The three finger sandwich

It's a typical meal around our house these days!

Happy Valentine's Day

In anticipation of Valentine's day, I tried to capture Asher with a little valentine so I could share it with some of our loved ones. The end result was really cute, if I do say so myself (admittedly, I am a little biased)...

However, the outtakes for the photo session were just as "cute", albeit not as useful in sending happy valentine's wishes to our friends and family.  But good for a laugh or two, for sure.

 Mmmm... yummy.... almost like a conversation heart, I'm sure.

(note: the red lace circle the heart was mounted on did not last long! He's getting quite the grabby grip on him!)

 Peek A Boo!

AKA "I don't want you taking any more photos of me, mom!"

And finally "I'm not having fun with this anymore, mom! Really! Are we done yet?"

I'm just not sure child acting is in his future. He tires way too easily (in my humble, shutter-happy opinion) of the camera. Perhaps he will get better in month 5. It's good to have goals.

Yummy in my tummy

It's a big week in the Cunningham house this week- we started Asher on rice cereal! We're only on day three but so far he seems to be okay with it and hasn't experienced any bad reactions. I'm hopefully that this will help him sleep through the night (at least, that's what everyone tells me) but so far he's been getting up MORE often during the night the past few nights so maybe I shouldn't hold my breath.

We've been using the awesome highchair (a fabulous gift from my consultants!) since he was born to hang out in while we're doing stuff in the kitchen or eating in the dining room (the back adjusts to three different angles so in the beginning he could lay almost flat in it) but this is the first time he's actually used it for eating! Worked like a charm.

We took a video but it's on LC's phone and since we are already WAY behind on blog posts (along with everything else in our lives we're WAY behind on... thank yous, announcements, home projects, cleaning, etc) I figured I'd just post a few pics now to tide you over. Because I knew you've been on pins and needles waiting for this moment, of course. Enjoy!

 PS- Love the new bib from Grandma Kelly- we thought it was appropriate for his first foray into big kid food (well, as big kid as you can be with watered down rice cereal... it's all relative!).

Mid-day Snack of Champions

Should I be having some water and carrot sticks instead? Sure. Would they warm my soul as much as golden oreos and cherry juice? Certainly not. Is there even a carrot to be found in my house currently? Nope, and I'm okay with that. Bring on the doubleStuf!

The Art of Sleeping In

Apparently four and a half months is too young to understand the value of Saturday mornings. Bummer. Maybe at five months? Please don't burst my sleep deprived bubble and let me hold onto a shred of hope.