Ohio Shower

What a weekend! We made the quickest trip to Ohio for another baby shower for Asher. It was soooooooooo wonderful! Sally, Abby, and Megan planned a great shower filled with great family, friends, food, and laughter. Not to mention the mounds and mounds of presents! Asher is one loved little boy already with quite a library and wardrobe! Here are some pictures for you to enjoy...
Mama, Mom, and meAll of Asher's loot:)Megan and Abby loving on Asher.Mark getting ready to stuff everything in the car. Who needs rear-view mirrors?The beginnings of an awesome library!With love,
Mark and Allyson

Isn't She Lovely

30 weeks & new hair-cut...same beautiful Allyson.

-Mark

P.S. We drafted a post before our last (D.I.O.) about Allyson's baby shower in Nashville. It's posted on the blog now, so feel free to scroll down and check it out!

D.I.O.

It was quite an adventure we (my dad and I along with the help of my good friend, Dave) set out on a few weeks ago. The plan...while the girls (Allyson, her mom and my mom) were having fun at Allyson's first baby shower, we would knock out double windows in our kitchen and replace them with a sliding patio door. Seemed easy enough. During the week leading up to our planned adventure, Allyson was talking with a co-worker who was having a similar renovation done at her home. Her friend told her the sales clerk was adamant about the need to have professionals do such a renovation. We laughed and decided we would d.i.o. (do it ourselves)...or at least try.

Before...During...Almost complete...With curtains...Stairs outside the door...Well, it didn't all go exactly as we thought or planned, but all things considered, I think we out-did ourselves...well the outcome out-did my expectations. We got the door in and we had a lot of fun working on it. Big thanks to my dad and Dave for not only helping, but being great foremen! And of course to the girls who kept encouraging us along the way...even when they weren't sure if we knew what we were doing.

Til next time--
Mark and Allyson

Asher already loves his "Aunties"!

What a great weekend we had in Nashville! It was sooooo good to see lots of friends that we had missed so much! After Mark and I grabbed lunch with Seth on Friday we hung around campus for the annual Homecoming parade...which hasn't changed much:) Following the parade, I(Allyson) headed over to Joy's house and Mark headed to Nick's. The girls all had a slumber party at Joy's that included lots of catching up and laughing about old memories followed by an awesome baby shower in the morning. Emily, Jenna, Joy, Mandy, Mandy, Stacey, and Carrie...thank-you for the great weekend! Joy was so gracious to open her house to all of us and Emily helped to make the shower so special. Not to mention, the rest of them made some great food! As you can see in the picture, Stacey is also having a baby...Emmalyn Kate. Asher and Emmalyn are sure to be good friends! Enjoy the pictures below!

Yummy!
Once again, a great cake by Emily...
More creative Emily...
All of Asher's loot...
We made fun of Jenna for all of her camera equipment, but it did come in handy:) Love you, Jenna!
Loving Asher more every day...
Mark and Allyson

Halloween Weekend

I (Mark) was excited to hand out candy for the first time ever on Halloween night. I remember the times of going trick-or-treating...who could forget The Three Amigos or Prince Ali (AKA Aladdin)? I was smooth. Allyson and I have been away from home the past couple of years. Allyson was working a fall festival at her school, so I loaded up the candy bowl. Well...besides a few visitors from our church, I didn't have anybody after 7pm--until Jason showed up. I had the porch light on, but without any visitors I found myself into college football on tv and messing around on the laptop. Around 8:30, a kid bangs on my screen door. A bit startled I look over and see a Jason mask staring back at me. For a minute, I thought I was going to pee my pants. Then, I remembered...he wants candy. To the parents of our teens--apologies in advance for all the leftover candy your sons and daughters will be receiving the next couple of weeks.

We had a fall festival at our church on Friday night. It was a great time and well attended. Seeing all the little ones dressed up is always fun. Made me think about this time next year having our own little guy all decked out as a monkey, zebra, pumpkin, or a blueberry.

We are headed back to the doctor this Wednesday. We will give an update later this week along with an updated pic of Allyson. For now, enjoy a pic of the 2 coolest nephews.
Much love,
Mark and Allyson