amber (jared's cousin) took some quick snapshots of jace and i last spring when she was visiting. i have been meaning to post them but never got around to editing them until last week.

i love. love. love. having these pictures of me and jace. we have such a great time together and i always want to remember this time of our lives.


thanks amber!

monster birthday

we had a fun monster party for jace's birthday this past weekend. he got to invite four of his friends that he plays with often. we had pizza from papa murphey's, drinks (sprite is jace's favorite) and cupcakes with monster suckers stuck in each one.

for the activities we decorated monster bags, played monster bean bag toss, and had a monster bounce on the trampoline with monster balls. we topped the party off with a monster pinata full of candy and monster tattoos, which the boys were actually able to break by themselves.

jace had a great time and i think his friends did too. i was supervising the party and jared was on camera patrol. he took mostly video but did get a few photos.




i love this picture of jace just waiting to hit the pinata. i think the other kids were jumping on the trampoline.

play

we went to the children's garden the other day with friends. jace built this bridge in the natural play area. there is a troll wedged under the bridge who does not let anyone across unless they answer one of his riddles.


jace picked this flower for me and wanted me to wear it in my hair. he kept checking on it all day to make sure it was still there.


one of my favorite things is listening to jace play. so creative. so fun.

10 today

1. jace this morning: "most people call me a big boy mom, but i'll still be a baby for you so you can feed me." lucky me!

2. still hoping that i wake up one morning and feel like myself again. no more nausea or allergies or congestion or being tired. wouldn't that be great!

3. jace went to a friend's carnival birthday party last weekend. he wanted his face painted like a cougar but settled for a tiger (the face painter didn't know how to do a cougar). for the rest of the day he was known as "the tiger." he would say things like "the tiger is hungry" or "the tiger needs to go potty."



4. jace and i got tickets to the byu game a couple hours before the game started so we got to go with jared. minus the disappointing performance by byu we had a good time. jace would clap and sing the fight song every time it came on and gave high fives to all those sitting by us. and he would get up and dance to the songs they played. he had a good time but it is exhausting to take an almost 3 year old to a fb game. so sorry you were sick adrienne but thanks for thinking of us.

5. if it were up to jace he would pick a tree over a toilet every time.


6. friday we went to see the new baby elephant at the zoo. she was pretty cute. we also saw the baby giraffe and the baby snow leopard. jace told jared that the giraffes were almost as tall as his dad.

7. last night jace picked "scootering" for our fhe activity.


8. yesterday jace and i went to see cloudy with a chance of meatballs. good movie!

9. and because i have nothing else to say, another picture of jace.


10. happy first day of fall!!

a little jace talk

jace said to me this morning:

"oh yeah, i decided i want a dog mom, instead of a baby sister"


such a fun age right now. he cracks me up often throughout the day.

yesterday he spilled his food on his shirt while eating dinner:

jace: "dangit"
me: "remember we say 'ah man' not dangit"
jace: "no this is a dangit moment mom"
(i had spilled food on my white shorts earlier in the day and had said dangit...he doesn't miss a thing)


frequent phrases that he uses:

"those are not my choices mom!" (when he doesn't like the options i give him)

"this is the problem" (this prefaces pretty much everything he says whether it's a problem or not and he always holds up two fingers while saying it)

"is that the plan" (usually after he finishes telling us whatever he had to say)

"what was your favorite part" (usually when we put him to bed but sometimes after we do an activity. we also have to go through everyone in our family, his friends and their families, too.)

"i'm still your baby, mom" (he tells me this at least once a day)

whenever we give jace a compliment he turns around and gives it back to us. example, the other day jared came to watch him play football.
jared: "i'm so proud of you jace for playing football"
jace: "no, i'm so proud of you dad for watching me play football"

10 today

1. i have recently become one of the worst bloggers ever. i only posted 3 times in july and 2 times in august.

2. even worse, i haven't taken any pictures since the 4th of july. that's bad. especially since i usually average around 250 photos a month.

3. i just bought myself this purse. it was desperately needed (at least i like to think so). and i can fit my camera in it when i don't want to haul around my extra lenses and camera bag.


4. jace is playing "itty bitty ball" this month. they learn the basics of a new sport each week. last week was soccer and this week was football. he thinks its great and i have fun watching him. when they played a game of flag football all the boys were more interested in pulling each other's flags off than the actual game of football. i was just happy jace didn't tackle anybody because he kept telling us that "i just tackle those football players" in a really tough voice.

5. my mom gave me the wicked sound track for my birthday and we have really enjoyed listening to it. jace has surprised me by his excellent listening skills and intelligent questions about the songs and story.

6. jace got a haircut yesterday. i wanted to keep it longer but it grows so fast i have a hard time keeping it looking good and even (and his dad has been lobbying for shorter hair for awhile).


7. jared had his semi-annual work golf tournament this morning. his team lost which i thought was pretty good since the losers each got two movie tickets. which means a win for me because now i get a free movie date night. anybody have any movie recommendations for us?

8. i am 15 1/2 weeks pregnant now and i am running out of things to wear that fit. most days i am feeling better, some days not so much.

9. jared is playing fantasy football this year which means we get to watch more football. every year it's a little more. first it was just byu then it was all college games and now it includes all nfl games. it's not too bad though because he just wants to have it on while doing other things like dishes or playing with jace.

10. jace is turning three next week so we are planning a monster birthday party at his request. details and photos will be forthcoming. it should be fun!

and one last thing, go cougars!! no. 7 is awesome!