Who likes hair cuts? Not Jace :)

We gave Jace his first hair cut because it was starting to get a little long on the sides and on top. And he HATED it! It took us forever to do it and he was like shaking and screaming through the whole thing. I felt so bad. He didn't want me to put him down the rest of the day. So I just held and comforted him. Next time we will just skip the buzzer and go with the scissors!

Before

During

After

So this picture is random. I was trying to take after pictures and every time I was taking them he kept reacting to the flash. So here is one of the "flash reacting" ones that I thought was so funny.

6 Months

This post is a little late, being that in 10 days he'll be 7 months. But some things that he is doing right now...

-He loves to play Peek A Boo! It's his favorite game.

-With that he loves games! He loves watching us doing something funny and then he tries to copy what we do. It's so funny. Lately he has been doing what we call the "dinosaur" where we shake our head and make this kind of growl sound. And he does it back. It's so fun to watch him learn.

-He's getting really good at scooting all over the place. Especially pushing himself backwards.

-He likes to get in the crawling position for about 2 seconds before he boosts himself forward and lands on his tummy. And sometimes he'll only do his legs so he just has his liitle bumb in the air. It's really cute.

-He's basically sits up, however he still falls over sometimes when he goes to reach for something or if he gets frustrated.

-He loves this jumper thing we got from my sister. And now likes to try jumping when he's in our arms.

-You can tell he's watching us more carefully as he is learning things. He's a thinker! There will be times when I try to interact with him but you can tell he's in deep thought and is like, mom not now.

-He's also getting more attached to us and is growing through a little more separation anxiety. I think my favorite is when he reaches out for me to hold him or get him back from somebody. It makes me feel so loved.

-He loves to talk and sing still. His sounds are getting a little more complex as he tries them out.

-He's eating more solid food.

-We've also started doing the crying it out thing a little more at bed time and nap time. Wow! It's so nice! He's getting better at putting himself to sleep with almost no crying. And he sleeps better because of it. It's nice.

So that's my Mr. Jace at 6 months.

I love spending time with him, he just gets more and more fun. He makes us laugh all the time. :)

Christmas

Christmas break was a lot of fun! It was a very long trip, but we really did enjoy it. I worried at first, because it was a 2 week trip, with how Jace was going to do. But he did great!! He was amazing during our ten hour drive and he did really well on the plane. I was so pleased. So our trip started out driving down to New Mexico a few days before Christmas to spend some time with Joe's family. It was a lot of fun and it was really neat to see Joe's parents new house. It's gorgeous! So there we had a Christmas night with his family. Then the day before Christmas Eve we flew over to Phoenix and spent Christmas with my family. It was so fun to watch Jace with all his cousins. We hardly had to take care of him because someone was always keeping him entertained. It was really nice. So overall it was a GREAT Christmas. Actually one of the best. It was so fun having Jace this year. It was fun shopping for him and putting together a stocking. Being Santa was a lot of fun :)

Joe and Jace at his Parent's house.

Jace and Julia. His cousin closest to his age.

Our little family Christmas morning.

Kia helping Jace open one of his presents from santa. I think it was blocks?

The kids (Sheila's kids and Jace) waiting to open presents.

Jace's 1st Thanksgiving

Jace Playing with Uncle Ryan. He loves uncle ryan

Our Little family eating overs one night.

The family sitting around also eating leftovers.

Jace & Grandpa Walker
Jace helping sterling figure out where we were going for Black Friday. Which was a blast! I love black friday in Provo! Next year Joe and I want to get a TV! We have to save up
Mommy & Jace on Thanksgiving
Daddy & Jace on Thanksgiving
Great grandma Walker

We just put our Christmas tree up and Jace loves it! He likes to lay under it when the lights in the apt are turned off. I used to like that as a kid too! Yay for Christmas! And Thanksgiving was great! Thanks for the great time Walker family :)

Am I Lazy?

Am I lazy when at the end of a long day I don't want to make dinner? and then I dont... I just stare at the fridge and freezer hoping something will magically appear all made?? And then I see dishes like these on TV or online and wish it was right before me...


Ha. I probably am

Trick or Treat!

Here is our little mouse. Also sorry for the many pictures, but they are mostly for the relatives who have been wanting to see him in his costume. :)

His little tail, which we lost by the end of the night.

The mouse and Amelia Earhart

Out Trick or Treating!

A mouse hiding in the leaves...

Jace and Our old bishop. We went to their house to see them! We miss them.

ALSO! Jace ate with a spoon for the first time this week! His first dose of Rice Cereal!

Special Outfit

This is what happends when dad is busy with midterms and gets asked to go change his son's messy pants. He comes out with Fuzzy blue pants (too big) with a brown long john shirt (also a little big). :) I then asked Joe "Really? Do you think that matches?" His response, "No but I got to study."