Try expand-region

init.el

@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@
 (setq subword-backward-regexp "\\(\\(\\W\\|[[:lower:][:digit:]]\\)\\([\\\\[:upper:]]+\\W*\\)\\|\\W\\w+\\)")
 
 
-(setq default-fill-column 120) 
+(setq default-fill-column 120)
-(add-to-list 'load-path "~/tmp" "~/tmp/expand-region.el")
+(add-to-list 'load-path "~/tmp")
+(add-to-list 'load-path "~/tmp/expand-region.el")
 
 (setq mouse-yank-at-point t)
 (blink-cursor-mode 0)
@@ -194,8 +195,10 @@ the current position of point, then move it to the beginning of the line."
     (when (eq pt (point))
       (beginning-of-line))))
 
+(require 'expand-region)
 (global-set-key (kbd "C-a") 'smart-line-beginning)
 (global-set-key (kbd "M-m") 'iy-go-to-char)
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-M-h") 'er/expand-region)
 
 (defun emacs-session-filename (session-id)
   "Construct a filename to save the session in based on SESSION-ID.