Children's Museum

We braved a car trip that took too long to fit in between feedings. I think that part went okay, but we found that a baby will wake up everyone in a hotel room quite quickly. ;) Aside from a little less sleep, we had a great time visiting friends in the Twin Cities and I think Asher loved every exhibit at the Children's Museum. Here he is as restaurateur, mailman, construction worker, and scientist...




Although, it seems Asher's favorite part of the trip was sleeping at the hotel in "my own BIG bed."

Dr. Asher

Enjoyed celebrating Ben's graduation and seeing family. We got to meet Teresa's boy, Emery for the 1st time...

Asher now has a real stethoscope thanks to nurse Teresa. I don't think he put it down for a week straight! Here are 2 pictures of our busy little doctor...

(Great) Grandma's 85th Birthday

Happy 85th Birthday to Grandma Gleason!

Celebrating with family was wonderful. Her great-grandkids played "school," just like we did as kids. Thanks to Jesse for passing it on to another generation...

Our kids love playing outside with their grandpa. Asher, Katelyn, and Chase pile on my dad...

Mother's Day

Me and my boys Mother's Day morning:

Sleeping Boy

Amazing how wonderful a sleeping baby can be. Thanks to Holly for capturing handsome little Ezra close up...

Photo Session

Thanks to Holly who came over on Tuesday to take some posed shots of Ezra. We will post some more pictures of baby soon. I was excited to finally get a picture of our whole family together. Here is one she took of us:

And a cute candid shot of the cousins:

Time with Family

We have been enjoying lots of time with family. A few weeks ago, my mom and I went to visit my grandparents and they got to meet Ezra for the first time.

Thank you to everyone who has stopped over to visit too. Asher has been excited to have visitors and to go to various "play dates." Still, I spend a lot of time at home with the kids. Ezra obviously does a lot of sleeping and eating... and you know.


He has had more times when he is alert lately too.



Asher has been great at entertaining himself when friends are not around. He even has tried to include baby brother in his play at times. :)

Enjoying the Outdoors

Al took two weeks off work, which we all really enjoyed. I can't believe I will be done with my 6 weeks off soon now. We all are doing well and have been excited to be able to enjoy the outdoors more.

The first nice day after we returned from the hospital, we all went for a walk...

Asher was excited to ride his "big-wheel bike" when it got warmer.

But the real thrill was getting his new big boy helmet and his "surprise." He has been practicing pedaling his "big boy bike" lately. Although he only rides it for a few minutes at a time, Asher always gets really excited when he sees and rides his new bike.

Soon we will be planting some flowers outside. Asher says he will be my "big helper" and we all know how much he likes to play in the dirt.