Super heroes

Besides being the best of friends, Jasper and cousin Sydney are also super heroes. You could call them Super Friends.

Stitches

Can't let Jasper's 'incident' in October go un-blogged. I wasn't home but Jasper, Avery and mommy were in the garage and the way I understand it he was going to work on his new hobby - hammering nails into some scrap wood. Carrying the hammer in his left hand, he tripped and smashed his middle finger against the push mower, splitting open the tip of his middle finger. It was a serious gash, one that required two stitches, and one that left quite a bit of blood on the new garage floor! He was a trooper the entire time, and he handled getting the stitch

es (and getting them taken out) like a champ.

At the doctor

As you can probably tell after this string of posts, I'm finally posting pics I've taken with my iPhone over the last couple of months. Here's Avery playing with the mirror at her 1-year doctor checkup.

Silverware

Avery went through a phase in December where she required silverware. She stopped eating with her hands and, because we didn't know she was on this odd hunger strike, wouldn't eat. We finally figured out she wanted silverware like the big kids, and off she went!

Better late than never

In November I went to the Broncos-Cheifs football game in Kansas City with cousins Dave Wilson, Jesse Hunsaker (cousin ONLY by marriage!) and some other friends. Here are some photos, including Jesse standing at the ass-end of a cow at the hotel bar, a couple shots of Arrowhead Stadium, where Denver of course won, and a shot of a Chiefs fan wearing a paper bag on his head, which is the only way Chiefs fans should ever go out in public.

Legos

Jasper got a ton of Legos for Christmas, so since that day we've been putting them together, taking them apart, and searching for fun new things to build. One pic is of Jasper's sets - mostly super heroes and police/fire - that he got for Christmas. The other is of the sailboat he and I made, complete with 'water' (a Snuggy blanket).

Poor Avery

Avery's had her fair share of sickness this winter - stomach flu, pink eye and a handful of colds. This photo, from the end of January, shows that she couldn't even cross our living room run without stopping for a quick nap.

Other pics in this post: Avery and daddy cuddling on one of her 'sick' nights and Avery being a good sport when daddy made a Play-Doh toupee for her.