My baby's ONE

Jace turned ONE on January 15th. I can't believe it has been a year. I am excited but a little sad at the same time. We have all had so much fun with Jace. He has definitely added something amazing to our family. He is such a busy little boy, I think busier than my other boys. He has been walking for over 2 months and is now running. He dances to music, which he loves to do and is hilarious to watch. He says lot of things, my favorites are mama (of course), Dad(which he usually says with conviction), Justis, and Tage.

We celebrated his birthday on Sunday the 18th. Family came over and we had dinner and cake and ice cream. Jace had a lot of fun with all the people here and with his new toys. He doesn't so much play with them but he does enjoy throwing the ones that fit through the railing down the stairs.



Jace Really did like his cake much (can you tell by the look on his face?). He is a pretty picky eater and cake must not be his thing. We tried two different cakes and he didn't like either of them. He did do okay with vanilla ice cream.

Looking at the burning candles on cake. He wanted to touch the fire.


Jace opening presents

OUCH!!

Jace got hurt on Saturday. He fell into the railing and cut open his cheek. It looked pretty deep so we took him into the clinic. Luckily it was his Doc on call that day.

The Doc didn't want to do stitches but did glue it. We had to hold him down for like 10 minutes and he fought us the ENTIRE time. Kicking Logan in the face and screaming at the top of his lungs. Poor guy...Jace that is.

Jace and his 'Cozy Cruiser'. He loves to get in it and have us push him around the house really wild. But if you stop, you will hear about it.

We had a great Christmas and New Year. The boys were totally spoiled like they are every year. Jace not only got a car but he got a 4-wheeler, and a lot of other 'stuff. Now I don't know what to get him for his birthday. (if anyone has any great 1st b-day ideas, let me know.)

We also got Guitar Hero World Tour, which has been very fun. The drums are harder than I thought they would be but still very fun. I am still partial to the guitars.

Our house was 'trashed' completely. Tage tried to comfort me by saying, "mom everyone's house looks like this on Christmas." .....It helped a little

BODY WORLDS 3

On New Years Day we went to see the exhibit at the
Leonardo in SLC, "Body Worlds 3". Very cool!! It wasn't gross to me because none of it seems real. The crappy part is you wait in forever long lines. We took Jace which was a bad idea. If anyone want to go before it leaves SLC go in the morning on a weekday.

Pretty weird, huh?

Picture Tag

So I don't really know what a picture tag is so I will just guess. I am so happy I came across this picture to post. This is January 2005. Heidi was really pregnant (like 3 weeks from having Kason) and we (Alli, Heidi and I) went to a movie for my Birthday. We picked the movie Birth (not knowing any better) and it was one of the worst movies I had ever seen. We were like some of the only people in the movie theatre, which should have been a clue for us. I remember Allison and I feeling Heidi's belly and thinking it was so hard we couldn't imagine him getting any bigger. To me it looked like a night we were just bums, I was at least. Even though it was an awful movie it was still a fun girls night out, one we have laughed about a few times since.

Trying to catch up

I was showing Jace out the window, and he thought it was pretty cool. So I was trying to get his attention so I could take a picture of him. Well, whenever I try to get Jace's attention, Oliver (our silky terrior) is right there in my face. Over the past year this dog has become obsessed with me. I think it had something to do with me being pregnant and being home with Jace for those 12 weeks. I just though this was funny and really showed what it like.

Leaky hole repaired

Jace was born with a very little hole on his neck that leaked slightly (I know this sounds very weird). We decided to have it fixed while he was young, even though it wasn't causing any problems. So that scheduled the surgery and removed this tube that ran from his neck to his tonsils. It was called something like a sinus fistula yadda yadda. The doc explained it this way, "when we are young fetuses we have gills and those gills either turn into things (like sinuses and such) or they dissolve. Well every once in a while they don't dissolve and we end up with this." So the surgery went well, he healed great and was back to normal in about 1 day. Babies are so resilient.

What's for dinner mom?

Jace finally discovered the dirt. And was eating it like it was good. I find it strange that he will gag on normal people food but eat dirt with no problems what so ever. And he goes back for seconds... and thirds... and fourths. Maybe I should add a little soil to his veggies. MMmmMM.

Hammy

Hammy is the way people look when they wake up (according to Logan). Here is Logan and Jace looking pretty Hammy.

Snoozzzzzzzzing

In this one Logan was watching Jace while I was vacuuming. And the hum of the vacuum put them both to sleep. Double ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz.

Boy Jace must have been tired to do this. Tage thought it was pretty funny. Jace was just sitting by him and before he knew it he started falling onto Tage. ZZZZZzzzzzzz.

Warm Rain

The dog is our Harley and I just couldn't resist posting this picture. He was watching the boys play, wishing he could go with them.

One day this summer it started to rain really hard, and it was warm out there. I told them to go out side and play. They were glad to.Oh I remember rains like this from my childhood. It was so fun to feel the warm rain on your body, to run on the warm wet concrete with bare feet, to splash in the puddles. Not having to worry about anything. Does anyone remember those days where we had absolutely no worries?

When I think back to all the childhood memories that I hold dear, I start to realize that they didn't have anything to do with anything fancy, expensive, or exotic. I guess it relieves me a little with all these scary economic times, just to know that families, happiness, and the memories that we think back on with such nostalgia... are free and at the tips of our fingers.

Mud Puppy Pond

Mud Puppy Pond (nicknamed by Logan's nephew Dallin) is a little pond by our house. The boys spent a lot of time there this summer swimming and fishing. It starts out pretty big but by the end of the summer it is all dried up. Jace and I went down ther to see what all the hipe was about but there wasn't much there for us.

Tagged
This is only fair because I haven't been able to post. I will soon though. I finally get internet at my house on the 13th.

8 TV Shows I Like to Watch
~Scrubs
~Sex and the City (I know, sinful)
~House
~Cold Case
~Dancing With the Stars
~CSI
~Law & Order
~Everybody Loves Raymond

8 Things That Happened Yesterday
~I ate a Polo Grounds sandwich for breakfast from Gandolfos.
~Had to go to a sexual harrassment class for the county (ZZZzzzzz).
~Took Val (my boss) and Mis Fran to lunch at Joe Bandidos.
~Taught the male inmates.
~Logan came home (he has been working out of town).
~Shopped a little online.
~Watched 'I am Legend' with Logan and Justis.
~Ate dinner at The Italian Place (I know I eat out a lot).

8 Favorite Places to Eat
~Red Lobster
~Carrabbas
~Brick Oven
~Los Hermanos
~Joe Bandidos
~Olive Garden
~Smokehouse
~Quiznos

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To
~The end of Barack Obama's four year term.
~The holidays
~The day I don't have to work full time
~Any vacations
~The economy improving
~My boss Val having a clean bill of health
~Getting in shape
~Getting our backyard put in and our basement done

People I am tagging (I don't have 8 blogging friends that haven't already been Tagged)
~Becky
~Reyna
~Lindsay
~Angie