and it was really fun. :o)
fyi- his favs are the orange. mine are the yellow. we divvy up all the reds, greens, and whites.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
...
Jasper and I shared a bag of gummy bears tonight...
and it was really fun. :o)
fyi- his favs are the orange. mine are the yellow. we divvy up all the reds, greens, and whites.
and it was really fun. :o)
fyi- his favs are the orange. mine are the yellow. we divvy up all the reds, greens, and whites.
Monday, April 1, 2013
ladders
Jasper and I were at the thrift store the other day, and it was the super sale day where everything was 50% off in the whole store. I let Jasper pick out any toy he wanted, and he picked out this huge, broken, nasty dump truck with this broken ladder that sorta ascends up. Well, this is Jasper's first exposure to a "ladder" (it's like 3 inches tall) and all evening on Sunday, he kept "climbing" the ladder. He would literally put his feet on it and try to climb it, only to have the truck tip over, Jasper fall off, and then he would whimper that it's "tippy" (aka tispy).
I thought he would stop after climbing his 3 inch ladder one or two times. Nope. My son has inherited my stubborn streak and he kept climbing and kept climbing. Hence, he kept falling and kept falling.
Andrew, being the great dad that he is, told Jasper that we have a real-life Jasper and would Jasper like to go out and see it with him? (see, he's a great dad!)
Jasper. was. in. heaven.
Our ladder is rather short and stocky, but it makes for a great ladder for a toddler to climb. So Andrew helped Jasper climb and climb last evening. And climb some more.
Did I mention that Jasper was in heaven???
This morning, as I got J out of his bed, his first words to me were, "baber! ladder! climb!!!" ("baber" is how he says his name.)
Since the ladder is kept high on the rafters in the garage, far above my reach, I told Jasper that we would text daddy and see if Daddy could help Jasper climb the ladder when he got home from work. Andrew's instant text reply was:
"Sure, son! I would love to help you climb the ladder when I get home."
So all day, Jasper was chanting, "dadda! home! Baber climb ladder! Dadda, home, Baber climb ladder."
All. day. long.
He couldn't stop thinking and talking about it.
As soon as Andrew's little car zoomed up the driveway, Jasper went sprinting out the side door, yelling "DADDA!!! HOME!! LADDER!!!!!!!!"
My whole life, I've dreamed of moments like this.
Of course I had to take pics tonight.
I thought he would stop after climbing his 3 inch ladder one or two times. Nope. My son has inherited my stubborn streak and he kept climbing and kept climbing. Hence, he kept falling and kept falling.
Andrew, being the great dad that he is, told Jasper that we have a real-life Jasper and would Jasper like to go out and see it with him? (see, he's a great dad!)
Jasper. was. in. heaven.
Our ladder is rather short and stocky, but it makes for a great ladder for a toddler to climb. So Andrew helped Jasper climb and climb last evening. And climb some more.
Did I mention that Jasper was in heaven???
This morning, as I got J out of his bed, his first words to me were, "baber! ladder! climb!!!" ("baber" is how he says his name.)
Since the ladder is kept high on the rafters in the garage, far above my reach, I told Jasper that we would text daddy and see if Daddy could help Jasper climb the ladder when he got home from work. Andrew's instant text reply was:
"Sure, son! I would love to help you climb the ladder when I get home."
So all day, Jasper was chanting, "dadda! home! Baber climb ladder! Dadda, home, Baber climb ladder."
All. day. long.
He couldn't stop thinking and talking about it.
As soon as Andrew's little car zoomed up the driveway, Jasper went sprinting out the side door, yelling "DADDA!!! HOME!! LADDER!!!!!!!!"
My whole life, I've dreamed of moments like this.
Of course I had to take pics tonight.
a little glimpse of our Easter
This last week has been a CRAZY one, indeed!!
Andrew was in Phoenix on a business trip for the latter half of the week, and with him gone, Jasper and I loaded up our car to the brim to went and stayed with my parents. It was glorious! A few of the highlights include:
- Dad's 60th birthday (Happy birthday dad!! I love you SO much!!)
- spending time with Mom aka Nana :o)
- Dad's scrapbook and letters
- Ali's birthday (happy, happy birthday Ali!! Love you!!)
- gma and gpa's anniversary (happy anniversary, gma!! I adore you and am so thankful for you!!)
- Easter (He is risen!!)
- watched what feels like countless March Madness games (my dream come true!)
