You Did It!!

Congratulations to everyone for making it the full 8 days sans Jace!! Only a few disgruntled comments were heard and understandably so--we would miss Jace too if we couldn't see him for 8 days! On to our week----oh what a week!
Jace's week started with preparations for Santa's big arrival. He and Mommy decided to make Santa some cookies to make sure we were in good with the big guy.

It must have worked because we were treated very well this Christmas! Of course no Christmas is complete without your very own pair of SANTA SLIPPERS!

Jace spent Christmas Eve at his Uncle Keith and Aunt Darcy's house. You can see how spoiled he was.......Jace is the little guy in the sea of presents!

Another shot of the little man on Christmas Eve---yes, he loves chewing on his booger sucker.

After a good round of spoiling with Daddy's side of the fam, there's nothing like heading to Mommy's side for the same! Christmas morning Jace woke up only to find Santa had remembered him! Grandma F. had even remembered to put out a stocking for Jacer! Santa filled it with many of Jace's favorites--cheese crackers, and zwieback toast! Oh Santa!

One of Jace's gifts was this COOL rocking horse! Jace loves to pet him and dance while he sings!

Also on Christmas morning, Jace's buddy Preston stopped by with more presents!! Jace received a very cool tricycle--among other things. Thanks P--it was great to see you!

After a long day of playing, Jace decided to spend Christmas night at his cousins Emma and Abby's house.

Jace and Abby catching up on the happenings of the day

Jace also got to sit at the big kid table---for a minute. He thought he was pretty hot stuff! He seems pretty intent on listening to his cool older cousin Jarrett.

The rest of the week, Jace got to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa No (the grandparents formerly known as F.). Yes, there is a story behind the name change. Grandma F. was feeling a little bad about having to tell Jace 'no' so much. He does love getting in to everything. By about day #2, Jace took it upon himself to say 'no' when he was doing something he wasn't supposed to. He would go over to the steps, look at Grandma and shake his head 'no'. He would grab at something breakable, look up, and shake his head 'no'. He even got so good that he would start to pull on Uncle Reggie's fur (the dog), and look at Reggie, and shake his head 'no'. By the end of the week, Jace would just look at Grandma and shake his head 'no'. She is now (lovingly) referred to as Grandma No.
Grandma trying to make it up to Jace--she even let him play with her glasses at one point so he wouldn't have to hear 'no' again!


Jace isn't one to stay down and out for long. As soon as the Christmas festivities wrapped up, he decided it was again time TO PARTY! He has his first (of 2) birthday parties on Friday night. You are all probably waiting for some cute little pictures of naked Jace smearing frosting all over himself. Maybe a shot of little 1-year-old Jace punching his fist into a cake? Nope.
Mommy spent many hours mixing, baking, frosting, and perfecting little Jace's cake only to have him firmly deny any part of it at his party! What a bummer! In Jace's defence--he was running a temperature and wasn't in to doing much of anything on his big night. He did have a great time though and was so glad he had friends and family with him to celebrate. He even finally got to meet Mommy's old buddy Julie. He thought she was pretty cool. He also has to give a big shout out to his fabulous Aunts Kay and Debbie for all of their work putting his blog together into an awesome book! He is anxiously awaiting the next 18-20 years of blogs being compiled!!

Jace and Mommy at his first, first b-day party!

Some of Jace's new duds he received for his b-day

Jace livening up a little after his party---as lively as possible with a thumb stuck in your mouth!


As many of you know, the BIG day is Friday! Jace will be celebrating with Mommy and Daddy both off work, as well as Aunt Erin in town. Saturday will be party #2--does this kid every stop??
Of course many more pictures to come........

Do not Panic.........

Just a note to all of our loyal blog readers.....do not panic in the coming days if you are Jace-free for a while. We are heading to Grandma and Grandpa's for about a week and may not be able to upload pictures there. This is a test.......can you really go a week without seeing our sweet boy?
A few updates before we leave........
First, Mommy decided to try and get Jace off the bottle over the course of her 15 DAYS OFF!! Yay! Anyway today was day #1 and Jace did excellent. He only had a bottle in the morning! What a trooper! He drank several ounces of milk from his sippy cup and had some water as well.

Second.....the countdown is really on until Jace turns 1! Mr. Party Pants is having 2 birthday parties for this special year but has already been spoiled via the United States Postal Service. Our poor mailman is probably sick of delivering packages! Among the presents (one which we were given permission to open immediately) was Jace's giant Santa from Great Aunt Rita. He thought it was pretty cool......and then there was Ozzy. Ozzy thought it was even cooler! They take turns.....sort of.


And third.......drumroll please...................Jace took 2--count em---2 STEPS today! Turns out we can put the wheelchair on hold---he does have viable legs! Now keep in mind these were very literally 'baby steps' but Mommy couldn't have been prouder! She is sure there is only more fun waiting in the coming days!

And finally, a few pictures to keep your hearts warm and cozy!




Merry Christmas!!

Jacer Racer goes to the Doctor

Jace visited the doctor today rather unexpectedly. He had been a huge pill all weekend at night---getting up around 11 times during the night on Friday just wanting to be held!! Saturday was a little better but Sunday night went even further downhill. Jace seemed to be tugging at his ear a little now and then as well. The weird part was that he was fine during the day for the most part. Mommy figured it was teething so she decided to go to work this morning. But mid-morning, Lori, Jace's awesome daycare lady called to say he had a low temp. Mommy figured what the heck, and took him to the doctor. Sure enough, he had a slight ear infection. Sorry Jace for the impatience at 3 am. Anyhoo, the trip to the doctor allowed Mommy to find out if she could switch Jace to milk a smidge early. The kid has been refusing his bottle for almost a month now. Apparently he thinks he is too grown up for that baby bottle. The doctor said it was fine and we could stop his formula cold turkey. Mommy, on the other hand, has to live with Jace and if he decides he does want a bottle in the next few weeks you can bet he will be getting one! He tried his milk for the first time tonight and he did pretty well--almost to the point of chugging for a minute! :)

Go, Go, Go!! Chug, Chug, Chug!!

