6 Months Old!!

My baby is 6 months old! nooooooo! He is getting so big. Asher is so obsessed with daddy. I thought i would post a little picture story of how it is when he comes home from work...

This is what Asher looks like when daddy walks though the door.....

Daddy has to come over to tickle him and make him laugh....

and then Asher has to use his baby powers to get daddy to pick him up..how can you deny it?

and inevitably he grabs his face for a big kiss...boy does this little boy love his daddy

Taking up the 8 week challange

This is an actual pic of my silverware drawer right now. Yes, It was the first step of an 8 week challenge i am doing. To de clutter my home. I found the link up on Pinterest..If you want to visit the blog I got all the info from Just click on this link and it will take you right to it. To be honest, my home really isn't cluttered. Its too small for me to even let it get that way. So i have to keep up on it. But i could use a good organization re haul. So i thought this list would be perfect! I will adjust the list when i need to, i am sure because every ones home are different, every day may not line up with my home. But i did the first day! It didn't take very long..but i did get rid of stuff. I will try to update you on my day to day challenges .i am sure i wont blog about this every day, I am a realist..lol..but i will try to grab pics of all i have done to keep me accountable! I am so excited!! You should totally do this too!

Day 1: Kitchen drawers, silverware and cooking utensils...check!

Sleepy Boy

Well the Hodges have officially been hit with the sickies. Right now Julia seems to have evaded being sick..but the 3 boys have not. Each have had ear infections, and tummy bugs (Elijah was our most recent who threw up on the night before thanksgiving so we had to cancel all plans) Elijah took a 4 hour nap yesterday! And again today took a nap..he never naps! This is the easiest picture i have ever gotten of him. Ha. He is so handsome, even when he is sleeping. Hopefully we get this over soon and they will be feeling better!

I am still Alive!!

So sorry to be absent so long :( Right now i have 3 with ear infections, you can imagine the sleep i am not getting! We had a harvest fest at our church last month, i thought i would show some photos, my nephews and niece came also..it was soooo fun!!

There was face painting..the tiger was the cool choice!

Ty looks like he knows what he was doing

Gourd decorating lol..lovely

a bouncy ball pit for the little ones

and indoor climbing structure

..lots and lots of candy prizes

my beautiful princess

yummy food!

Doughnut race game

she actually did quite well!

we had so much fun!! Cant wait til next year!

5 months old

Asher is 5 months old! He is officially obsessed with his daddy and is always trying to catch his eye to be held or played with. He also is enjoying his siblings and their attention, and they are loving all the smiles they get from him. I know i keep saying it, but he is such a happy guy! His name does mean "happy" so i guess we lucked out! He is getting much more coordinated with his hands. He like's to take his paci out of his mouth and put it back in..he also is starting to enjoy playing with toys. He just got over his first big cold, and handled it quite well for how sick he was. 

He is just stating to grow out of some 3 to 6 month stuff...mostly the hand me downs. He has tried some solids..although i plan on keeping him vegan as much as possible because of gut issues that run in the family. He hates all food right now except for mango's. So we are mastering swallowing skills with mango's. Cloth diapering is going really really well..no blow out's at all! Its working better than disposables for us! I am very surprised! He is doing well in the car...finally! He doesn't cry near as much any more. He goes every where with mommy because he hasn't had a bottle in months. oops, i let that one slip! I got re try, i do want him to have that skill. He is a great sleeper when he isnt sick. And i just have fallen in love with this lil guy...seriously, how could i not? Look at him!

Chunky Monkey

Asher may have a new nick name

I call him my chunky monkey...I think he has earned it! 

Incredible!

If you ask their Mommy....

She thinks she has some pretty Incredible kids!

My latest project for the kids, they love it!

Asher's 4 months

Can not believe he is 4 months old!

LOL

my sweet chunky monkey! I know this post is late, Asher turned 4 months on the 2nd, the photos were taken then, but he just had a doc appt so i thought i would wait. He weighs in at 15 lbs 1 oz and 25 inches long, 50th percentile for both. Although his thighs are any thing but average! They are large!  He has started "talking" up a storm..and gets very excited when ever any one walks by him, as he thinks he will surely get picked up. I am told he has very strong neck/control, all my babies had it so i dont see it. Our peid thinks he will be creeping forward very soon because of it. He loves his excer saucer, and is staring to reach out and grab things. He also likes to put things in his mouth to chew, and he drools. He is my best sleeper of the 4 although he just went through a growth spurt that left me exhausted! He is finally doing better in the car..although he still cries some. His current fav thing to laugh at is fake burps. We are just loving this happy sweet boy so much!

