Here are the most recent pictures I've taken of Jace. I can't believe he will be one year old next week. He is growing up too fast! He is getting really close to walking. He can take about three steps on his own before he falls. He is such a funny kid. Lately he wont eat anything I give him until he smells it first and determines it is o.k.. He cracks me up and melts my heart!
If you look closely... you can see that Jace has quite a few teeth that have come in. He has a total of 6 now. The poor kid is just miserable with pain some days which makes it tons of fun for mommy and daddy!
My best friend of many many years (Ana) was in Utah so we drove to Salt Lake and met her and her husband for lunch. It was so good to see her even if it was just a short visit.
Jace loves swimming. We finally got him some little swim trunks so he wasn't just sporting his speedo swimmer diaper!
I know we are way past Christmas but it took me a while to get these pictures off of a friends camera. Jace played little baby Jesus in our church's Christmas Nativity. He was so good. He didn't cry at all... he just lay on the straw and cooed, looked around, and would kick his feet up every once in a while. It was way cute!
Jace was so tired while he was eating the other day. He had the cutest sleepy expression on his face that I just had to snap a picture!
Even though I am not always the biggest fan of the cold.... I have found it to be very beautiful at times. The other morning I walked outside and we had freezing fog. It crystallizes ice on every branch of every tree and plant. It was a little white wonderland!
One of Nate's many talents is that he picks out the best gifts. This is both good and bad for me... good because I get awesome gifts... and bad because I can never find a gift for him to compare.
We started Jace on cereal so we got him a new booster seat. It is a bit hard to feed him because he is constantly leaning over to get that darn velcro strap on the side.
Jace had a terrible cold for about a week. He was miserable! This was the first smile we had seen out of him in days. He is doing much better now.... almost completely over it.
We visited a small town I grew up in. Mostly farmers as you can tell. I thought these two tractors were pretty cool.... a low rider and a two wheeler! Also (this is kink of funny) when we went to church on Sunday, we were the only ones not wearing cowboy boots and... the sacrament... we had jalapeno bread... Awesome!
Only in Phoenix can you go swimming at this time of year.
We went hiking at a place called Wonderland of Rocks. Jace loved it! He squealed and laughed the whole time. I think he liked the breeze in his face.
So... I've been thinking about becoming a Super-Model....
O.k. Philli, you can have your own photo shoot!
