IT WAS A PERFECT DAY TO BUILD A FORT WITH DADDY...

ASHA'S PIWOAH...

Who would have thought that an 18 month old would be so in love with something as simple as a pillow?

The love of this pillow began months ago when Nana first introduced Asha to a pillow that was once hers when she was a little girl.  The pillow always stayed at Nanny's house and Asha would use it when she would sleepover; that all changed this past weekend.

 

On Saturday this pillow had to go everywhere with Asha... during nap time of course, to eat at the kitchen table, when getting a diaper change and when going to play outside.  Asha even pulled the pillow along behind her down Nana and Papa's driveway, through the snow and all!  Needless to say, Nana knew that Asha couldn't part with this special pillow so she sent it home with us.  The only stipulation: the pillow returns when Asha visits for a sleepover.

 

 

And although Asha really loves this new found friend of hers, she is still willing to share it with you if you ask her very nicely.  And, if you are lucky enough she'll get you to put your head down on her piwoah and will say, "Nana, sleep... Daddy, sleep... Mama, sleep."

Thanks Nana!  Mwah!

PAPA IS FUN...

We went out to see Papa yesterday. Daddy and Nana were both working, but I thought it would be a nice change of scenery for Asha, and would be a perfect chance for Papa to spend some time with his granddaughter.

Ever since we've been home, Asha hasn't left Papa's side and she has formed a very special bond with him. At first we referred to my dad as Grandpa but that quickly changed when Asha's speech improved and she decided on her own that he would no longer be Grandpa or Gramps, but Papa.

If you ask Asha to say, "I... love..." she almost always finishes off by saying "Papa". And if you tell her that we're going to go and see Papa, she will say, "Weeeeeee... Papa... Fun". Can't seem to figure out 100% why she is in love with Papa so much but I am sure it has something to do with the fact that he is goofy and does silly things to make her laugh, whether it's making a tent or a silly sound or face. Sometimes he acts like more of a kid than Asha does; maybe she senses the child in him.

Often Papa will come up with something that many people would think would be the dumbest game or idea, but that Asha absolutely loves. For example, I was busy doing something yesterday and asked Papa to give Asha a snack. Not too difficult you think. But, when I came back into the kitchen to see how they were doing, this is how I found them:



My Dad said to me in a matter of fact tone, "We wanted our snack under the table", like it was an every day occurrence. Their huge German Shepard Chase wanted to be a part of the game as well and tried to get under the kitchen table to join in on the fun. It was so cute to see! And as Miss Asha would say, "Papa... Fun".

DRY DIAPER!!!

Yep, I said it! Can you believe it? Asha went all night with a dry diaper and then went on the potty first thing this morning. What a good girl you are sweetie. Daddy and Mommy are so very proud of you.

A couple of weeks ago Asha started to request to go "poo poo" whenever she had to go potty, but that soon stopped as she began to say poo poo for everything. Oh well. She'll get the hang of it soon.

EXPECT TO HAVE TEA WITH ASHA IF YOU ARE COMING OVER FOR A VISIT...

We had our good friends over on Monday evening and their son Evan, was the latest victim to be forced into a tea party. What a good sport!

TRYING TO SLEEP...

DANCING...

Asha is such a funny little girl.

She absolutely loves the heater downstairs. She says goodnight to the heater and even dances with the heater, and when we go in the basement the first thing she looks for is.. you guessed it! The heater. With the heat off, there is still a light at the base that remains on and she will adamantly tell you that it is hot and burns and is dan-gar (danger)! But the cutest thing she does is walks up to the heater and in her sweet, little voice, almost in a whisper says, "Hi Hot".

Here she is dancing with her friend "Hot":

OUR DAUGHTER IS SUCH A GEEK!!!

ARE YOU READY FOR IT???

Asha asked me to put my glasses on her this morning.  All I can say is let's pray that either her head grows larger or that she never has to wear glasses!

SHE SAID THE SWEETEST THING LAST NIGHT...

Asha was in her jammies and we were just about ready for bed.  Daddy and Asha always like to play in the basement at night before bed.  They giggle and dance and sometimes we will even watch a show on Treehouse.  Asha knows her routine so well... first jammies, then play time, then her tea-tea (which is her bottle), then we put on some soft music, read her a story, say goodnight to the butterflies and moon, and pray.  We were playing downstairs and Asha suddenly got on the couch and sat very still and quiet.  She clasped her hands together, put her head down and said:

Haiti... Pray... Amen.

I almost cried and I thought, we have been blessed with such a sweet and bright little girl.  My 18 month old daughter is praying for Haiti on her own.  I am so proud to be her Mommy!!!

QUITE THE DAY...

We had such a good day on Thursday. 

Daddy didn't have to work until almost noon, so all three of us got to go to Scooters at church together.  Scooters is an event that the church puts on once a week.  They set up a ton of different activities and play areas for children from ages one to four.  It is a great time for the kids to play and also for parents to socialize with one another.  Asha especially loves to color; well she tries to color.  And when she isn't coloring she is either eating the crayons or throwing them all around the room.

Asha normally only has one nap for about two hours or so.  But she had so much fun at Scooters, that she fell asleep in the van on the way home and then later in the afternoon had another nap!!!  She had already been sleeping for over two hours, so I snuck into her room to wake her gently as it was already getting late and I didn't want her to have to much energy so that she wouldn't sleep at night. 

The pictures I got were priceless!!!  Plus I got to cuddle her and kiss her and hold her hand.  You might be thinking, don't you always get to do that???  Nope, not with Miss Asha; she is always running somewhere and we're lucky if she sits still for even a minute.  No wonder she is such an amazing sleeper.