Can it be?
The photographic proof doesn’t lie.
My Asher is getting big. So, so big.
I took these last fall, just because I thought the background was interesting.
And because I think my boy is so handsome.
Asher had just been in his new school for a few months when these were taken.
He was still getting a lay of the land.
Playing football.
Making new friends.
He was just a youngster.
Look at him now. I took these the other day as I was trying to get my settings just right on my camera. Checking to see how the light was in that spot of the yard.
He’s always been good about doing things like that for me. And, surprisingly, I ended up really liking these.
They managed to capture him as he is…. relaxed, happy, fun. And handsome.
These pictures also capture the undeniable fact that, just eight months later, he’s changed.
He’s gone and become a young man while I wasn’t looking.
He’s still just 10 (just a few days from turning 11) but he looks so much more, well… grown up, dadgumit.
Must have been the trip halfway around the world to pick up his sister, Vivienne.
And the fact that time rolls on, no matter how much we’d wish it wouldn’t.
Thankfully, he’s as sweet and pure-hearted as ever.
Still loves his mama. Loves his family. Loves Jesus.
I couldn’t ask for more.
Big, ugly tears followed. Thank you for sharing your precious special needs canines with us, Shannon. I sure do love sweet doggies, and yours are as sweet as they come.
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Aww, thanks! If my post brings awareness to special needs doggies to even one person, then it was a post well worth doing!
I have to agree…Asher looks so much older in just 8 months. What a handsome boy! Sometimes I wish life had a "pause" button!
I love the vibrancy of your pictures! What a handsome boy.
Gracious what a difference in 8 months! I am kicking myself for not doing a first day of school and a last day of school picture each year. That would have been so neat to see the growth each year!
Hey, I am back again. Love ur shots.so beautiful & green.
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What a cutie he is! Love your processing Steph!! Happy Sunday~
What a handsome guy and sounds like he's a sweetheart too!
My nephew will be 12 in just a couple of weeks. Ack! It's a year of changing, isn't it? 11?
Oh my goodness..he really has changed. Dadgummit!!
My second is just about to graduate from Kindergarten…boo hoo!
Time flies when you are having fun, doesn't it?!
What a handsome young man Asher is, Stefanie. They do grow up WAY too fast!!! My eldest will be 13 in October! Yikes!! A teenager! I might be emailing for teen advice!!! LOL!
Great photos again! Your son's spirit just shines through!
Hey, have you heard that China adoption laws are changing to allow singles and others( who do not qualify) to adopt children older than two with SNs? A friend of mine who worked in China just posted this on FB, and I wondered if anyone else has heard it. I have several single friends who want to adopt kids with albinism from China, and I'd love to tell them they should move forward.
Handsome isn't even the word! I remember when I first came across your blog and read about him with you in China….he seems like an amazing young man, as all of your other children do too. I enjoy reading your blog when I get time…it's so beautiful, honest, and uplifting.
Love these 'before and after" post! So wild how fast they grow. We've only had our daughter home 7 months and tonight I looked at her and said, "Izabella, can you just stay just like you are right now forever and ever." She said, "Yeah!" As much as I wish she could–I know (and see from your post here) there are many blessings to come in the growing up future!
PS–my vote for sunday's snapshot winner is Katherine's. Beautiful inside and out!
He is growing up – he is losing the little boy look 🙁 good thing he's still stinkin' cute huh?! Great photos.
My goodness, the changes in his face are amazing. I love that he loves his family and Jesus. Seems like a wonderful big brother to his little brood of siblings!