- an Easter Egg Hunt for the littles
- a trip to Godfather's and some mild grocery shopping
- Cade and some college buddies
- hours and hours of walking outside with Jasper, exploring, climbing in tractors, "driving" tractors, chasing the dog Marley around, looking in barns, pushing the ball popper, etc. (we must have walked miles and miles each day)
Despite the fact that I had some horrible tooth pain, an extremely nasty cold, a sleepless night, and was missing Andrew, we had such a wonderful, wonderful time! It was such a crazy whirlwind of a week and I'm looking forward to recuperating a little this week (and getting my tooth fixed! yay!!)
The biggest bummer of the weekend was that my cameras (yes, plural!) were not functioning. I know! I took 2, just in case 1 ran out of batteries or something. But not just 1 but 2 were non-functioning!! Boo. However, with the help of mom's memory card, I was able to capture a couple pics of the Easter Egg Hunt and I got a couple pics of Jasper, on Easter Sunday, after his hibernating nap.
Andrew was in Phoenix on a business trip for the latter half of the week, and with him gone, Jasper and I loaded up our car to the brim to went and stayed with my parents. It was glorious! A few of the highlights include:
- Dad's 60th birthday (Happy birthday dad!! I love you SO much!!)
- spending time with Mom aka Nana :o)
- Dad's scrapbook and letters
- Ali's birthday (happy, happy birthday Ali!! Love you!!)
- gma and gpa's anniversary (happy anniversary, gma!! I adore you and am so thankful for you!!)
- Easter (He is risen!!)
- watched what feels like countless March Madness games (my dream come true!)
- an Easter Egg Hunt for the littles
- a trip to Godfather's and some mild grocery shopping
- Cade and some college buddies
- hours and hours of walking outside with Jasper, exploring, climbing in tractors, "driving" tractors, chasing the dog Marley around, looking in barns, pushing the ball popper, etc. (we must have walked miles and miles each day)
Despite the fact that I had some horrible tooth pain, an extremely nasty cold, a sleepless night, and was missing Andrew, we had such a wonderful, wonderful time! It was such a crazy whirlwind of a week and I'm looking forward to recuperating a little this week (and getting my tooth fixed! yay!!)
The biggest bummer of the weekend was that my cameras (yes, plural!) were not functioning. I know! I took 2, just in case 1 ran out of batteries or something. But not just 1 but 2 were non-functioning!! Boo. However, with the help of mom's memory card, I was able to capture a couple pics of the Easter Egg Hunt and I got a couple pics of Jasper, on Easter Sunday, after his hibernating nap.
The little ones, right before the hunt began.
Jas & cousin Kinlee, eating their candy together and watching the big boys run. They are so sweet together!
Jasper and Papa (yes, J got to choose his own basket at the store and he choose the hot pink one with a ginormous handle!)
cousin Brogan and his big pile of eggs! :o)
me, really enjoying Jasper's excitement! He LOVED the hunt!
Easter Sunday was quite the whirlwind, too. We woke up at my parents' house (Andrew had driven straight from the columbus airport to my parents' house on Sat eve, so he was there with us on Sun morn), got ready, loaded BOTH of our cars to the brim, hustled back to columbus, was only slightly late for our Easter service, got take-out for lunch, ate lunch, unloaded both cars, and then all 3 of us crashed for long, long naps. Jasper woke up, begged to go upstairs, I complied, and he immediately sat down and started applying chapstick.
For a long time.
A long, long time.
He has very moist lips.
These are the only pics from our Easter Sunday, but at least there are a few. I love his bedhead. And that he's still a little dazed from his nap but desperate for chapstick.
Monday, March 25, 2013
animal sounds
Here's a tiny little video of Jasper doing his animal sounds this morning.
The penguin is my favorite- we taught him that a penguin goes "waddle waddle waddle."
The penguin is my favorite- we taught him that a penguin goes "waddle waddle waddle."
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Playdate at Sarah's
It was our Easter theme aka "Jesus party" at Sarah's monthly playdate today and I snapped a few pics of the precious kiddos playing together and learning about Jesus.
Here, Sarah is explaining why Jesus is even better than a superhero.
This is Calvin, Sarah's middle child.
Cousins, getting caught playing on the iphone.
Jasper, distracted by a bird.
Coloring the book Sarah made each child.
Sweet Sam.
Drawing bugs on the cross.
Most of the kiddos; we're missing Ivee and Sam.
Sweet Ivee bug.
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On a completely separate note, this morn marks a milestone. This morning is when Jasper first learned how to do his baby powder all by himself (unbeknownst to me). Then, like all good boys would, he decided to eat it.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
a few Jasper-isms
This post is totally boring and it's just b/c I don't want to forget some of the things going on in Jasper's life right now. I'm also in a huge hurry, so everything's going to have bad grammar and be misspelled. I just don't want to forget....
