asher's fam

yesterday aaron, asher, and i left bonton, new jersey where we stayed over the weekend visiting the lovely karin and lisa. we drove straight through to chesapeake, virginia where aaron's family lives. they've known we're on the east coast but they weren't expecting us. surprise! asher got to meet his grandmother kathie, stepgrandfather phil, uncles justin and nick, and great uncle terry. (expect family snapshots soon) next stop is north to richmond to visit the last uncle to be met, good ole uncle luke. then on up to culpeper to see mary, nexus, and rannie, those beautiful finders friends of ours.

asher update: teething is getting to him and making him restless, especially at night; he's grabbing everything you put in front of him, including a most impressive two-handed apple grab today and lots of giggles as it rolled around on the counter when it got away from him; he's still the smiliest baby i've ever met; last night he looked like was about to take off crawling because he's fully up on him arms and wiggling and pushing with his legs, but he only ended up taking a couple small scoots backwards. life with baby could be completely different any day now.

i'm borrowing a book called a thousand names for joy by byron katie from karin. i'm not sure about it yet, the tone can be off-putting. but i've heard so much about her and something i flipped to in the book was very relevant to what i'm going through and looking for clarity about so i'm giving it a shot. laying aside my cynicism, embracing what she has to offer.