Monday, March 10, 2014

Catching up!

Since I am so awful at remembering to update my blog, here's a collage of the last 2 months or so. :) Not a whole lot going on. My Brother-In-Law gets married in less than 2 weeks, so we've been busy with Bridal Showers, Bachelor Parties, etc. I'll have to update the blog with pictures from the wedding in a couple of weeks!

 Jace has his own cabinet that I let him play in while I'm in the kitchen. He isn't allowed to play in most of the cabinets, but having ones that he can play in has been great for while I'm doing dishes, cooking, etc. He loves playing with the tuppawear. And playing IN the cabinet is fun too. 

My MIL is amazing! She watches Jace for me at various points in the week and he just loves her! 

We've been trying to get outside and play while the weather is so great! 

When things are quiet, I know something's up. I even hid the Kleenex box in the wicker basket and he still managed to pull them through the hole. 

Playing at the park! 


He LOVES to do pull ups. He saw Matt and I doing some while we were working out at home with our door pull up bar, and he always lifts his hands up so that he can do his pull ups too. 

I pulled out the white table that we have just been storing in the extra room because I found him wanting to sit on the chair. He LOVES this. He eats his snacks now at the table (better then when I used to throw them around the room and he would find them. That used to buy me a good 10 minutes.) The chairs are still a little big for him and falls off them quiet a bit. But I'm shocked at this kid's pain tolerance. Shocked. He's learning though how to get off the chair and on without falling. 

Jace has no fear. And standing on the chairs (or climbing onto the table) are exciting to him. It's one of the things we are working on--SITTING on chairs. He's getting better. 

He loves my head bands. He wears them through out the day. As I am typing this comment, Jace decided standing on his chair was fun again. #workinprogress 

Jave loves music. Playing the piano is his new favorite thing! There is a song called "Say Something" (so beautiful!) that for some reason he LOVES. I sing it to him and he just smiles and tries to sing along. It's such a slow song that it surprises me that he loves it so much. But every time I play it he runs over to me and smiles. 

Family pic at the park!

Jace found a straw wrapper at the park. He carried it around with him everywhere.

He even let it go down the slide.



My sister and my mom planned a last minute trip to Cali to go to Disneyland. It was such a fun, quick trip. I missed my boys terribly, so I was definitely ready to come home, but it was such a nice time with my mom and sister. 






Apparently Jace knows how to climb ladders. Like I mentioned before, NO fear. I'm just glad I catch him doing these things and can get him down safely. 

Brush brush brush. Brushing our almost 8 teeth! 

We've been taking advantage of this weather. While I let Jace play outside in the backyard, I laid out to get a tan. In March! That's just too early for it to be tanning weather. 

He's my little ham!! 

This is Jace's new room! We finally finished it up in mid January. 

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Pinetop with my family!

From January 10th-13th, we went to Pinetop with the Ross family and my parents! It was Jace's first time seeing snow, and he LOVED walking around in it. It was his first time really walking in shoes, and surprisingly, he did really well. He had gotten a pair of Toms at his baby shower that were fuzzy on the inside, so they were perfect for this weather--nice and warm! And oh so cute. :) On one of the days, Matt, Jenn, my Matt, and I went snow boarding while my parents watched the boys. After not boarding in 3 years, it was a little rough to get back into it. My hubby was so patient with me and tried to teach me to carve. I was starting to get it by the end of the day, but my legs were so sore from riding heel side most of the morning that it was hard to keep going. But it was a lot of fun! 


 Our attempt at a picture of the boys!



 This has got to be one of my favorite pictures. I just love how much Jace loves his daddy. 


 I sure do love him.

 Playing super baby!!!



 Boarding!!!


Loved pushing the stroller instead of sitting in it. I wish we could switch. I'd gladly let him push me in the stroller instead.

Friday, January 3, 2014

It's Been a While....

So, it's been a while since I've posted any updates on the blog. I'll just post some randoms since September with little notes attached. :)


At the end of September, Matt and I went to Seattle to celebrate our 2nd Anniversary! 


In the beginning of October, my Brother-in-law proposed to his girl friend! We will have another Pagel wedding in March! I'm so excited to be getting another sister. 

 We've been going on family runs for a few months! Jace loves it, and we are taking advantage of the cooler weather!


 Jace loves water. We are so thankful that our new shower in the new house has a door. Whenever any of us would shower, he would pull open the curtain and try to get in. 

On October 17th, my second nephew Kade Samuel was born! I love him! 

In mid-October, Matt graduated with his MBA! I'm so proud of him, and praise God for sustaining him during the process! It was pretty brutal! 

 Jace was a little monster of Halloween!

 We moved to a new house towards the end of November. Packing was fun with this little guy.
On Thanksgiving, Kacey snapped some impromptu family pictures for us. They turned out well! Jace was not in a smiley mood though, so just serious faces from him! 

  At the end of November, the Brucks family came to town. It was such a great time catching up with sweet friends and our littles! 

 Night time run in our beanies.
 On Christmas Eve, we went to the Pagel's house! We baked cookies and played games. It was such a fun time. I'm excited for these new traditions!




The biggest event for Jace was learning to walk! By the beginning of November, he walked well, and now he hates to crawl. It's so crazy how fast he is growing up.  (This is out of order! oops!)



:)