Frog Legs & Linebacker

Frog Legs is one of the nick names I have for Jasper. Drew and I just laugh at how much Jasper likes to kick his legs. Not only does he kick them wildly when we're trying to change his diaper or get him ready for a bath or try to lotion him up after a bath. But he also kicks in the crib. This kicking is different. He throws his legs in the air and then slams them down on the mattress, pro-wrestling style. This is the primary way I know it's time to get up in the morning: when I hear him slamming the mattress. At this point he's not quite ready to get up. I generally have about 20-30 minutes for him to do this, start talking to himself and then decide he's hungry. We're quite sure he does this both in his sleep and while he's awake. We've witnessed the result of this leg slamming to rotate him in the crib 90 degrees, but last night he did a complete 180! I could have sworn when I checked on him before we went to sleep that his head was at the left end of the crib, and this morning it was at the right end. Drew confirmed that yes he had rotated himself around. He's a crazy boy!

Last night we went to play group at Azalea's house. It was a packed house! There was Amalie, Azalea, Diego, Grant, Leo and Jasper. Leo was the oldest at 7mo, but most of the group was 3-4mo. Azalea is as beautiful as ever and so attentive, interacting with the whole group. Leo is adorable and so fashionable in his rainbow-colored leggings. Jasper was the 2nd youngest (by 1 wk), however he was the biggest ... even bigger than Leo. Ame lifted him up and just started to laugh, saying "Erica, you're going to have the biggest biceps on the block!" Jasper got teased a little that he was going to be a linebacker. If so, we'll trust his uncle Chris will teach him all he needs to know football-wise. He could be an offensive lineman, too. :) We haven't weighed him recently, but pre-Utah when we were weighing luggage, we also weighed Jasper and think he is around 16lbs. He's a big boy!

One of the benefits of him being so big is that he sleeps like a CHAMP! Yesterday he took a 4hr nap in the afternoon, and then we put him down for bed at 9:30pm last night, and he didn't start really stirring this morning until after 8am. That was with only 4 feedings, too. We were so proud of him! Drew and I have enjoyed good, full nights of sleep for multiple weeks now, and we do not take that for granted. God has blessed us with a healthy and beautiful son. Sorry ... we're biased. :)