A Busy Week

Busy, busy, busy!! I worked every day this week because we are having an audit at work and Josh had to be out of town on Tuesday night and Wednesday. Tuesday evening, Jasper and I met my friend, Mary, for dinner, and then we all went to the Women's Health Fair in Michigan City. Josh was working the glucose testing booth, so we got to see him. I actually won a door prize from one of the booths!!

We are very fortunate to have wonderful parents that helped us out this week by watching Jasper on the two days that he doesn't normally go to daycare. Wednesday, Cathy (I should say Gamma Khaki) came up and watched Jasper. As soon as she got here, Jasper was in show off mode! They had a great day and Jasper even took a two hour nap!! Then on Thursday evening, my parents met Jasper and I in Plymouth and took him home with them for an overnight. Jasper got to do a lot of visiting with his Great-Grandparents on Friday. All three of us were back home together by last night.

This week in Jasper news:
~He can successfully build with Legos and is pretty intent on his creations. At one point he spent nearly half an hour building quietly.
~He can kick a small ball well, and loves to say, "My soccer ball!" (Of course, Daddy eggs him on by saying, "Daddy's soccer ball" and then Jasper squeals back, "NO, MY soccer ball!"
~He can identify the letters A, B C, O and H. He picked the letter H out of a bunch of letter toys at Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Brooke's house and said the 'H' sound twice and then said H. Later, when Grandma Debbie asked him to find the H, he picked it out! (The Leap Frog Letter Factory DVD is helping him. Thanks Hershberger's for letting us borrow that - we've had it way too long - we promise to return it soon!!)
~He's been "fixing" things around the house with his tools. His new favorite cartoon is Handy Manny and we've asked him if he wants to be Handy Manny and he says "uh-huh" and then uses his toy hammer or screwdriver on a toy, or the doorknob or the refrigerator - whatever is nearby!