Tiny Olympian

We have a daily picture post coming later today, but first we want to bring you some breaking Olympic news. Jasper has taken gold in the toddler medley. Let's see his performance.

First there was the Tupperware Drawer Disassemble.

Oh, just look at the disorder he brought to this kitchen! Well done!

Next there was Bowl Standing.

He starts off strong....

Steady...and he has it! Both feet are in the bowl!

And the last part of the medley is the floor routine. Here is is Jasper's approach...

Some expert rolling,

A fantastic landing. The judges give him a 9.9 and he wins the gold!

Jasper's journey is truly inspiring. A year ago he was no where near giving a performance like you just witnessed. The athlete you see today has worked every day to achieve his dream. Congratulations Jasper!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Picture Project, Backyard Projects

Recently my mom sent me a fun little idea of taking a picture a day and blogging it for one month. She included two lists of 31 ideas, so there is a variety to choose from. Jasper an I are going to give it a shot. When you get the camera out with a one year old, you never take just one picture. Good luck to us. August promises to be pretty exciting; we are traveling and have plenty of things to discover in our new neighborhood and hey, it's summer. To start this project off we have...

Self Portrait

Here we are on the deck following and afternoon of gardening and playing in the kiddie pool. This assignment forced me to finally use our tripod and figure out the timer on our camera. I also discovered InstaPicFrame.

And now a quick update on our outdoor projects. We recently had the gravel and overgrown garden space in our backyard replaced with grass making it more kid-friendly. Here are some before, during, and after pictures:

So worth it.

This past weekend Jack added more railings to the deck to make it safer for Jasper. He also hung up a swing and made a major design decision by picking up an outdoor rug for the deck.

Deck safety and tot swings are serious matters.

And now, Jasper and I will demonstrate the swing.

That rug really ties the room together.

A view from the deck.

I was watering the potted plants out on the deck today, I didn't realize how closely Jasper was watching. After I brought in the watering can, he thought he'd give the plants a little extra..

Aw, thanks little man!

Jasper Visits Dada at Work

I had a nice surprise visit at work today by Anastasia, Jasper, and my sister Molly. Jasper took a little tour of the office, then we all went out to lunch at Kell's in Post Alley. 

"Okay Dada, this is all wrong. You don't have a single Elmo on this drawing."

 "We can fix that pretty easily though. Good thing I'm here. Now, you just hit this button over here and..."

"...whoops. Um, I.T. can recover those files right? Gotta go!"

 "Hello. May I scan those for you?"

"This will never go through. It's folded up all weird. How did this place ever get anything done before I got here?"

"Okay, well, my work here is done. See ya!" 

A Tour of Our New Home by Jasper

Oh Hello. What great timing you have, I am just finishing some blueberries and cereal. Let me show you around my new home.

Come with me!

 

This is the dining room. I spend quite a bit of time in this room, in this chair (sigh).

This is the kitchen. I have personally opened each of the lower cabinets and have confirmed they all work.

Here we have the living room. The windows are just low enough for me to be able to look outside and keep an eye on birds, neighbors, and airplanes.

Alright, now we can see my room! I have more space which I really like.

Here is the office, my parents still need to sort through things and get organized. I need to talk to my mom about this photo--it's quite dark.

This is my Mom and Dad's room. It's super boring. They need to pick out a window covering, get some pictures on me on the walls, and buy some bedroom furniture. 

Mom and Dad's bathroom is looking pretty good. There is also the main bathroom, but we don't have a picture of that. It's just a bathroom, you aren't missing much.

This is the deck off of the kitchen and a view of the yard. Oh, Hi Annabelle! Our dog has to be tied up right now, but my dad is working on a fence so she can roam around the yard soon. And you can see the water table my aunt and uncle gave me for my first birthday. I love that toy!

Soon the gravel and garden will become a lawn for me to run around on. My parents have a lot of work to do back here.

Now let's head downstairs. I am getting very good at the stairs by the way.

Here is the guest room where my grandparents stay when they visit!

The guest bathroom.

And can you believe I have a huge playroom? This is pretty cool, it features an ABC mat given to me by my grandma and a railroad activity table my parents found at a garage sale. I find many more toys down here too.

Here's a view from the driveway. You may notice a little blue blowup whale--that is a sprinkler for hot summer days. I gave it a lukewarm, somewhat suspicious reception, so my parents will try again later.

And here is a view from the street. 

This concludes the tour! Did you enjoy my presentation?

Come back any time!

Stuff We've Been Doing Lately

A lot has been going on since Jasper became a one-year-old. We've been so busy lately, we just haven't had time to post any new photos or tend to all the new videos we've taken of Jasper's shenanigans. Soon, however, things will settle down and we'll have time to share some funny videos with you and more regular posts. Why? Because we just bought a new house!

On April 11th, we put our current house up for sale and received an offer that very day! After a few negotiations, we reached mutual acceptance and ever since then, life has been very hectic. I had some work to do to the house to make the buyer happy and of course there was the small matter of finding a new house!

Well, after lots and lots of searching and a few disappointments along the way, we have a new, much larger house waiting for us in North Edmonds! We move next Thursday, which is great because we'll have all of Memorial weekend to get settled in.

That's the news. Now to share a few new-ish photos of Jasper...

Much like his father, Jasper is a big fan of  sweater vests. Socks, not so much.

I'm pretty sure this expression is Jasper's response to me saying, "No, no, you don't look girlie in that outfit at all..."

Happy Easter!

Rollin' with his homegirl, Brecken.

Elmo has been teaching Jasper how to brush his teeth. He loves brushing his teeth!

Jasper has become very helpful around the kitchen, especially with unloading the dishwasher.

Occasionally, we catch Jasper trying to cast a spell on his feet.

Trying to strike a "natural" pose, even though he totally knows the camera is on him.

"Hey Jasper, guess what? Our new house is twice the size of this one. You're going to have twice as many rooms to explore."

"SRSLY!?!?"

"You know what would be great right now, you guys? Some splashy time. Just sayin'."