This picture was included just to show how much Jace's Ozzylick (as we like to call it) is NOT getting any better. It just kind of swirls around to a point. Oh well--don't the females love cowlicks??

And this picture was included just to show how much of a cheeseball Jace is. Nice teeth dude.

The BFF's just hangin' out talking. Ozzy is becoming more fond of Jace as Jace has started to feed Ozzy from the table. Ozzy just stands right under Jace's highchair and waits for falling debris or the occasional handout from Jace. Tonight during supper Jace wanted to give Ozzy a piece of hamburger so he looked at me and said Woof?? (translation: Where is Ozzy so I can give him this piece of meat?)


That appears to be all the Jaceness we have for now. We finally decided on a camcorder and already have mucho videos to share but there seems to be a connection problem with Mommy's laptop. Not to worry--we will get it resolved soon hopefully. Aunt Erin tears into town tomorrow so Jace is ready for some fun.......and presents. :)

Weeeeeeee!!!

Jace would like to send a huge thanks to Aunt Alisa, Uncle Eric, and Cuz's Mavi, and Keenan. He received the most wonderful slide in the mail the other day and he loves it!! He goes down it several hundred times a day! When he gets to the bottom he turns around and says 'yeah'!!


In other Jace happenings, it appears his 'daycare relationship' is moving to a new level. It was reported to Mommy and Daddy last week that Jace was patting his friend April on the head when all of the sudden he leaned in and planted a wet one on her head! This week has been more of the same kissy kissy stuff. Today when Daddy picked Jace up he was informed that Jace was flirting pretty hard core all day long. Mommy knew there would come a time when another female would be the center of Jace's attention.....she just didn't know it would come BEFORE his first birthday. Oh kids these days!!

Santa Baby

Jace was finally able to meet Jolly Old Saint Nick this weekend. Although Santa was jolly, Jace did not quite feel the same. He did just as Mommy predicted..... sat on his lap, grabbed his beard, gave him a once over, and wanted down. It was around 5:30 after all so Jace had one thing on his mind---bed. We did get several cute pictures however.....for a fee of course. Mommy made Daddy stand in the background and get one with our camera though.

Who are you and why are you holding me??

Mommy has been quite proud of Jace's uninterest in the Chrismtas tree. He was uninterested anyway until......the presents started appearing. Once Mommy started putting those beautiful packages under there Jace could no longer contain himself. Yes, he is definitely Mommy's child. No matter how much Mommy begs though Daddy will not let Jace open a present early. Boo.
Jace has a sparkly snowman book and whenever he reads it or looks at the tree he says oowww (Wow). Very funny.

Jace has gained some new hobby's as of late--there is more to him than constant chatter. He now loves to pull the toilet paper as far as he can before he gets buried. Not so funny.

Jace loves to hear his own voice, but there is one thing (and maybe only one thing) he loves more.....eating. Mommy no longer has just one mooch (Ozzy) drooling at her feet.....Jace has joined in now too!! They both stand there and wait for handouts. As you can see this thrills Mommy.

No Jace isn't working on his calf muscles, he's peering as high as possible. Now whether this particular time he's hunting for the remote or Mommy's cell phone is unknown. He is quite the little helper though. He brings Mommy the phone and puts it to her ear. He even brought her a kleenex the other day and put it up to her nose--what a considerate young man!

Another new hobby is taking off his socks. Of course this is the funniest thing ever.....to Jace. He tries to put them back on sometimes--he does this by laying them on top of his feet. :)

It was inevitable with all that hair that Mommy would get the urge to see Mrs. Jace. Isn't she a pretty little thing?


We aren't sure why Jace is fighting the walking thing so much. He can stand if he doesn't realize he's doing it. Once he remembers, he sits down. He even walks on his knees behind his push toys. Oh Jacer.
One thing he is definitely not fighting is vocalizing. From the moment he gets up until he goes to bed, there is rarely a quiet moment. Of course this is mostly babbling but he is really starting to imitate. He will give pretty much any word a try at least once. His newest is Ozzy---it comes out a little bit like ahhhahhh. A great new word since Jace and Ozzy are BFF's!

That's all for now. Until next time..............

Baby J is 11 months today!!

Happy 11 months Jace! It's hard to believe in only a month you will be turning one! Mommy has loved every minute of the last 11 months! You are the most amazing little guy she has ever known and she loves you oodles and oodles!

O Christmas Tree

What a feat!!!! Mommy has succesfully assembled the Christmas Tree............. Pause for dramatization.............................

Ta Da!!!

Being stuck inside due to unsettling amounts of ice on the ground left nothing for Jace and Mommy to do but get in the Christmas spirit! And that we did! We decorated the entire house (thanks in large part to Aunt Rita), put up the Christmas Tree (thanks to Aunt Kay), and made Christmas cookies (thanks to Mommy's lack of willpower).

Jace is LOVING his new daycare. So are we.....today he took a 2 1/2 hour nap and a 1 hour nap!! He is doing so well! He gets excited whenever we get there in the morning. He even has a great new friend. Her name is April and she is 8 months old. From what we've been told, April is the boss in the relationship but as long as that's ok with Jace, Mommy is fine with it too.
Loving Daycare!

When Mommy was a little booger like Jace, she used to take everything out of the cupboards and climb in.
Like Mother, Like Son.

And this was Ozzy's day. He has it rough--notice he has the remote as well--and Jace thought he was boss!