the lucky charm

barcelona and real madrid (the top two club teams in spain)
played a grueling match the other day
jon held asha most of the game + barca won = jon will be holding
asha every time barça's in action

as for jerseys, we totally gave her an option:

ronaldo
or
messi

and with her (wise) decision,

she made her papi very happy

auntie shannon sent her these darling
vans, we loved that they were the only
things peeking out of her shroud

happy mama
always pinching something
toes, earlobes, anything!

it all started like this ...

(i know, i know, no onesie next time:)

then we thought it would be fun to raid dad's nap

with her little finger like that, she's like
"excuse me, does anyone want to play?"

then we figured ~ everything
is much more fun without clothes
i love her little face ... hello up there!

asha was all smiles for grandma faye
it was so sweet to see them together

this little one loves light.
she will fix her eyes on anything bright
we just love her so much

¡felices pascuas!

asha bug's first easter!
she felt like the queen of sheba
in the sweet little dress gifted to her by
a professor jon knew at vanderbilt

she can't wait to learn the phrase:
Ісус воскрес
to learn all about it go here:
alisha's awesome blog post

i love everything about this kid

the weather in raleigh has been incredible
the sun ... maybe a tad too bright for the little tike
we were so lucky to have jon's mom

here with us!

i really don't know anything about
scarlet o'hara
but i feel like she would have held her
hands like asha if she too
had been exposed to this much sun

jon and i are fools for 'firsts'
this shot is the first time she
put her hand up on his shoulder like that:)
jon's face says it all.

pura felicidad

the nursery suite

jon and i don't really own fancy things (whitey).

our fanciest possession is the leather soccer ball josh and rasputin gifted us a few years ago.

however, when you have waited many moons for a little bambina, and you have a million ultra talented friends and family members, you get hooked up with a really beautiful nursery!

it is for sure our favorite room in the house ... the only thing we're waiting on is a book shelf and the sketch spencer did of scout.

*don't worry the soccer rug hasn't been banished ... it's over by the other window!

love this little face, her gown, and her big stretch!

sweet grandma faye
changing 'table'
rags (stuffed animal grandma parkin sent me on my mission)
the darling pictures of her on the wall

ok, so the blue doesn't match
but it was a steal on craigslist
and super comfy

we especially love this room
because it is the manifestation of love
that reminds us of all the kindred spirits we
are lucky enough to call friends
asha thinks it is bomb

I'm still getting the hang of this ...

look back a couple of posts to the picture of Asha lying next to Jon's Barcelona scarf,

now imagine that I had posted something on April 15th like

Asha is 1 month old!!

At her 4 week checkup she:
* weighed 8 lbs 6 oz
* measured 20 1/2 inches

This means that she gained one gigantic pound since birth and grew
1 1/2 inches!

She is an amazing little sleeper/eater/possessor of all that it beautiful.

Today we fast, full of gratitude and amazement, at the miraculous blessing with which Heavenly Father has entrusted us ... our little Asha Scout.

Remembering Briana

Six weeks ago today we made a new friend, an eternal friend. Her name is Briana. We met her about eight hours after she helped bring our little Asha so lovingly into this world. Although only a few years into her practice, Briana was a gifted midwife. She possessed such love, strength, wisdom, and sensitivity. She was to be one of the brilliant women we hoped to surround Asha with as she grew into womanhood. But things do not always happen as we expect them to: Briana tragically died in a car accident this past Saturday. We heard the news Easter morning. Our hope in the resurrection was of great comfort, but we grieve in knowing that we will no longer have the privilege of walking this mortal path with her. She lives on in those of us who knew her, and, in a special way, in those to whom she gave safe passage into this world. Twenty-eight years seem so few for one such as her, but we are grateful nonetheless for the time we shared.

For an absolutely beautiful tribute to Briana, read this poem by her dear friend Missy.

Here's the four of us at Fern Midwifery for Asha's one-week checkup.

Beautiful Briana weighing Asha at her two-week checkup

completely and utterly in love

asha looks adorable
i look like peter pan, when he was 14 yrs old:)

who knows? maybe she'll follow the path
of the redds and find those two little fingers!

i've seen really cute ways to document growth
and age ~ this is not one of them, but i tried!
each month i will lay her next to jon's barca scarf
so you can see how long she is and how edible her little legs are!
(she should still be wearing newborn
diapers, but i was too lazy/cheap to go buy more,
so we opened the size 1 pack we had...it's a little big)

this has to be one of my favorite things ever:
when i scoop the water up toward her neck, she
opens her mouth and tries to catch it!
she loves, loves, loves bath time. she recently
graduated to bathing in the regular bath tub.

jon has been amazing.
he is in love with our little calabaza (pumpkin)
asha loves bossa nova (super rich, jazzy brazilian music) and
jon is convinced she's going to make him a bomb bossa nova singer!

she 'turned' 5 weeks on tuesday
she has brought us joy unspeakable
we adore this little scout.

she is the answer to the question in moroni 7
miracles have not ceased!