milk

I forgot milk could be so fun. :o)

Snow

Over Christmas break, Jasper had his 1st real encounter with snow!!! I was thrilled! Andrew was thrilled! Jasper was not so thrilled. :o)

He wasn't quite sure what to think of snow. These are his very 1st steps ever in snow. He struggled to get his balance (to give him credit, the boots were 2 sizes too big for him as is his black coat) and kept saying "off! off!" if any snow got on him. I had to brush his boots off quite a few times. 

(here, andrew is trying to teach J how to eat snow. J just kissed it instead.)

The next day, I remembered that I should prob put Jasper in a hat and gloves while being out in the snow (whoops!!), so we bundled him up in his matching hat/mittens/coat set (thanks M & D Meade!) and took him out for round 2 of "snow play".

I plopped him in the snow, and he refused to move.

It was really quite funny. While he seemed perfectly content to stand there, he would only move his head and nothing else. Not even his hands.

I finally rescued him from the peril of snow and the little one enjoyed playing with Andrew on the shoveled driveway while I took pictures from the dry, warm garage.

Snow: friend or foe?

Yet to be determined.

juice glass

Almost every morning for the past 8 months or so, Jasper and I share a small glass of juice over breakfast. I drink the 1st half, then I help Jasper drink the 2nd half of juice. After he finishes his juice, he keeps the glass pressed against his face and is amazed that he can see me through the glass.

Every morning, I say, "I see you!!" and every morning, he giggles. You think it would get old after 200 days or so, but it doesn't. It still fascinates him and it still melts my heart.

Scintillating blog material?
No.

A precious memory I don't want to forget 5 years from now?
Definitely yes.

* disclaimer- 2 juice glasses have crashed to our stone kitchen floor and have thus met with a tragic death during this daily ritual, but it's well worth it.

wild side

I've spent the past 2 days sitting  on the floor with Jasper, putting on chapstick and playing with his new slinky.

We are leaving the house this afternoon, for the 1st time in 2 days, to buy some beans from Kroger.

Never let it be said that I don't live on the wild side.

* side note- putting on chapstick is Jasper's newest favorite thing. He is constantly either putting on chapstick or begging me to let him put on chapstick. His upper lip, lips, and chin are constantly covered in a gooey mush from all the chapstick he puts on. He's in love.

** other side note- the slinky is from our Chuck E Cheese's excursion on New Year's Eve. It takes approximately 150,000 tickets to "buy" the slinky. We had a grand total of 62. The teenage boy must have taken pity on us, because he loaded us up with all kinds of prizes we couldn't afford to buy. Including the slinky. So sweet.

regret?

I've done something that I may one day regret. I have taught Jasper how to burp. Andrew had no part in this; I single-handedly did it all by myself.  Sometimes he can produce a real burp, sometimes it's a fake burp, but he absolutely loves to burp and then announces to all within a 30 foot radius that he just burped.

Do I regret teaching my precious, innocent, angel how to burp? No way, jose. It's so, so cute. Plus, he's a boy! 'Nough said! :o)

(side note- lest you get concerned that burping is the only life-skill Jasper knows how to do, he can also sing, dance, hum, spin, spit, stand, sit, jump, squat, march, kick, splash, smile, and talk on command. He is a many-varied man.)

Below is a 5 second video of a "burp-on-command" moment here in the Meade household. :o)

Throwing

Jasper JUST discovered throwing.

It's the cutest thing ever.

We spend most evenings "throwing our life away". he, he, he... :o)

Seriously, throwing has skyrocketed to the #1 spot on the list of Jasper's favorite things. Bubbles and marching on the scale are nothing compared to throwing.

Jasper loves to do "high" throws, so as he's throwing objects, he often says "hiiyyy, hiiyyyy" as he's throwing. And so we, of course, encourage him by telling him that he's doing high throws. He loves it. He's in heaven.

The video below is a video we took last night as Jasper was doing 'hiiyy" throws. :o)

Photo Shoot #4

Andrew was home this morn, so we were able to tag-team the mini photo shoot and we got a couple of good ones (the ever-present Fruit Loops helped loads, too!). Enjoy!