sunbeam

jace is now a sunbeam! after a month of ups and downs he now enjoys going to primary each week. he has learned how to stay in his seat, that there is a time for playing star wars and airplanes and a time for church, that you have to ask if you want to go get a drink of water and that he doesn't need jack (one of his best little buddies) to be happy in primary.

last week during testimony meeting he hopped off jared's lap and started heading to the aisle. after stopping him this was our conversation:

me: where are you going?
jace: to talk up there.
me: what are you going to say?
jace (in a "duh" tone of voice): the first article of faith.

he was pretty set on going up the whole time and was not very happy that i did not let him. his sunbeam teacher let him "bear his testimony" during his class which made him happy.

Happy Valentine's Day!

to-do list

this is what jace told me we needed to do this afternoon:
go fishing
play cars
hug
play star wars
play legos
hug
go for a walk
eat
take naps
build blocks
look at nemo
go up the canyon
read books and cuddle

looks like we will be busy!

football

jace, jared, jason and kenshi playing football over the thanksgiving holiday.

snapshots

i spent some time today going through photos from the past few months so i thought i would share some.


at the pumpkin farm. it was really cold and windy but jace had fun playing and picking out his very own pumpkin.


jumping on the tramp in november. it was so warm we didn't even need jackets.


a goldfish casserole that jace made for our "campout" in the living room. he loves to play in the kitchen and cook food for us. he happened to get lucky this day because i left the goldfish out. he usuallydoesn't get to use real food.


breaking the pinata and seeing santa at our family christmas party.


playing in the snow at grandma's house. after a week of zero degree days it finally warmed up and snowed.

this weekend i...

bought 504 size 1 diapers (it's been a year since the last time i bought diapers)

threw away 2 garbage bags full of saved momentos from young women's, high school and college

threw away 3 garbage bags full of 4 years (for me) and 6 years (for jared) of lots of hard work and time while at byu

loaded my trunk with things for the d.i. (it's the second load this week)

boxed up 5 years worth of byu paraphernalia, clothes and shoes to put in storage

and pulled out all our baby stuff!

feeding the ducks and geese on a slightly frozen pond

neglected posts

things i should have blogged about in december:

a great thanksgiving holiday with jared's brothers and their families. shopping, eating, lights at temple square and lots of playing.

jared and jace going rock climbing at the quarry. jace made it a whole 8 feet up which is pretty high for a 3 foot little guy.

my family christmas party in malad. sugar cookies, pinata's and santa clause.

jace's friend christmas party. gingerbread houses, christmas music, a furreal pet, and a big mess of toys, candy and frosting.

christmas in malad and how magical kids make christmas. how fun it is to be santa and how hard it was for all of us to wait for christmas morning to come.

and i'm sure there is so much more...

8 weeks and counting...

i had my 32 week appointment yesterday. the baby is measuring at 33 1/2 weeks. jared says i better just get prepared for a big baby. i am hoping she will just come early.

the baby is in constant motion. jace was pretty calm in utero and didn't move much. not very many people ever got to feel him move and you definitely could not see him moving. this baby however is out of control sometimes and you can see almost every movement that she makes. jared says it looks like i have an alien in there trying to escape out of my skin. and we can see and feel her little hands or feet when she pokes them out.

we are definitely excited for this little girl to get her.


from our 28 week ultrasound. she was facing back and wouldn't budge so the only picture we got was of her little foot.

this morning jace woke up crying and yelled from his bed: "there's something in my nose and it can't breath!"

he was a little hysterical. it was just a booger.

on the way to walmart tonight jace told me: "we don't have any no's to say, mom, just toys to buy."