Oh, goody, an update about the mundane details of our lives. You’re welcome.

Well, it has been roughly 3 weeks since any of you have seen Judah (or us for that matter, but like you really care about that). So, here is a quick update on our kids (in and out of utero).

Judah
Judah is learning new words on a daily basis. Some of the new words he can now say are (say is a relative term, he is after all a one year old) ball, thank you, ball, bite, night night, and Bible. Did we say ball yet? That boy wakes up these days asking for a ball.

As has always been pretty evident, Judah is quite adventurous, but lately he is becoming even more independent in his exploring. Two weeks ago, he would happily play at the park but would want mom or dad to hold his hand every now and again; now he climbs up the stairs by himself, waves, sits at the top of the slide, and down he goes. And repeat.

For the sake of being honest, the video we took just before this one was identical…minus the sliding-while-standing technique and landing-on-his-head dismount. A “good parent” is the kind that catches the WHOLE thing on video, right? We are counting on this being a judgement free zone…

As we have said, Judah has been learning to help out with hanging up laundry. He has also started putting his toys away when he is finished playing with them. Basically, he loves to move things from one place to another and say “thank you” each time. We’ll take it.

He also likes to help daddy workout…

Isaac is always looking for ways to make his workouts more challenging.. JK no he’s not.

Here’s to a little resistance training.

He continues to have a larger-than-life personality; he is always keeping us laughing! It is becoming increasingly apparent that we may have an issue during future family photos.

Asher

Asher is doing great. I am going to weekly appointments at a local hospital and Asher is looking happy and healthy (read:huge). I am due July 25th, but the doctor feels that he is ready and healthy enough to come any day now. The plan is to try to have this baby without a c-section, but if he is as comfortable as Judah was, we may have to schedule one. I am still enjoying being pregnant for the most part, minus sweating 24/7 like a wildebeest, but I’m getting a bit anxious about the details of his arrival. And it should come as no surprise that I do not enjoy not being in control of things. Shut up, Isaac. Not to mention there have been a few cultural differences that have made things a bit more…let’s say interesting, but that’s for another post. In all seriousness, we feel confident in our doctor and her expertise and the hospital is very reputable and advanced. And just to clear things up: fear not, I will take a taxi, not a rickshaw to the hospital.

So far we’ve walked about 30 miles exploring the city on foot in efforts to coax Asher along…

So, who knows, but one way or the other, we will have a baby by early August! We will keep you posted.