Reinforcements

Starting at the beginning of October, Nana Jasper stayed with us for 2.5 weeks. She played with Jasper, held Benjamin, changed diapers, cooked food, did laundry, etc., etc., etc. Most helpful - she took the graveyard shift with Benjamin during those first two weeks when raising a baby is more like utter guesswork than anything resembling educated decision-making. Our goose would have been cooked without her!


The last weekend Nana Jasper was here, Auntie Brittany also came. She loved holding little Benjamin and also played, played, played with Jasper. She brought brightness and levity to our otherwise tired household. She's always good for injecting energy in whatever's happening. As a significant sidenote, neither Linnea nor Karin got sick while she was here, breaking the streak which has plagued her (and Adam mostly) since Linnea was a baby. woo hoo!

Auntie Brittany helped Jasper create a cool obstacle course for his trucks. It's been added to by daddy and our neighbor, Cameron, since then. However, we finally got rain last night - so it is just a memory now.


After the Jasper family left, Grandma and Grandpa Gant arrived for a visit. They loved taking Jasper to the park for his daily dose of fresh air and exercise. Grandma unfortunately woke up sick the first morning she was here, so she did not get as much cuddle time with Benjamin as she would have liked. She'll be looking forward to our visit in December.

Grandpa learned the swaddle / jiggle / pacifier technique pretty quickly and could pinch-hit for Drew without missing a beat.