The allure of foreign toys

Literally foreign, in that they're from Australia, but figuratively foreign in that they don't belong to him.

I love that look of surprise when the music comes on, and he checks in with Mummy to make sure everything's alright.

At the Marks-Savilles

Mummy's friend Bryony held a tea at her house on Sunday of their visit, in honor of their visit. Her husband Matt and various friends and friends' offspring are also present.

At the Creswell-Whites

One of Mummy's oldest friends is Penny, so she and Jasper spent some time with Penny and her lovely family: Simon (the adult) and Felix (the oldest, Mummy's godson), Dominic (the middle child) and Ellery (the youngest, not pictured). Felix is the one who gives Jasper a kiss on the cheek.

At Grandfather Alan's

A couple videos from around the house of Jasper's grandfather, Alan, in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne.

The face-biter in action!

Jasper loves biting parts of people's faces. Fortunately, he's without teeth -- though not for long, as one is starting to come through -- so it's not as painful as it would otherwise be. This time his victim was Aunt Melissa.

Hanging with the boys

If we lived in Australia, these would be Jasper's playmates. Some are quite a bit older than him, some less than a year.

But before Australia ...

... there was one cute video taken on the night Jasper and his Mum left for Australia, only Daddy (the blog poster) didn't get to see it until they came back.

This video is notable for a couple reasons: 1) It shows a regular part of Jasper's nightly routine, listening to a bedtime story; 2) It documents Jasper's new knack for shaking his head back and forth, something he appears to have just discovered and absolutely loves.

Back from Australia!

Hey everyone!

Jasper and his mum have returned from Australia! Daddy is glad to have them back. :-)

New photos and videos of the growing boy will be up soon!

Toy inventory

Jasper sits up pretty well these days, doesn't he?

Reactions to funny noises

Somehow it was discovered that Jasper likes it when Daddys makes an "Uhhhh" noise, like he's brain damaged, or a zombie. So, naturally, he does it as often as possible.

Old enough for a little rasslin'

One of the great joys of Jasper's increasing age is that you can do a little (safe) rough-housing with him. Here's some of that. No babies were harmed during the making of this video.