My pants are too long for my legs!

Well Hey Jasper,

You are 13 months old today, WOW! On top of that, over the weekend we celebrated Cinco de Mayo- for lots of people, it’s an excuse to go out to eat nachos and drink margaritas, Coronas, & Dos Equis. But, we celebrate 5/5 as NICU Liberation Day!

May 5th was the day when you said ‘Adios’ to the NICU and went home with us to West Seattle for good. We celebrated the one-year anniversary in British Columbia.

Surprisingly, on the drive up to Canada, you got your first ever passport stamp. Hopefully, many more will come to fill up your passports, now and in the future.

Mama and Papa were both supposed to run the Vancouver [Half] Marathon, but your papa was a Race Day scratch. Mama wasn’t able to train as much as she would have loved, but she ran so fast to get back to her Jaspy. It was her first major race since the Philadelphia Marathon when she ran 26.2 miles with you in her belly!

You had so much fun in Vancouver with Cousin Noel. You enjoyed being pushed around in your BOB and pointing at everything in sight. But, we do think, your most favorite thing was the hotel room. You had so much fun showing off your “backing down” skills by lowering yourself off of the bed, and you spent minutes (trust us, that is a long time nowadays) entertaining yourself in the floor to ceiling curtains or staring outside of the windows.

Now, you’re 13 months old. And, you will be starting school next week! You’re growing into a little boy slowly gaining the courage to take a step by yourself. Your words are beginning to form for ‘kitty’, ‘ball’, ‘book’, ‘bird’, and ‘granny’.

You’re no longer our 1 Year Old; you’re now our One-and-one-twelfth-year-old! We love you so much and enjoy every day watching you grow.

I was able to catch this sweet moment between you & mama.

I don't know what this thing on my head is, but I kinda like it.

Wow Jaspy… 2/3 of a year. The time really has flown by; the past month especially. You’ve been eating more and more and solids (we just tried peas for the first time yesterday) and you’re becoming increasingly mobile as each day passes.

With Christmas and The New Year right around the corner, we sat you in front of our beautiful Noble Fir tree for your 8 month picture.

It is so much fun for mama & papa to watch you grow and progress. Every day we are able to notice the smallest advances in your little world; whether it is crawling to mama, pulling yourself up onto papa’s lap, or simply cooing in your crib keeping yourself entertained at 5:23 in the morning waiting for your parents to wake up.

As each day goes by, we love you so much more and we are excited for your first Christmas and January 1st with us as a family.

Hey Jasper, you’re 4 months old today. Your Mama and I cannot believe how fast the time has flown and how quickly you are growing and progressing.

In the past few weeks you’ve been to Lake Chelan and Sunriver, OR. It’s a slow pace to get you up to loving to travel like Mama & Papa but we’re pretty sure we’ve got you on the right path.

You’re developing your own little personality; you’re holding your head up, coo’ing, smiling. You’re starting to grab things and suck on your fist.  And we caught your first giggle on video (which Mama has watched “6 billion times”). You also love to pass the time on walks with Mama during the day and playing with your blue peacock named Jon. Even though you haven’t quite made it, you are so darn close to rolling over.

Today, we went to visit your doctor for your 4-month check up. After getting your DTaP immunization, we learned that you are now on the regular growth chart for a 4-Month Old after tipping the scales at 11lb, 9oz and being 24 inches long. We no longer need to use your adjusted age for plotting your growth (but you would be in the 90th percentile for length and 50th for weight if we did).

It’s been a learning experience for all of us for the past 16 and a half weeks, but we are so happy to be growing as parents as you grow into a little boy. We can’t imagine that we have ever lived a life without you in it.

All dressed up for my first wedding.