I would not, could not, in a box

There was a big box left over after I put in a new toilet on Monday, so Natalie thought Jasper would have a good time playing it in.

Nope.

Caught in the act!

Jasper, being mobile now, cannot be trusted alone. If he's not getting Cozmo's dog food in the kitchen, he's grabbing for the electrical cords for the radio in his bedroom. (No, we have not baby-proofed Casa de Wilson yet.)

Tonight I left him playing alone with a stuffed football on his bedroom floor. He also had a favorite bath-time toy so I figured he was cool for the 1 second it would take me to walk to the kitchen, start the dish washer, and walk back to his room.

Wrong.

Not a punishable offense by any means, but Jasper had army crawled (he's not officially crawling yet) across the room and wanted to get his hands on his car seat. I found him halfway across the floor so I grabbed the camera to snap a few shots — crawling toward the seat, rocking it back and forth and (gasp!) getting caught in the act! 

What I didn't get a photo of, though, was him pulling it forward far enough that when it rocked back, it'd catch him in the chin every time. By his smile it must've been more fun than it looked.

These photos are the progression of him crawling over, playing, getting caught (surprise!) and deciding that he'd go back to playing.

Really big show

Nat, Jasper and I went Sunday afternoon to 'School House Rock Jr.'  at Class Act Productions in Altoona. It was a great show (think 'Conjunction-junction, what's your function?' and 'I'm just a bill ...') that just happened to star our babysitter's oldest daughter, Emily.

Emily, who has a nice singing voice and did a terrific job in the show, is pictured with Natalie and Jasper in one photo, and Jasper and I pose with Emily's little sis Ella in the other.

The show was lively, fun and kept Jasper looking wide-eyed at the stage the entire time; the same goes for Nat and I, who really enjoyed it!

If anyone's around the metro area you can still see the show at 7 p.m. Nov. 13, 14 & 15 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 16.

And here it is....

The "Wilson Peninsula"...looks like he's got some of his daddy's features after all. I was just walking by and thought this view would make a funny picture :) The other picture is of course daddy reading to J-Man. He LOVES to read stories, especially books that he can turn the pages himself - what a big boy!

Happy Halloween!!!

Jasper experienced his very first beggars night on Thursday, October 30.  He has had a virus almost all week and luckily started to feel better just in time to head out to Waukee and show off his alligator costume.  We got to visit Sandy & Jr; Bart, Jody, Mal, and the dogs; Great Grandma & Grandpa Trissel; and Noah, Jason, & Grandma Vicki.

We had a great time and he was such a trooper in his costume!  And just tonight, on Halloween, we went over to visit neighbors Tom & Michelle to wrap up our fun festivities.

Happy Halloween everyone! 

A Saturday afternoon in

With mom judging a hat contest at Prairie Meadows in honor of the Breeders Cup, Jasper and dad spent a Saturday playing on the floor with blocks, wrestling and hanging out with the Coz.

By the way, you can see J's first tooth — barely — if you look close enough at the photo of him smiling. He had a tough day last week and a bit last weekend so we thought something was going on, and when he chewed on our fingers we could feel it ready to pop through. Monday, Oct. 20 we saw the top of his first tooth and it looks like there might be two or three more ready to come through any day now.

how did you manage that?

Looks like Jasper preferred to sleep without one of his socks. He managed to take one of his socks off sometime during the night. We woke up and went into his room one morning and found him cuddling up with his sock rather than wearing it. Now that he's moving all over the place, we never know what position he's going to end up in when we come in the morning to wake him up - such a silly guy!