A lot to celebrate

Asher and I are blogging from Michigan. We were so excited finally attend a wonderful shower (rescheduled from April 4th) to celebrate Asher and show him off to such great friends. On top of that, Asher got his very first cousin early Monday morning -- a sweet little 8 pound 9 ounce girl born to Uncle Nick and Aunt Dawn. Lydia Mae was born Monday morning at 12:15 am after a lot of hard work from Aunt Dawn. My parents went to meet their new granddaughter right away and Will, Asher, and I are hoping to get to meet her this coming weekend. Stay tuned for pictures of Asher and his new cousin!

Our shower was wonderful. Asher decided to nap for most of the afternoon, but there were many ladies who were more-than-willing to hold him. We got so many great gifts and had fun celebrating Asher's journey so far. Thank you to grandma Griffith who got Asher the great Tiger's cap, and thank you to all his wonderful aunts for the peace monkey (see the picture below). :)

I was so excited that Liz made it to the shower and finally got to meet Asher. Since Liz lives in Philly, she had yet to meet the little guy. She was in Ohio visiting her family and made the trip up to Michigan, and what a sweet union it was.

Asher had a doctor appointment last Thursday and is now weighing in at 10 pounds 12 ounces! He has officially doubled in size from his lil' 5-pounds at birth. He is getting stronger everyday and even had his first occupational therapy appointment last week. It went great and we learned fun things to do to help him get stronger. We will continue to have O.T. every week and will be adding more therapies in the near future to continue strengthening Asher.

Here are a few pictures from the shower. Thank you to all the wonderful ladies who made this possible.