And another friend.

A few of Jasper's friends...

Yum?

This paper is the best present ever!

Polysyllabic

Late last week, Jasper startled us by letting loose a string of syllables. All the same one, mind you, but a hearing your son suddenly chanting "blah blah blah blah"* is pretty damn funny. Since then, he's alternated "blah" with "yah" "wah" "mah" and other one syllable words ending in "ah." Most humorously, he has also started mouthing the words, as seen below. I have no explanation.



* I refuse to acknowledge "blah" as my son's first word.

Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah (Means Happy Birthday)

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.

Unfortunately my son is not a Weeble.



This is our morning routine. When Jasper wakes up, he gets a quick diaper change, then to the bed for a little rolly polly exercise. He's doing amazingly well; just in the last week, he's gone from barely able to sit to be able to do it for extended periods. Which is why I wanted to get this video today; a clip of him just sitting, while impressive, isn't nearly as much fun as one of him falling. Over and over again. Mean mom.

Proof

substantiating my previous post, plus a demonstration of the Dodge mouth:

Dinosaurs of Distraction

(See? He's not always happy... but he is easily distracted by tiny blah-ing dinosaurs.)

He looks a little terrified,

but really, he was having fun.

Bonus Post

Story telling hour with our boy Jasper:

Let's dance.

aka, the Jasper Dodge three-month dance performance:



(I love his look of concentration.)

Jasper celebrated his three month birthday by sleeping in - crucial for his mom since he has refused to let me lay him down for more than a few minutes at a time at night for the last four or five nights. I think he might have outgrown his little sleep nest, so we're going to try setting up the co-sleeper in the next day or two.

After a lazy morning, we took Pace on a hike at Lake Chabot. Pace is going a little stir-crazy, I think. The last two mornings, he has woken me up at four am (mind you, I'm not very deeply asleep, sitting up in bed with Jasper in my arms) by barking and whining in the living room. Not typical Pace behavior. When I take him outside, he wants to play. Sigh. So today's hike, which I guess needs to be a daily thing, was intended to exhaust him. Here's hoping it works. Jasper happily slept through most of the walk in his Ergo, which we have been successfully using for a few weeks now. During our walk, we ran into another Catahoula Leopard dog. This is what we've always suspected Pace of being, but after seeing him next to a confirmed one, I'm now sure.

We topped off the day by hanging out with Sage and Emily and Eli at Lake Temescal. This is the third straight week Emily has invited me to join her and her other mommy friends, but the first time I've actually be able to do so. Eli is about a month older than Jasper, and we were joined by another friend with a five month old, so it was fun seeing the developmental differences. Eli demonstrated rolling over for us, and James showed off his sitting up skills. Jasper just sat and gazed at the other babies with a look of amazement. A good time all around.

Happy birthday, baby boy. You're doing a great job being you.

Videos are fun.

There's a gem at the end of this one... wait for it.

Swinger

The aforementioned swing rapture: