Just another Sunday in the LaFond family...

Ok so that's not totally true.  We don't regularly take family trips to home improvement stores (at least not all of us :) but we did manage to hit 2 in one afternoon yesterday.  Reese and Asher were too cute not to snap a bunch of pictures with my BB camera (sorry for the poor quality).

 Reese was feeling very affectionate towards her brother yesterday

 Asher finally gave in to sleep

 2nd store, note the different (race)cart color, after test driving them both I'd say it was a close call but the Lowes one has the edge (Duke Blue color, of course)

 Showing my tongue

 Reese keeping watch over her baby brother...seriously does it get any cuter than that?

 Reese sharing life's lessons with Asher

 and more kisses

First Haircut

Asher had his first haircut today. Below is the before and after...and the "get me out of here Mom, that lady is SCARY and she has SCISSORS" pose.Asher riding his new rocket ship from Aunt Venus and Uncle Dan
Reese curling up with her laptop to check her email and do a little blogging

Asher's stats @ 1 year

Asher had his 1-year appointment on Friday and here are the current stats:

Weight: 24 lbs 14 oz (90th)

Height: 31.5 inches (75-90th)

Head: 48 cm (95th)

Asher's birthday party

We celebrated Asher's birthday yesterday and here are some pictures from the fun...

This is how we light the candles here in Montana...

Getting some help on the cake from my sister

and the finale


a boy can never have too many construction vehicles
Asher's first set of wheels

it's fun to ride with my lamb


Thank you to everyone for the great gifts. Both kids are enjoying them all ;)

Happy 1st birthday Asher!

Happy birthday to our wonderful little boy Asher. Here are some details about your life for you/us to remember since you are growing so fast:

• We are currently living in Helena but renting a condo across the street from Aunt Jennifer while Daddy builds our dream house in the Northern part of town. The house is up and shingled but has no siding nor interior walls yet. The condo is all one level which is really nice right now for keeping track of you and your sister.
• You are crawling everywhere and pulling yourself up to stand. You “walk” along the couch for a few steps but still prefer to crawl to get to where you want to go.
• You are finally starting to sleep through the night. You know, at least twice a week ;)
• You put up with a lot of abuse from your sister. She pushes you, hits you and steals your banana puffs. But you light up every time she comes into the room so you must be very forgiving.
• For a few months now you have been babbling and saying DaDa but recently you started to say MaMa too (which makes your MaMa pretty happy)
• You’re a pickier eater than your sister but you love banana puffs and will happily feed them to yourself
• Also unlike Reese at this age, you put everything you can find in your mouth. Last week we found you with a mouthful of Oreo. Hmmm…wonder where you got that from…
• You like to play with whatever toys your sister will let you. Usually you pick something up and start playing with it, then your sister takes it, so you find something else to play with. You’re pretty patient but once in awhile you cry in protest.
• You have 4 front teeth on the bottom and one on the top and are working on many more
• You were born with a full head of dark hair and have had beautiful, silky hair ever since. You’ve needed a haircut now for at least a month but we haven’t done it yet. This is probably partly laziness on your parents’ part and partly because your hair is just so nice (note that it is NOT because we want you to look like Tom Brady nor Justin Bieber)
• You are a blanket boy and love to snuggle with a blanket. You will hold your own bottle but mostly you just use sippy cups to chew/teethe on.
• You give pretty good open-mouthed “kisses” (more like you try to eat us) and you have recently figured out that Mom has really long hair and it’s fun to pull. You pull hard and make your sister cry (sometimes Mom, too).
• You love the bath but have started to try to crawl around while in the water which makes bathing you rather difficult

You are such a happy little guy and we are so lucky to have two healthy, happy kids. Your sister may not realize it now but she will never remember life before you and she is so lucky to have a brother so close in age. We look forward to watching you both grow up together. Someday soon I know you'll be the one teaching her a thing or two. We hope you have a very happy birthday and we love you very much.

Love, Mom and Dad

Early December pictures

Some pictures of the kids from last weekend
it's always fun to put your hands on the cold windows
our house in the snow

CK's been working on the stairs


some wildlife on our driveway
helping with the laundry
I can't believe this is comfortable but this is how he fell asleep today...

2 adorable little people to be very thankful for

Since we haven't posted in awhile here are some pics of the kids from the last few weeks. A few from Thanksgiving dinner. Reese: "A little ranch with my milk? I don't mind if I do." Asher snuggling with Daddy
Thanksgiving dinner...yummy
with cousin Kaitlyn
Daddy, let me just grab you by the nose here...
Reese watching (and dancing to) the Macy's Parade wearing Mom's boots and Dad's glovesIt's been really cold here in Montana (below zero many days) so the kids are ready with their winter gear
Asher's first experience as a marshmallow man
Pretty typical in our house...Reese sitting nicely reading the book and Asher getting into everything and anything he can...

Oooh I can reach the blocks in this big bucket now
and the kitchen sink, too
sibling hugs (that usually lead to unintentional attempts at strangling so Mom and Dad stay close by)
gymnastics on the fridge doors