J's mom, Chris, came and spent the week of Christmas with us. It was wonderful. We had such a fun time having her to ourselves. Jace was in heaven having her here because she was so attentive with him all day long. I think he is going through withdrawals. Here are our Christmas Jammies. J surprised both his mom and I with these cute red pants. They are the warmest most comfy pj's ever! 
Jace looks like such a cutie pie in his stripes.
After 10 seconds, Jace was finished with the man in the red suit. He had his bag of goodies Santa gave him and he was ready to be done with it all.
Here are pictures from last year. I can't believe how much he's changed.
Kindermusik is almost over. It has been so fun to see Jace change in his reactions to the music over the last few months. He knows almost all the songs and all the actions to them. Here is Jace during the story time at Kindermusik. He plopped himself down right in front and helped the teacher tell the story the whole time. Love his voice.
Here he is dancing with the scarves. Sometimes he gets really crazy with them.
Another cute video of Jace and Annie. Well actually he is feeding Annie. It is a new favorite past time of his. I better watch to make sure Annie isn't getting too plump because Jace feeds her way more often than we do.
I think Jace thinks Annie is his sister. He loves her. He always wants her to come outside with him, come on walks with us, and drive in the car together. On almost a daily basis I find Jace giggling because of something she is doing. Whether it be playing tug of war, growling, barking, or running around the house for no reason, he still thinks its all funny. Here are a few examples of our "Kids".
She stole it and ran out the back door that I had open. She did not want to give it up. Don't worry, that sucker went in the garbage and Jace got a new one.
When Jace looks at the pictures now, he laughs. 
Here are the back of them saying starting left to right:
After making shirts and taking way too long goofing around, we were going to go eat at La Madeline. But by now it was 9:45 and it closes at 10:00 so we had to settle for Taco Bell instead. Emily drove us and was pretending to drive like Edward the whole time...she was hilarious. She insisted on driving her husbands Lexus, so we could pretend we were in Edward's Volvo the entire night. I was super impressed with all the girls knowledge of the Twilight Series. The knew so many details, and it made the night so fun. 
Stephanie, Mckell and I in back.
As an avid people watcher, this was quite the location to be.
Still waiting.....it was fun to chat and get to know everyone I didn't know better and to catch up with Mckell and Marci.
After the movie, five of us headed over to Denny's at 2:30 in the morning to discuss our likes and dislikes of the show. We were full of energy and being the least knowledgeable about the books, I learned a lot and loved hearing all their insight. 
We took this picture ourselves with the timer on our camera's. Aren't you impressed with how centered we got it. (It only took us a 100 tries.)
....and....
....singing lots of songs in the bath. I love his little voice. In fact it is 9:20 pm and he is still in his bed singing Hot Cross Buns over and over again. I Am a Child of God, again
I think Jace was overwhelmed with how many people were around and wanting to touch him and play with him.
Monday we spent time at my mom's house some more and Jace had a great time with Grandma Brown. He adores her and responds to her more than anyone. He laughs and giggles with her, talks to her, reads with her, and has snacks with her. The minute we arrived at their house he went right into her room to play. He would pull out "his table" and crayons ready to be entertained.
That night enjoyed watching Dancing with the Starts in her room and even got up to dance some.
Wednesday, my parents gave us tickets to the Utah Jazz Opening Game. J is the biggest Jazz fan ever and we had such a great time while Grandpa and Grandma Lowe watch Jace. Thankfully he was super good for them. Jace called all of his Grandma's...Grandpa. He couldn't get that concept yet so we tried calling them Grammy and he did much better, but usually reverted back to Grandpa by default.
We, the Jazz, have so many good players this year. I had such a fun time people watching and staring at the players who were only six rows in front of us. Love you Dad and Anne. Thanks for the fun night.
Thursday we had more fun over at my mom's house. Again, there was lots of time spent in Grandma Brown's (my step dad's mom) room. This time he got to play with his cousin Katie too. She was the cutest little Southern Bell for Halloween. That night we celebrated my Dad's birthday and nephew Isaac's birthday again. That night Jace learned how to sing Happy Birthday. He sings Happy Birthday all day randomly now. I'll need to get it on video.
Friday....was Halloween. We had so much fun. That morning we went over to J's sister Lindsay's to see his Dad who had just come in town. Jace and I were able to meet his new girlfriend too.
Jace found Nixon's shoes and brought them over to try and put them on. Once we got them on, he put his arm under Nixon's shoulder and told him to, "Get up". Come on Nixon get up, you have your shoes on now. He just wanted to play with him. 
Then Jace looked at pictures on Grandma's camera for quite some time.
Since she was the more experience trick-or-treater, she would run from house to house while Jace would yet from behind, "Belle....wait.". "Belle....come here." We all got a good laugh. Another story about the evening: Jace's costume was such a huge hit. We had a few families invite us in to show other people how cute he looked. Everyone loved it.
J's Grandma and Grandpa showed up to the party all dressed up. Hilarious. These are the grandparents that make our Mexico trip possible every year.
Halloween afternoon, Emily my step sister was having some contractions. She ended up going to the hospital in the middle of the night just in time to deliver little Max. Great story here.
This is the 3rd Grandchild born while I have been visiting from Houston. I guess they all just want to meet me.
Right after I went to visit the baby in the hospital Saturday, we went back to J's mom's house. J had been asked by his sister Lindsay and her husband Tyler, to bless Nixon. Here is Jace with Papa Ken waiting for people to arrive.
Still waiting and passing the time playing on the stairs.
J gave such an amazing blessing to Nixon. He is such a sweet little guy. Right when the blessing began, Jace started talking. I even tried giving him his Binky and he talked right through it. So I put him in the kitchen coloring so I could try to listen. After it was over, I turned around to find him coloring his hands and his face and mouth. Love washable markers. 
Playing in the playhouse outside afterwards. 
Nixon went to sleep after the blessing. They placed him up on Nana's bed. When they went to check on him, their cat Chloe was resting on top of him. This picture is after he woke up and doesn't show the best view. Apparently she loves to sleep by him (or on him for that matter).
Sunday, the trip home. What a day. Luckily we gained an hour because of Daylight Savings. We woke Jace up to take him to the airport for our 8:00 am flight. We took off on time and got to Denver for our layover which was only supposed to be about 40-50 minutes. Oh wait.....we were delayed 3 hours. This is how we passed the time in the airport with a tired little man.
Riding the luggage.
Jace didn't sleep at all the second flight like I thought he would because he was exhausted. Just like his Daddy, he has to stay awake in case something happens. He crashed in the car on the way home though. 
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