We went to a friend’s son’s birthday party last week at the local community center.  The place has a sprinkler park that is pretty sweet.  We didn’t know how Asa would react, but we brought his swim trunks anyways.  He was a little hesitant at first, but as soon as he got wet it was hard to keep him out.  He was crawling all over the place.  It was awesome.

Here is video from Asa’s First Birthday Party.  It was a lot of work, but we had a great time.  I’m going to bed now.

I can’t believe that it was only a year ago that we got in a car wreck, went in and out of labor for 30 hours, found out Asa was breach, and had an emergency C-section.  Now our little bundle of joy isn’t so little anymore.  He was born 6 lbs 11oz and now weighs over 22 lbs, and you can ask anyone that has held him that he is pure muscle.  The only thing squishy about the boy is his poop.

He can crawl. He can pull himself up.  He can walk while holding on to things. He will eat ANYTHING you put in front of him.  He smiles anytime you point a camera at him.  He can do sit ups. He babbles all day long.  He is always smiling (even when he cries…it’s weird).  He is a sharp dresser.  He speaks three languages.  He paints and I’m pretty sure he knows how to do long division.

He is a blessing from God and Shannon and I thank Jesus every day for the gift that we have gotten in Asa.  Happy Birthday Asa!

Here are some posts from the past that I would recommend checking out if you want to be nostalgic. 

• Video from Asa’s Birthday 
• Air Bag + Face = Pain
• Asa in the Morning
• Asa in His Bumbo for the First Time
• Asa is Crawling!!!!

Also feel free to leave a comment below to share your birthday wishes for the boy.

Nothing of the actual birth here…just some video that I took the day he was born.

Video from Asa’s B-day

photo by: Bethany L King

So here is how it is going to go. This is pretty much you typical baby pool. You’re going to leave a comment below with your prediction for the baby’s due date, due time, and weight. There will be one prize for the person that gets the closest in each category (with the other categories being the tie breakers). The person that is the closest to all three will win a grand prize. I’ll give out a grand and runner-up prize for the people that are closest to the delivery time (weight will be used in the case of ties).  The person who is the farthest off from all three will win the grand un-prize (my kids first dirty diaper).

Do you want to know what the prizes are? Well tell them Bob….

Ok so I don’t have that figured out yet, but I’ll get together with Shannon and I’ll update you in the future.

Grand Prize: $10 Starbuck Gift Card
Runner-Up: $5 Starbuck Gift Card

(Sorry it’s all I have)

To answer a few questions in advance:

The due date is June 1st.
No this isn’t an April Fools joke (I just happened to come up with the idea today).
No you can’t exchange you’re prize for something else.
This isn’t The Price is Right…you can guess over.
You must predict all three, or you will be disqualified.
If you don’t put am/pm, it will be assumed you meant am.
Any other questions can be sent to me via my contact form.

Alright…get to guessing.