Jasper is developing with leaps and bounds! He is talking up a storm and repeats nearly everything we say. A current favorite phrase is "just one more time." We have no idea where he learned it, but he says it appropriately. The one thing is that he says it over and over again even after we've completed his request just one more time. This weekend he was enamoured with the phrase "clean your britches" heard in the church nursery. He'd repeat it and then laugh. Drew and I (I more) have to be careful what we say because he is a sponge with an amazing regurgitation process. It is astonishing some of the words he can get to roll off his tongue.
In addition to the talking, Jasper can count to ten, knows many colors, can finish the text of most of his books, converses with us using complete thoughts and close to complete sentences, sings multiple songs, knows people outside our family and asks to pray for them, can step and/or jump between adjacent raised platforms (with the effect of getting my heart racing), is great at dribbling a soccer-size ball with his feet, has become very brave and does not cry at the doctor's office (not even getting a shot!), loves his baby brother to death, loves to watch Clifford the Big Red Dog and loves Tasha from the Backyardigans.
Of course none of this does him much justice, which is why we're happy "5 Minutes with Jasper" has been such a hit. We'll have to take more videos in the future. It's just too hard to capture his unique and fun personality in words.
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