh boy!! He scooted backwards across the kitchen floor tonight... and grabbed the sleeve of my fleece hanging over a dining room chair! He was pretty funny and seemed pretty amazed by himself! In the moment we didn't think about taking a picture... and now he is cashed out taking a nap... when he wakes up I will put him in again and see if I can get him to do it again and I'll get a picture of his little feet... wow!! I can't believe it. Maybe he'll walk at 7 months like his Daddy did! Yikes!

...Asa woke up from his nap and he did it again! He scooted across the kitchen. Here's a bunch of pictures of the little mister, and you can see him in action if you click here! Enjoy!

Sweet Pictures of the Baby

We were going through Ryan's phone and uploading pictures of Asa onto our computers for the blog... and we came across these. It is crazy how little tiny he was... and he looks so sweet! Enjoy!

Had you Heard?

Asa is on the move! We will get a video up soon of him crawling around the living room... and yes, I did say "crawling". He has been crawling for more than a week now... he started the Monday he turned 5 months old. And he is all over the place! Lately he's been chasing his puppy... Claxton doesn't really seem to like him, but he tolerates the little mover.

Oh dear... look what Asa found!

Yeah... that's right... that's Claxton's tail...

And he put it IN HIS MOUTH!!!!!!! Daddy!! Why did you let this happen?!? He he...

He looks pretty proud of himself.

Asa's First Haircut

Little Asa has needed a haircut for a while... so after his Saturday night bath Mommy gave Asa a haircut. It's not the greatest... he's one squirmy little worm! But it's all about the same length now... no crazy long stringy hairs down his neck. It's so funny that at the hairline on his neck he has thick reddish blonde brown hair (who knows what color it will turn out... often it looks really blonde and then other times really brown and still looks red) and then very little hair everywhere else. During the cut he threw up on the haircut cape so we finished without it. He's such a sweet boy! Enjoy the first haircut pictures... :)

All ready to go!

Had to hold his head still!

All done! Look at those sleepy eyes! Night, night!

:)

We still have not resolved our internet issue... here are a few pictures from us... sorry we don't have more frequent posts or promise of more frequent posts at this point. Asa is getting so big!