Sarah and Adam: The Next Generation

Video Saturday: toothbrushing, swinging, and going "wah wah wah"

 

Here are several short clips from our camera in recent days. We lead off with the first brushing of the first two teeth, get in a little dancing and swinging, and end with my favorite clip of all--learning to make funny noises.

We must be honest--life is crazy between now and the election so you're unlikely to see much from us here til November. We'll do our best, but we're hereby lowering expectations.

So many firsts...

So Monday this week was a very existing day. All in one day:

1) Jasper got his first cold - the first time he's ever been sick. So sad! More on this below.
2) Jasper waved goodbye for the very first time. So cute!
3) Jasper pushed himself up on his hand and kneeds (just a little bit) and started scooting around the floor for the very first time ever! (He mostly can only go backwards, and he doesn't really understand what he's doing very well, so it's still a work in progress.)

It was kind of amazing to have all of these things happen on the same day. Three days in, he's still scooting, still waving, and, sadly, still sick! 

He has an excessively runny nose - and the poor baby can't even blow his nose, so he ends up with just oodles of snot running down his face (we try and keep it clean, but it's hard!), lots of sneezing out big gobs, and the other night it even ended up in his hair after he rolled around in it in his bed.  He also has a little cough and a small fever.

The amazing thing is that he's kept up his angelic happy personality through all of it. He doesn't fuss more than normal, he smiles a lot, he only cries when we use a bulb to suction the snot out of his nose (honestly, who wouldn't be bothered by that?).  He's had some trouble sleeping well, so we're all ab it more tired than normal, but, I suppose as first illnesses go, this isn't bad.

Video Tuesdays: Playing with Kittyman

(Don't miss the post just below about Jasper's first two teeth!)

Jasper & Kittyman (one of our cats) have become close. Jasper thinks Kittyman is endlessly interesting and soft, and Kittyman thinks Jasper's a little weird but the grownups seem to hang around him so it's worth staying closeby to get lots of attention.

Recently, Jasper has learned how to wave around the little cat toy (a piece of wire with cardboard on the end) and get Kittyman to chase it. We look forward to the day where they can just entertain each other for hours (and without Jasper periodcally wanting to chew on the cardboard himself).

Also, he learned to turn the pages of books this week. So the video starts with kitty fun and ends with "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See."

 

 

Two Tiny Teeth

Much to our great delight, Jasper finally popped out his first two teeth (they both appeared simultaneously) on Thursday, September 7. The teeth (two front bottom teeth) can just barely be seen in the photo below. Our little boy is growing up!  A few other new photos are up in the 7-12 month photo album. Enjoy!

Marc and Jo Come to Visit

Jasper's uncle Marc and aunt Jo came to visit last weekend and a splendid time was had by all. We've put up a few of Marc & Jo's photos, more from us coming soon. While they were here, Jasper turned 7 months old! We can hardly believe it!  Click here to see the photos!