He's here!

Asher David was born yesterday. We did a home birth this time around and it was such an amazing experience for us! We're both healthy and doing great. He came out at 7 lbs, 8 oz and was 20" long.

We don't have too many photos yet, but here are a couple.

And Leah said, "Happy am I! For women have called me happy." So she called his name Asher.

                                                      -Genesis 30:13

We Grew

No - we didn't forget how to blog! It's just slipped on the priority list a bit... A few pics:

Joella is always with her dog -- she's pretty much in charge of Kaeda these days - feeds her, gets her in and out of "her room" (aka cage), lets her inside / outside, gives her treats, and practices having her lay down, stay, come, go to her room, takes her for "walks" around the yard, etc. I'm impressed that the dog actually listens to her a lot of the time :) If she doesn't do it on her own, Joella just makes her do it anyway.

Needless to say it's been a bit hot here... the pool does wonders :)

Next up is Joella enjoying her mini bread loaves she helped make. 

And we grew... We haven't been nearly as faithful with the "belly" shots this time around. The first is 31 weeks along and the second close to 37-ish. Matt was out in the field and/or "on duty" at work (kind of like a fireman where he had to sleep there but we could visit) pretty much the whole time in between. He was back for some of the weekends but we were starting to get a taste of the "deployment" feel again there for a bit. We're sure glad to have him around more now!

Now we're just finishing up a few things around the house / car projects before our little guy makes his way out. I think I'll be more patient this time around though since Joella went 42+ weeks :) I'm about 39 weeks along now, so we'll see!