25 Interesting Facts About Asher...

So in my US Weekly Magazines, they've started these 25 things you don't know about actors...I thought it'd be kind of fun to do them for the kids...so they can look back on interesting facts about themselves in different stages of their lives...

25 current facts about Asher:

1. Asher currently has 4 chipped teeth. I noticed his first one when I was at the dentist and freaked out...when I checked a couple of weeks ago he was up to three...this morning he has four...they are just little chips but seriously, where are they coming from? Baby by day, boxer by night!

2. Asher's favorite movie as of late is Coraline. He would watch it 7 times a day if we would allow it...which we won't because it's starting to drive us crazy. (Incidentally, Chris asked me this morning if I remember having the lines to Finding Nemo memorized when Ayris was little and that was her favorite movie...I could barely recall it, which scares me that I'm already deleting important memories from my kids childhoods!)

3. Asher has a thing for boobs...already. He likes to pinch and poke them....point and say "Boobies!"

4. Asher is well over the 100 percentile for everything...height, weight and head circumference...and has been since he was about 2 months old.

5. Asher is now requesting to see his poop when I change his diaper...after I show him he says "See it time" which translates into "See it a second time."

6. Asher has some jacked up toenails...it's like ingrown toenails except the ingrown part just splits off from the regular part of his nail on it's own and we just have to yank it off.

7. Asher's favorite food is probably suckers and Popsicles but he only gets them at bath time because he's just too messy otherwise.

8. Correction to #7, Asher is a lover of all foods...there's not much he won't eat...suckers and Popsicles are just a favorite treat.

9. Asher has a pink bear whose eyes now look like they have cataracts from being washed so many times. This was a bear that Chris had brought home from a trip to New York for Ayris when she was a baby. Asher found it probably a year or so back and they have been inseparable since. Chris and I are thinking of taking a trip to NYC for our 5 year anniversary, not only because I've never been but also in hopes of tracking down a replacement bear as this one is falling apart.

10. Asher has had a nebulizer since he was a baby and has to use it several times per year.

11. Asher (along with his sister) has a favorite song called "So What" by Pink, but they call it the "Na Na" song and they request to hear it on repeat every single time we enter the car. My trips with the kids are now very limited.

12. Asher is ADDICTED to helium balloons. I was in CVS with him once and he was SCREAMING for a balloon...I had $3 in extracare bucks with nothing to spend it on so I thought, what the heck? That balloon was actually $4.50...WTF! That's highway robbery! We now have a helium tank that we keep on hand at home and he generally gets a fresh balloon each morning with a 10 foot string attached as to not lose it to the vaulted ceilings...Chris has saved many a balloons trapped in the ceiling fan...vaulted corner, etc...

13. Asher is very polite, and I'm not sure where he gets it...he says thank you for almost everything.

14. Asher only makes the kiss noises (mwah) when kissing his bear or someone on the cheek, he doesn't do it when he kisses lips.

15. Asher can kick a ball like Cristiano Ronaldo and throw like Tony Romo...K, maybe not exactly like them (and I don't really know who these people are...I just googled great soccer player and asked Chris who could throw a good football) BUT he's already showing some major skill in the sports department.

16. When you ask Asher for a high five, he'll give you one and then say "Knuckles!" and put his fist out for some pounding...(Chris taught him that.)

17. Asher loves blankets...fleece, down, all of them.

18. Asher has had breath holding spells since he was a baby...it only occurs in .01-5% of children. When he gets angry or hurt and cries too hard, he'll stop breathing, pass out, turn purple and go limp. He'll then be really sleepy which will be followed by about 5 minutes of inconsolable crying. Supposedly, he will grow out of this by the time he's 5-6 (thank goodness!)

19. Asher has been good at chewing gum since he was about 16 months? He will chew it for a good 45 minutes or so. It always gets spit out in some random spot but he never swallows it (like his sister does.)

20. Asher LOVES dinosaurs...he has a collection of walking and talking dinosaurs that he plays with everyday but he's just as happy playing with his plastic dinosaurs making the roaring sounds himself. He also loves airplanes. He can spot an airplane way before anyone else in the car can. He is even aware of airplanes in the sky without physically seeing them...he's mentioned them just when hearing the jets roar by.

21. Asher didn't sleep through the night until around 22 months...when we moved him into his sisters room and could close the door and not hear all of his noises!

22. Asher is Mr. Helper. He gladly picks up toys on his own and will do what I ask of him (throw diapers away, etc...he will probably be the one helping out with the next baby!)

23. Asher is also Mr. Clean. He will take baby wipes and wipe the doors, couches, chairs and tables down.

24. Asher is very laid back...if he makes a request (like to watch Coraline for the hundredth time) and you tell him "in a little bit", he is okay with that and moves on.

25. Most importantly, Asher is a lover. He will come up and give random hugs and kisses for no reason at all. I have no doubt he is going to make a wonderful husband (if I can keep him just as he is!)