Asher at Two

Little Buddy was plenty spoiled this year with the presents. He loved his Karaoke machine, doodle mat, bath toys (a "ehpane" and "bot"), he was also thrilled with his new track for his cars since that is his obsession.  Mostly these days you can find him with two or more cars clutched in his chubby little hands.

  

Another favorite is trains, so we decided to take him down to the Heber Creeper for the Polar Express.  He was thrilled to be on a real "choo-choo"

This little guy can be quite the ham when he wants, he still prefers to let his true personality mostly shine at home in his comfort zone, but he has begun to open up around others and show off his daring ways.  We have had a hard time the last few months, Asher has really wanted to talk and feel understood and his pronunciation was just not quite up to others patience level so we have endured some tantrums of frustration and crankyness from our usually easy going little buddy.  Luckily, it seems that we have turned a corner with verbalization and he is starting to get much more articulate.  Although he still is as stubborn as can be it is a relief that he finally feels understood and can be reasoned with a bit more.

To get us through the hard times we are all very happy that Asher has his beloved blanket.  This boy is like Linus with that thing.  If I would let him, he would drag it all around with him everywhere we went.  He has by far been my best sleeper due to the fact that the minute you hand him his beloved blanky he will cuddle up and lay down.  Asher is a sweet cuddly boy and he loves to "nuggle" with blanket and anyone else who will sit with him!

Little Ash is such a sweet part of our family.  He keeps us all laughing and on our toes with his antics, but he adds such a special joy. We just love this little boy!