- he pronounces his name "Baber" and says it all the time. IE "Baber's spoon. Baber's ork. Baber's cup." Sometimes, if he's not sure if something is his or not, he asks me in the sweetest, high-pitched tone, "Babers???"
- the most special treats that Jasper enjoys right now: smarties, watching dump truck videos on youtube, watching helicopter videos on youtube, taking snoopy for a walk on the street, pushing his cart on the street, going outside after dinner and looking for the moon.
- he mimics everything I do. If sit down on the floor crosslegged, he sits down right beside me, hips touching, with his legs crosslegged. If I throw my head back and laugh, he does the same. If I say "wow!", he instantly says, "WOOW!!!". He mimics EVERYTHING! It's so so cute and completely humbling, because he is VERY quick to mimic the bad things I do, too.
- one bad thing I do: if I stub my toe, run into the wall, drop my phone, etc, I always always always instinctively say, "Oh shoot." Of course, Jasper has picked up on that instantly. So whenever he drops anything or does anything bad or sees me drop something, he says, "OHH doot! oh doot! Oh doot!" and I say, "Oh no! oh shoot (instinctively)! Oh Jasper! Don't say 'shoot'!" and he says, "Oh Baber! Doot! Baber! Oh doot!!" While I don't want him saying "shoot", it's absolutely adorable. Sometimes my heart just squeezes wtih how cute it is.
- Jasper is 100% a nurturer. He LOVES to take care of his toys, of babies he sees in the grocery store. He loves to give hugs. He gives hugs to everyone and everything! Recently, we found a tiny, crusty dead gnat on his window sill. Well, it's rocked his world. for the last 3 days, he's given this dead gnat his binky, froggy, food, wipes, a clean diaper, kisses, hugs, food, bran flakes, etc. He cares for this gnat better than most ppl care for their own family. he lives and breaths to take care of this gnat.
- typical meals= breakfast is branflakes and oatmeal. lunch is kidney beans straight from the can and carrot sticks. snack is oyster crackers and raisins. dinner is normally a nice, warm, healthy dinner. bed time snack is yogurt. Every once in a while, Jas can have a couple fruit loops for a special treat. Or smarties.
- We came home from bsf yesterday and I asked Jasper what he did in his class. He responded, "singing!! ah ah ah ah ah!" (his "ah ah ah's" was him singing.)
- he loves to play but he MUST be in the same room as me or he has meltdowns. He's getting better though.
- Because of our 3 walks a day, most of the neighborhood knows and loves Jasper.
- Jasper loves to pretend things are huge. He pronounces it, "oooge." and he walks around, carrying a tiny little pebble, acting like he's straining really hard to carry it, and says, "oooge. oooge! oooge!!" all the time.
I'll add more later, so many little things I don't want to...
oh wait! another one:
- Jasper loves to be the one to pray at meal time. His prayer is always the same and is:
"Dear God. Thank you for this food. I love you. Amen." but it comes out like this:
"God. food. Wuv ooo. Men!!" Melts my heart every.single.time.
Ok- more later.
oh wait. He LOVES birds and squeels with joy when he gets to see one. He says, at the top of his lungs, "Bwurd! Bwurd! I love how he says bird.
- last one. This mondya morn, he woke up and realized that he can put 2 or more words together at the same time. Now he's talking with multiple words and makes almost a whole sentence at times. love it!
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a few more:
- When I ask Jasper what song he wants me to sing, he either says Bus, Baber, Ohhh!, or saved. he loves having me sing and is always asking for one of those 4 songs.
aka:
- bus = The Wheels on the Bus
- Baber = Jesus Loves the Little children (but I say the little "Jasper's" instead of little children)
- Ohhh! = Bless the Lord, Oh my soul, Ohhh my soul... Worship His holy name. (10,000 reasons)
- Saves = Jesus, You have saved me. Taken all my sin, all my sin away. (My God I have not chosen You)
- When out and about driving, I'll say, "Jasper, what street comes 1st when we're going home?" he says, "Broad street!!" and I'll say, "then what do we turn on?" and he says. "Ampton Street" (aka Southampton Street), and then I say, "And what's on Southampton Street?" and he says, "HOME!!!!"
- Jasper loves to divide his bran flakes into 2 piles. One pile is all the circles and 1 pile is all the ovals. He does a spectacularly good job at differentiating between all the circles and all the ovals.
