he found the stairs

it must be genetic

family photos at waterville valley

waterville valley trip

watching the tree lighting ceremony & fireworks:

waiting in line to see santa

not a fan of santa

my little turkey

we're in trouble

the other night we were getting ready for bed and heard slap slap slap comming from jasper's room. we walked in to find this:

he was so proud of himself. we decided then that it was time to lower the crib mattress down to the last peg. we finished moving the mattress down and put jasper back in thinking that there was no way he'd be able to get up again. we all went to bed and minutes later we heard the slapping again. we walked into jasper's room to find this:

so we were up a few times in the middle of the night to drop him back down into the crib. he hasn't yet learned how to get back down

new hat & mittens knitted by aunt joyce

kaleidoscope childrens museum

owen having lunch
jasper exploring

tents & obstacle course

owen down the slide

jasper down the slide

he's all boy

under the exercauser

mad about plaid

who knew teething biscuits were messy?

7 months old!