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Well, the idea was to have 12 little booties for a cute one year old pic…but somehow I miscounted and there are only 11 booties!  So I guess, this is just a cute pic :).

Funny story.  We had been talking with Asher for a few weeks about how Auntie Lori was going to watch Beck, and him and Daddy and I were going to have a date to Firebirds Raceway (courtesy of Hope Kids) to watch some Monster Trucks and Robosaurus.  He couldn’t stand it, he was so excited.  We watched videos.  We talked about it all the time.  We counted down the days.  It was THE event of the year for him.  Driving out there traffic was horrible, so when we finally got to the gates Asher and I jumped out of the car to grab our seats while Jeremy parked.  We had seats at the starting line.  We were in the front row of the stand.  We both put our earplugs in and waited in anticipation.  This is where things went a little haywire.  We were on a racetrack and these rockets (literally) were racing at speeds close to 300 mph.  The flames that these cars shot out were insane, and the decibels that they pumped out as they launched highly exceeded our ear plugs.  After the first run Asher looked at me and said, “I want to go home.”  By the time Jeremy hiked half a mile from parking and found us in the stands there was a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth…and lots of boogers.  Since the evening was meant to bless him, we left and started our journey back home!  We had some serious quick turn-around time, but still enjoyed getting to have dinner and some alone time with our first :).

Punkers partying hard at Auntie Lori’s!

I didn’t know how cheap it is to take your boy to a batting cage for a little date…and I certainly didn’t know how much joy it would bring him.  I do now, buddy :).  You’re a total crusher!

Is it me, or is this totally pathetic, lol!  Or really relaxing…I guess it depends on who you are, ha!  There’s a Brian Regan act here for sure :).

Gosh these two love each other…

Just one of those put your belly in the air and watch your favorite Praise Baby DVD kind of day :).

Peek-a-boo!

Punkers has been sick this last week.  Started with the flu, turned into double ear infection and fever, and that developed into a secondary lung infection.  Poor thing has had a rough week.  I had to grab a picture when I went in to check on him because it was so sweet, and I had to capture a new phase with Beck.  He still very much loves to suck on his two little fingers.  It’s his pacifier.  Now when I put him down for a nap he throws his fingers in, and I give him a…wait for it…a little sock.  Wow, that sounds ridiculous, ha!  But he literally makes an obnoxious sigh when I hand him a sock before laying him down.  It’s like a super mini blankie, ha!  Does it help if he started it?!  Ha!  He’s always had only one sock on, because he yanks the other one off to play with it.  So…nothing like encouraging a bad habit, ha!  This has some serious potential to turn weird, but right now it’s adorable 🙂

Asher was so excited to build another creation to send in for Lego’s competition this month.  He built his own race track for a robot, and now frequently asks when they’re going to send him his $100 because he’s sure he won :).

And, I have to put up a few pics from a trip to San Francisco that Jeremy and I were blessed to be able to take.  So many people made this happen, and we’re really thankful to have had the chance to make some memories with just us, meet some of our life-long friends for the first time, and to celebrate Jeremy’s big birthday!  We’ll never forget our SF trip together!!