update

quick update before the party starts at our house...

1. jace got a new bed. he loves it and has been taking naps like a rockstar ever since (which makes it worth every penny).

2. i went through all my baby stuff last week to see what i had, get rid of some of it and organize. jace has some really cute baby clothes that need to be worn again...just not on our baby girl.

3. i put jace's art cart next to his bed to measure because it is the size that i want for a nightstand. and then i left it there. one night jace decided to color his face and hands (thankfully not his bed or walls) and another night he got the paper, scissors and glue out to make an art project for me. guess i should have moved it out faster.

4. we are finally pretty much over our nasty colds that we have had for about a month, passing it back and forth between the three of us. i really dislike being sick when i'm pregnant...it's so much worse.

5. we have been busliy preparing for the thanksgiving holiday this week. can't wait for everyone to get here tomorrow. it's gonna be a great week!

thankful

jace's thankful poem he wrote (filled in the blanks) this morning:

i'm thankful for mommy and daddy and jack.
i'm really thankful for me.
i'm thankful for my movie.
i'm thankful for my friends.
i'm thankful for nemo, my fish.
i'm thankful for my grandma's.
i'm thankful for my room.
but most of all, i'm thankful for my mommy.

idea from this blog. he painted his poem in fall colors.

currently...

it's snowing.
my house is clean.
jared and jace are asleep on the couch.
the byu game is playing in the background.
and we are all starting to feel better.

hope you are having a happy monday!

love happens

while jared and jon worked on our computer i went to a movie with aubrey and shanna tonight. we saw love happens. i haven't had a movie affect me like this one did in a long time. it hit a little too close to home for me.

i don't know if it was the pain of the characters that hit me so hard or if it was the pain that i have seen other's have or if it was my own pain that i've experienced. probably a combination of all three. needless to say i found myself wishing i was at home where nobody could see me bawling like a baby through the whole movie.

"if i only had today" by hilary weeks was playing on the way home which didn't help. so i cried the whole way home. sometimes it's good to have a good cry, though. even if you don't really know why you are crying. when i got home i wanted to scoop up my baby and snuggle him but figured it probably wouldn't be a good idea to wake him.

now i'm off to edit some photos i took this afternoon. i should be going to bed but jared is still working on the computer and i have a hard time going to bed without the husband.

hope you're having a happy weekend!

a few for today

1. jared and i went to the jazz v. houston game on monday night. we had a good time going out together but jace wanted to know when it was his turn to go on a date.

2. so, jace and i went on a little date to the play stellaluna. it was cute and jace enjoyed it. he wants to go again. when i asked him where he wanted to eat lunch he said cafe rio. i've trained him well!

3. i finished designing our christmas card! now we just need a nice family photo. i really am going to get them out before christmas this year. i promise.

4. starting to think of gift ideas for family, friends, neighbors, etc. any grand ideas?

5. jace told me tonight that he was "freezing hot!"

6. we have been enjoying the warm weather and sun this week spending lots of time outside jumping on the tramp, scootering, playing football and going to the park with friends. definitely loving it!

a winter coat

i let jace help pick out his winter coat. wasn't my best idea. i didn't think a three year old would have such a strong opinion. i probably should have known better. not that i don't like it, i'm just thinking that it's going to be hard to find snow pants that match. (jared did inform that they don't have to match but i like to think otherwise.)

*when viewing these pictures please ignore the uncombed hair and the nice bumb on his forhead next to his eye (he was running over to see a his picture and miscalculated the distance. corners of cameras leave a good mark).

halloween '09

we had a great halloween. jace was a green dinosaur, a t-rex to be exact. he went through a number of costume requests before he chose this one. once he saw this one in the store i couldn't convince him otherwise.

we had the ultimate trick or treating experience complete with homemade donuts, caramel apples, hot chocolate, haunted house, mummy bowling, fish pond, cupcake walk and numerous other activities.

jace tromped around with his dinosaur friend. they have such a great time together. i love these pictures of them giving their best dinosaur roars, especially the intensity that his friend does it with.


taking a rest while waiting to go in the haunted house.


most of jace's candy is gone (thanks to his mom and dad). he still asks when we are going trick or treating again. i guess "in a year" is a hard concept when you are three.