Caleb prepares to mount "Butterscotch"

Here is Caleb heading off for his first horse riding lesson.  

He worked with Ms. Meg in the ring for about 15 minutes 

and then went on a trail ride together.  His favorite part was 

giving his horse a little "tap tap" with his heal to make her go.  

ASHER CAN ROLL OVER!

He did this once a month and a half ago, and then two times yesterday.  

Today he turns five months old.  

What a dreamy little teething angel!  

We had a great time at my Dad's lake house 

in Northern California this past week.  

A few highlights were water skiing (from the shore), 

playing in the pool, learning "go fish" with Gramita, 

and visiting a Buffalo Ranch.  

We're happy to be settling in at home again, 

and everyone is almost totally healthy 

(Brody's bug bites turned Staff Infection 

& Caleb's ear infection 

turned swimmer's ear turned ear infection 

are both healing beautifully.)  

Amazingly Asher has stayed healthy through it all.  

And at today's four month check in he weighed in at 18 lbs, 3 oz.  

KAUAI 2008 -- ASHER -- 4 months old

We took Asher to Hanalei Bay on Kauai, where Matt and I Honeymooned 7 years ago.  Goodness, three boys in seven years!

Asher and Matt in Kauai, June 2008.  

Caleb and Brody stayed with Grandma and Grandpa in Long Beach and had a blast swimming in their enormous blow-up kiddie pool.  Matt spent much of his time working at the International Oncology Lung Conference, while I napped, played, read and enjoyed lots of one on one time with our little Hawaiian babe.

ASHER turned FOUR MONTHS OLD on the Island of Kauai.  We thought it would be fun to offer him his firs meal of rice cereal bedecked in a hawaiian bid, over looking the crystal blue ocean.  

He accepted a taste or two but wasn't as gung-ho as his big Brother Brody was on his first meal.

But maybe he was just a little too preoccupied with all the scents and sounds of Hawaii!