- he pronounces his name "Baber" and says it all the time. IE "Baber's spoon. Baber's ork. Baber's cup." Sometimes, if he's not sure if something is his or not, he asks me in the sweetest, high-pitched tone, "Babers???"
- the most special treats that Jasper enjoys right now: smarties, watching dump truck videos on youtube, watching helicopter videos on youtube, taking snoopy for a walk on the street, pushing his cart on the street, going outside after dinner and looking for the moon.
- he mimics everything I do. If sit down on the floor crosslegged, he sits down right beside me, hips touching, with his legs crosslegged. If I throw my head back and laugh, he does the same. If I say "wow!", he instantly says, "WOOW!!!". He mimics EVERYTHING! It's so so cute and completely humbling, because he is VERY quick to mimic the bad things I do, too.
- one bad thing I do: if I stub my toe, run into the wall, drop my phone, etc, I always always always instinctively say, "Oh shoot." Of course, Jasper has picked up on that instantly. So whenever he drops anything or does anything bad or sees me drop something, he says, "OHH doot! oh doot! Oh doot!" and I say, "Oh no! oh shoot (instinctively)! Oh Jasper! Don't say 'shoot'!" and he says, "Oh Baber! Doot! Baber! Oh doot!!" While I don't want him saying "shoot", it's absolutely adorable. Sometimes my heart just squeezes wtih how cute it is.
- Jasper is 100% a nurturer. He LOVES to take care of his toys, of babies he sees in the grocery store. He loves to give hugs. He gives hugs to everyone and everything! Recently, we found a tiny, crusty dead gnat on his window sill. Well, it's rocked his world. for the last 3 days, he's given this dead gnat his binky, froggy, food, wipes, a clean diaper, kisses, hugs, food, bran flakes, etc. He cares for this gnat better than most ppl care for their own family. he lives and breaths to take care of this gnat.
- typical meals= breakfast is branflakes and oatmeal. lunch is kidney beans straight from the can and carrot sticks. snack is oyster crackers and raisins. dinner is normally a nice, warm, healthy dinner. bed time snack is yogurt. Every once in a while, Jas can have a couple fruit loops for a special treat. Or smarties.
- We came home from bsf yesterday and I asked Jasper what he did in his class. He responded, "singing!! ah ah ah ah ah!" (his "ah ah ah's" was him singing.)
- he loves to play but he MUST be in the same room as me or he has meltdowns. He's getting better though.
- Because of our 3 walks a day, most of the neighborhood knows and loves Jasper.
- Jasper loves to pretend things are huge. He pronounces it, "oooge." and he walks around, carrying a tiny little pebble, acting like he's straining really hard to carry it, and says, "oooge. oooge! oooge!!" all the time.
I'll add more later, so many little things I don't want to...
oh wait! another one:
- Jasper loves to be the one to pray at meal time. His prayer is always the same and is:
"Dear God. Thank you for this food. I love you. Amen." but it comes out like this:
"God. food. Wuv ooo. Men!!" Melts my heart every.single.time.
Ok- more later.
oh wait. He LOVES birds and squeels with joy when he gets to see one. He says, at the top of his lungs, "Bwurd! Bwurd! I love how he says bird.
- last one. This mondya morn, he woke up and realized that he can put 2 or more words together at the same time. Now he's talking with multiple words and makes almost a whole sentence at times. love it!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a few more:
- When I ask Jasper what song he wants me to sing, he either says Bus, Baber, Ohhh!, or saved. he loves having me sing and is always asking for one of those 4 songs.
aka:
- bus = The Wheels on the Bus
- Baber = Jesus Loves the Little children (but I say the little "Jasper's" instead of little children)
- Ohhh! = Bless the Lord, Oh my soul, Ohhh my soul... Worship His holy name. (10,000 reasons)
- Saves = Jesus, You have saved me. Taken all my sin, all my sin away. (My God I have not chosen You)
- When out and about driving, I'll say, "Jasper, what street comes 1st when we're going home?" he says, "Broad street!!" and I'll say, "then what do we turn on?" and he says. "Ampton Street" (aka Southampton Street), and then I say, "And what's on Southampton Street?" and he says, "HOME!!!!"
- Jasper loves to divide his bran flakes into 2 piles. One pile is all the circles and 1 pile is all the ovals. He does a spectacularly good job at differentiating between all the circles and all the ovals.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Music time
Almost every day, Jasper and I have "music time", which is when we play the piano and the guitar, with the hope of cultivating a love of music in the little guy. Well, Jasper absolutely loves music now, much to my delight, and I got the chance to snap a few pics today while he was banging away on the old ivory keys. :o)
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