More steps!

Asher took more steps this past weekend! Julie and I were playing with him on the floor this weekend and we kept getting farther apart so Asher would have to walk farther. I was able to capture this video of him walking to Julie. He is getting close, but we are not pushing him to walk! Someday soon enough, he will be walking/running all over the place.

Annual Clinic visit

Today, Asher had his annual hemophilia clinic visit at Iowa City. It went really well and he did really well despite not being able to take a morning nap. We traveled over there yesterday because our appointment was early this morning. Asher did not sleep well at all last night and he did not take an afternoon nap yesterday, either. So we really did not know how he was going to be today at his clinic visit. He did really well despite not being able to play on the floor and only being able to sit on the table or with us. We got some really good information, especially on prophylaxsis treatment (prophy). We think that someday Asher will be on prophy (regular treatment schedule), but not sure when.

The only hiccup for the day was when they did the blood draw. We had to wait awhile for the lab to be available and then after they did his blood draw the cap fell off the tube and went all over! So, Asher had to get another blood draw and the second time went better! The first time the blood took forever to come out and the second time it came out faster.

Julie and I really like the treatment center at Iowa City. Karla and Tammy are great! It was so nice to see them again and gain some more valuable info.

Some funny pics

Here are some funny pics of Asher in the past few weeks!

Enjoy!

New furniture

A little over a week ago, Julie and I went to Homakers in Des Moines to start to look at furniture. We decided that we wanted to get a sofa and rocker recliner to replace our furniture in the family room. Within about 10 minutes at Homakers, we found something we liked! The nice thing about our new furniture is that both pieces are La-Z-Boy furniture and they both recline.

Above, Julie and Asher in our new reclining sofa. We really like the sofa and so does Asher!



Here is our rocker, recliner. As you can see they are not in the same set, but we thought the contrast was neat and would work in our room.


And we got some end tables. We never had end tables before and thought it would be a good idea to get some along with our furniture.

Whole Milk!

Asher has been off of formula for about a week now! We officially switched him to whole milk last Tuesday. So, does he like whole milk? Lets just say that he is definitely my son!! Yes, he definitely loves his milk!!



Above is a picture of him drinking whole milk from his sippy cup. The thing with this picture is that we don't actually use this sippy cup anymore because the milk comes out to fast and gets all over him.


See what I mean?


Below is a picture of him with his sippy cup being a big boy!!

Taking Steps!!!!

Asher is starting to be more brave and more independent. And since he is becoming more brave and independent, he is wanting to take more steps. He has started doing this since Wednesday. He has gotten better every day. Today, I think he took about 5-6 steps on his own. He is getting very close to walking. At this rate, he should be walking around Easter. Although, we aren't going to push him. He will be walking when he wants to. I captured this video on Wednesday of him taking two steps. I will probably upload more videos of him walking as he continues to take more steps! Enjoy!

Asher's 1st Birthday - Family

We celebrated Asher's 1st Birthday with our families this past weekend. And we had a housefull of about 17 people! Asher had tons of fun even though he had to have factor that morning. Julie again baked the cakes and cupcakes. She is awesome! Here is a picture of the cakes/cupcakes.



Asher got tons of gifts! One of his favorite toys that he got was a musical guitar from his Uncle Brian. His new thing now is that he bobs his head up and down when he hears music! It is absolutely hillarious! He also got tons of books! Asher loves books! We are very excited that he loves books and we hope that he will continue to love books. We got him a set of 4 Sandra Boynton books! He loves her books and so do we.

Here are some more pictures of his birthday party.