Meeting Spider Man!

Our Local Mall had a meet and greet with Spidey! We stood in line for an hour and ten minutes just to meet him!

He signed some cards for the boys and was just really nice!

After that we stood in line another 40 minutes for the sticky wall! Elijah loved it! I kinda want one now..look at that, eye contact, direct smile! Surely i can justify this purchase for his therapy room..i am sure his therapist would appreciate it lol

Such a fun family day!

Product Reveiw

I am still alive blogging world! My USB cord that i would use to down load pics is sadly no longer..but i should be getting a new one this week some time and all will be right in the world once again! So just to stay connected i thought i would do some thing i have been meaning to do for a while, give a holler to a fav product of mine that i actually bought with my own money and use and love. These company's i will promote do not even know i am alive but i want to share what i love with you all!

I decided to pick my E cloth first because i truly love it. Our journey to a more natural life style kinda just happened to us. Elijah with his Autism has many sensitivity's  Fragrances is one of them..and also i wasn't so sure if he would ingest the poisonous chemicals if he some how got a hold of them. So I started to eliminate cleaners about 1 1/2 years ago. A 50/50 mix of water and white vinegar is one of my favorites..its my all purpose cleaner. I use it for allot of things. And its super cheep to boot! A friend of mine knew i was trying to go chemical free as much as possible and told me E cloth was having a sale! I thought why not? They were relatively cheap and so i bought a simple starter set.


Click here to see the set i bought

All you do is add water and go to the terry like cloth..i use this for dusting..and the window shiner cloth is short of magical! It even cleans better than white vinegar. I use it on all my glass and metal surfaces...its amazing! I use the window cloth dry after i wipe down the mirror or glass or what have you with the terry cloth first. It has silver ions in it so it wont get all nasty and it cleans so well! If you click on the link below it will bring you to the home page and you can research it better there. Try it, i think you will like it! And sign up for the e letter...she is always having sales!


click here to visit E-Cloth

Cloth Diapers

Forgive me if you have seen some of these pics on Facebook  i am posting these just for my grandma who just moved to Florida! These are my home made cloth diapers, now i have a washing machine it will save us lots of money in diapers!

the inside is minkey

these are size large on titus

snap closers

adjust to most waist sizes! I will use a pre fold in there for extra absorbency...tada!

Birthday Mail!

Titus' Grandma and Grandpa Hodges sent him this outfit and computer in the mail yesterday for his birthday..he love it! He felt so special to get something mailed to him too :) Thank you G&G Hodges!!!

Independence

I think its very important to teach your children to be independent. Example, Elijah wanted a straw for his drink..i told him to go get one...He was so proud of him self...goof! he makes me laugh..any body want to share a drink with Elijah? he has straws to spare!

Labor Day

I cant believe I for got to post this! We spent Labor day with My husbands family, our kids love playing with each other..Esp Julia and her cousin buddy Jacob...The kids picnicked together...

and played hard the entire day! Its so fun to have best buddy cousins!

Tummy Time!

I am one of those people who believes in tummy time....This was Ashers tummy time today

He is starting to get great head control

He occasionally inches forward army style

 he started "leaning on his belly in balance" last week!

What do you think?

Just cause they are so cute, and Julia is so proud!

Daddys

Daddy's are the very best of Friends!

Tys 2nd Birthday party

after the birthday breakfast the boys helped daddy work on the coffee table he is building, too cute not to include

after tys afternoon nap we headed to the local pplay place to celebrate with family

the kids opened some gifts from aunt katie

proof ty is related to my side of the family, he blinks when getting his picture taken...

my normal sister...

we then headed to the parking lot and sang happy birthday to ty..this is his dino cake

the next day ty graduated out of nursery and into Sunday school! This is him shyly knocking on the classroom door. Happy Birthday buddy!!