Final Christmas post!

Perhaps this should have been the first Christmas post, but instead it's the last.

Thanks everyone for a wonderful holiday season! And happy new year, if we don't get a Jasper post in before midnight tomorrow night! (Or even if we do!)

Opening some presents

The silent type, the talkative type

Okay, finally sifting through a boatload of Christmas videos to see which ones are best for posting. Bear with us!

Disclaimer: The Santa outfit is a hand-me-down, just like the Halloween outfit was a gift from someone at Daddy's work. Just so you don't think we'd buy outfits like these to dress our son up. Then again, if it's been given to you ... that's a different story. Seems like a waste not to use it, right?

Here's one with Jasper's typical reaction when the camera is on him ...




... but sometimes, you can keep the camera hidden juuust enough to coax him into allowing the true, talkative Jasper we know and love to be recorded for posterity!

Greetings from Jasper Claus!

We've got a lot from Jasper's first Christmas, but it'll take awhile to get it organized, so we may space it out over the course of the next few days. For now, greetings from Jasper Claus!

We can just hear you singing now ... "Santa baby ..."

Christmas Eve!

It's already Christmas in Australia, and nearly Christmas in the states!

So, to one and all, Merry Christmas ... from Jasper and family. :-)

Decorating the tree

Dancing cheek to cheek

So much for having time for more posts!

Maybe we'll just throw up one quick tree-decorating video, with more promised later?

Look, Jasper! Trees!

Whew! Now that we have all the presents finally shipped, time for more Jasper blog updates!

Nearly a week ago we picked up our tree! Here's a little bit of that experience ...

But first, we must define our terms. What is a "Bot," exactly? Well, naturally, that's short for "Shazbot," which is our nickname for Jasper. The origins of the word are the TV show Mork and Mindy -- "shazbot" being Mork's favored expletive. However, the reason we call Jasper "Shazbot" is because Daddy kind of thinks that's what it sounds like when Mummy says "Jasper" with her accent. Hey, there are stranger ways to get a nickname.

Okay, no further ado ... videos!

It's beginning to look a lot like ...

... Christmas!

And so we'd like to introduce a series of videos we'll start posting related to Christmas in the Frost-Armstrong home ... Jasper's first Christmas! This one doesn't have much to do with Christmas per se ... just the familiar tune in Mummy and Daddy's impromptu singing.

More Kelanie

Aunt and nephew

Aunt Melanie uses her effective (and inimitable) lip-trilling method. Jasper seems to approve.

Welcome Aunt Melanie and Uncle Ken!

Jasper's aunt and uncle on his father's side came into town Monday night, but didn't get to meet him until yesterday because the little guy was sleeping when they arrived. Each side took to the other pretty quickly ... even if we could only capture Melanie and Ken's grins on camera. :-)

The power of TV

Why we're trying to limit Jasper's exposure to the seductive moving images of the television ...

Big-boy bed!

Well, not really. We should probably save this post until he starts sleeping in a twin bed shaped like a race car in 2-3 years.

But Jasper is about to graduate to his crib, set to leave the basinet behind in a couple weeks. We set it up over the weekend and have been setting him down in it for a few minutes at a time. He seems very pleasantly distracted by the wind-up mobile hanging over the side.

We couldn't decide which "Jasper in the crib with the mobile" video to post, so we decided to post both! Enjoy.