9 Months!

It is amazing how slow time seemed to pass when I was pregnant for 9 months but time has gone so fast having Ashton here for 9 months! It's also amazing how much he has changed since the night he was born! He has grown and learned so much in such a short amount of time.

Ashton is all about fun at 9 months! His favorite thing to do is hang upside down from his feet. His dad and grandpa are the best at having fun with him! He loves funny noises, peek-a-boo, and having little things thrown at him :) We got him some wooden blocks and Derek will make towers or walls out of these blocks and he gets a big grin on his face and knocks them all down. He doesn't want the blocks stacked or in a nice straight line. The messier the better!

We had a very challenging first few months with Ashton. He struggled with many different things and we always said things like "he will get better at 3 months." or "Ok maybe 4 months." then "at 6 months their stomachs can handle more and he will be happier then." and "He just wants to move so once he can move he will be even happier." And truthfully all of those things really happened. He started sitting up around 51/2 months or so and we saw a drastic change in him. But then we could tell he just wanted to move. For about a month Ashton  crawled backwards and just couldn't figure out how to go forward. He would get stuck somewhere and get really frustrated. Finally one day he got going in the right direction! His crawling was more like a frog hop! It was the cutest thing ever. He has got the crawling thinpg down and is now into EVERYTHING! He is such a happier boy now that he can get what he wants when he wants! Because I have to pump his crawling is a little bit of a problem! He gets away faster than I can grab him so I have to put him in the pack n play or a laundry basket to keep him contained. He is loving his ability to move around. He is also pulling himself up onto furniture. He's just getting to big too fast!

 

When Ashton was younger he loved to have his diaper changed. He loved to lay on his back and play with us as we changed him. For a long time we all volunteered to change diapers because that was the time when he smiled and giggled the most! Now things have changed! We lay him on his back and he immediately rolls and takes off! He can't sit still for even a few seconds to get a diaper changed there are just
too many things to get into!

Ashton has a few food allergies but milk does not show up on his tests so we decided to try introducing  cheese and yogurt. We took him to the doctors office and fed him some cheese- he loved it! However, we got home and 3 hours later he was throwing up pretty violently. It was so sad :( No dairy for Ashton for another little bit which also means no dairy for mom for another little bit.

At 9 months Aston:
- Loves to eat table foods but hates baby food. He loves cucumbers, potatoes, crackers, chips and apples.
- Loves the Christmas tree but loves the Christmas tree cord even more!
- Is crawling and pulling himself up
- Is a small little guy- only weighs 18 pounds (only 10th percentile)
- Is a tall little guy- 75th percentile
- Loves to play with blocks
- Loves the remote control but only the one he is not supposed to play with
- Loves to hear his own voice- especially during church!
- Has quite the temper when he doesn't get what he wants

We love you Ashton!!

Happy Halloween!

I am super late on this post but Ashton had an amazing first Halloween! Holidays are so much better with kids and I know that it only gets better as they get older!

We started celebrating early in October. One night for FHE we had a lesson on the Holy Ghost and then painted a canvas and made ghosts out of Ashton's cute feet! Derek held him while I painted his feet. He kicked and giggled when I painted because it tickled so much! We will use it as a Halloween decoration in coming years and Ashton will always be able to see how big his feet were on his first Halloween! It turned out super cute!

We went with Derek's Aunt Sue and Uncle Vern, Tyler, Cassie, Abbey, and Brookie to the pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins. We went on a hay ride, a wheel barrow ride, and played on the tractors! Ashton loved it- he always loves to be outside! Then we went to Leatherbys for ice cream. It was a really fun day!

We carved pumpkins with my family one night and mine and Derek's pumpkins were all about Ashton! I traced Ashton's hands and feet and then carved them into my pumpkin. It was really cute but Derek's pumpkin turned out the best. He just cared 4 holes- 2 on the bottom and 2 on the sides. He took off all ashton's clothes and stuck him in the pumpkin! He was the cutest pumpkin ever!

On Halloween we took some fun fall pictures and then went trunk-or-treating with Grandma Pasley's ward. My mom and I definitely had more fun than

Ashton but he looked so cute in his lion costume! We went to trick-or-treating at Ryans and then had dinner. It was a fun Halloween!