Asher turned 2! This year we really wanted to have a birthday party at our new house, but since our yard still consisted of dirt and newly seeded grass that no kids were allowed to run on we opted to have a small family get together in Gardnerville. Since Asher and cousin Jake's birthdays are only a week apart we combined the birthday celebrations! Jake is one year older and turned 3 this year! We met up at Grandma Julie & Grandpa Bob's House and had lunch then went to the Carson Valley Swim Center. Asher had so much fun! He was a little apprehensive about the water before (he's only been swimming one or two times before this) but as soon as he saw Jake jumping into the water and having a blast Asher was all for the water! All of Asher's birthday gifts from us were water related, swim trunks from Julie & Bob, a new floaty device, and towel, etc. So he had on his arm and chest float combo from Costco and Jake had a matching set so it was a lot of fun. They both would climb up the stairs the come to the side of the pool and jump in after chanting "1,2,3...jump!" and jump into our arms. I had a ton of fun too! Cousin Everett proved to be a born swimmer too and kept diving in to the water even though he's only 1 :) I think we had a family BBQ later that evening, but I can hardly remember now cause of my horrible memory, but the only pictures I got was of Jake and Asher opening all their presents. See the madness below! Asher didn't last long because of all the very hard playing & excitement that day he was SO tired and way past bed time.... but he got some awesome presents that he was very very excited about. One toy especially he got from grandma and grandpa Hines-- his bubble lawnmower! HE LOVES mowing the lawn with Daddy. He mows right along side of him or usually behind him. Evey time we open the garage he says, "lawnmower, lawnmower!". He loves anything that involves helping around the yard. Great Grandma Brunson gave Asher some money for a Little Tikes Water Table that he's played with all summer too. And of course we had to give Asher some bubble toys because that is his FAVORITE thing right now - BUBBLES! He also got a soccer ball that he has gotten pretty good at kicking this summer and lots of outfits and shoes! We had so much fun in Gardnerville with family and I'm still in shock that we have a two year old already! He is so so so cute and I think he will make an excellent big brother. We just can't keep up with him as he is growing up so fast! :)
