Mann macht and Gott lacht

This is a yiddish expression that means "Man makes plans and Gods laughs".

I read this in a book today and I decided it is the theme of our lives right now. Every day I plan what I am going to do and most often it gets blown out of the water by Asher! Yes, I did get to read today - one and a half pages of a novel that I have been working on since before Asher was born. Pre-Asher (from here on out referred to as PA) I was reading at least one book a week in celebration of being done with school and being able to read for fun again! PA I could get ready in the morning all in one process, without breaking to comfort crying and to feed a hungry baby. The old process took about 45 minutes. I have been practicing and have fine tuned getting us ready to two hours - and this is not "prom" ready this is "I think I got mascara on both of my eyes today and probably have on a matching pair of shoes" ready. PA I could leave the house in under a half an our because I didn't have to make five trips back in for things that I might need for him and things I forgot because I still have "pregnancy brain". PA I have never spent so many nights sleeping (or not sleeping) in a lazy-boy recliner or woke up covered with someone else's poop. I can't really remember what I did with all of my spare time or two arms PA but I am sure it involved a lot more sleep! I would never what my PA life back but it sure was different!

HA HA HA from the heavens!

On a larger scale, we thought that we timed having Asher well. We waited a really long time for everything to be "perfect". Perfection never happened so we thought we would settle for "really good". Now really good has gone down the drain with the economy. It looks like Jonny will be laid off at the end of this month when the company he is working for goes under. It will be a good chance for him to make a go of Notting Hill (his company) full time but is definitely not what we were "planning". Asher and I are excited to be able to see him more! I know that everything happens for a reason even if we do not know that reason at this moment and everything will work out eventually but.....

HA HA HA from the heavens!

Easter 2009

Blue Eyes and Smiles

Little Asher has beautiful blue eyes that we are so excited about. This is the picture that you can see his blue eyes the best. He has also started smiling which is so dang cute! His first real smile was for Daddy! Of course we haven't been able to get a picture of a smile but we are working on it!

California

For those of you who don't read my sisters' blogs, we all went out to California because Grandma Jensen fell and broke her hip. (If you read Amanda's and Jamie's blogs, you already know this because I am the last to post about it!) My Grandma lives in the same little town where my mom grew up on the coast in northern California. It really is northern (as opposed to central like San Fransisco) just a few hours from Oregon. The drive was long (18 hours) but the kids were really good and it was worth it when we got there. We did all of the things that we did as children when we would spend weeks every summer up there. That includes visiting the statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, the seashell store, the beach, and walking in the Redwood forest. I wish that Asher would be able to remember it because I don't know if we will ever make it out there again. Jonny (and all of the other husbands) were unable to make it so it was just a girl trip which was fun but we sure missed the boys.

Paul Bunyan's giant shoe!

At the beach.

Sequoia redwoods.

Jaycee, Nana, Me and Asher

Camping Trip

We took Asher for his first camping trip a few weeks ago (April 17-19). Asher and I stayed in the trailer most of the time but we still had a lot of fun.

Correction!

Jonny wanted me to file a correction to the last post. Well - not so much a correction as an amendment. One night (shortly after the last post) Jonny got up with Asher and took care of him while I slept for five hours straight. Then I woke up and had no idea that Asher had even been up at all. I guess it happens to both of us! :) What a good Daddy he is! Asher and I are lucky to have him around.

Exhaustion sets in.....

It is 5:oo in the morning and I am sitting up holding my sweet baby who doesn't want to sleep right now. This is possibly because he slept most of the day with me holding him and now laying in his bassinet doesn't sound like any fun. He is usually a good sleeper at night but wants to be held when ever he is awake during the day - or night! So to pass the time I decided to post some of his sweet pictures. Daddy is completely exhausted from us waking him up accidentally during the night - he doesn't even know the most of it! He actually tells people Asher sleeps through the night sometimes! This is because he does not always wake up when we do. Pretty funny!