Nine months old!

THE CUTEST PICTURE EVER!!!!

I had to start this blog post with the Jasper & Santa picture again because it is so stinkin' cute! I can't get over how adorable the picture is. I look at it all the time.

Jasper is now 9 months old and is oh so fun. He is crawling everywhere and trying to pull up. About the week after Thanksgiving he started doing both these things. Finally crawling forward! He was so close for so long and just unmotivated, I suppose. But now he's all over the place. He can pull up to one foot & one knee on his own. He still loves to stand up, refuses to bend at the waist, and wants to walk everywhere holding onto someone's fingers. I took him for his 9 month dr. appt yesterday and he weighs 23 lbs 10 oz and is 30.5 inches long. He weighed about the same a month ago so he is definitely losing some of his chub as he gets moving!

Jasper & Mommy in front of our Christmas tree. These pics are from last Thursday when I decided at the last minute to go over to the outlet mall and have Jasper's pic made with Santa. I was ready to give the final exam for my last class that afternoon so I figured I had time. The outlet malls were more crowded than usual but no line for Santa at 11 am on Thursday. Santa was reading the newspaper so we didn't have to wait at all.

The get together last weekend for missionary friends back in the States for the first time in 2 years! Jasper & Cylia (same age) got to meet and we had a good time with everybody at our house!

Laura, Cylia, Jasper, and Heather

Proud dads and their kids

We told the babies to put their hands in their mouths and not
look at the camera. What obedient children!The girls and Jasper

Heather & Jasper

A time of praise & worship

And lastly...naked baby! After his bath last night, Jasper got to crawl around on the kitchen floor and play with his bath towel and fridge magnets - and he loved it.