8 Months!

I am sorry I am late getting this on here, we didn't forget, just didn't get a chance to spend time getting this posted. I added quite a few pictures to make up for it! :)

I realize this is not really the best picture, but you would not believe how hard of a time we had getting a picture this time. All she wanted to do was grab the sign and try to tear it up or put it in her mouth. This is about as good as it got.



Jacey Kate is 8 months old now! My how the time has gone by. Sometimes it seems like we were just bringing her home and then other times that seems like it was years ago. Jacey is really starting to show her personality and is such a ray of sunshine in our lives! We love you so much sweet girl!



Here is what Jacey has been up to the past month:

- Learned to shake her head "no" ! Yes, already! I am not too sure she really knows what she is doing because some time she does it for no reason at all, but a lot of times is when she is not happy!

- She had her first cold where she ran a fever and daddy had to stay home with her for two days. I do not have any vacation time left because of my maternity leave so daddy got to stay home with her. I got to come home and check on her throughout the day though.

- Army crawling everywhere at a little faster pace! She is loving the presents under the tree, and getting into everything!

- Eating more and more all the time. We are still nursing, but supplementing with bottles too.

- Wearing 6-9 month clothes, getting to be more and more just 9 month though...my baby girl is just growing too fast!

-Started wearing size 3 diapers

- Sitting up really good all on her own and not falling over anymore

- Finally got her first tooth! It has just now broke through the gum and showing itself!

- Hold her own bottle now and sucking in down in no time!


Aunt Elaine got her this cute little outfit. Her shirt says Dear Santa, I am doing the best I can! She wore it to go Christmas shopping thie past weekend with Nonnie.

This is not the Christmas card picture, but close....just a different pose. I wish I was a better photographer, but this is about as good as it got. It was a little difficult to get a good one, as you can see here she was more interested in grabbing the ornaments and not looking at me and if she did look at me she was not smiling. I did finally get one of her smiling at me though, and that it what you will see on the Christmas card.

Jacey loves her bath.

Another outfit I almost let her outgrow. I don't know why I keep doing this...maybe that is a hint that she has too many clothes......nah, never!

Aunt KiKi got me this cute hat. Jacey says. "Thanks Aunt KiKi! Isn't it so cute on me!"

Jacey and Nanny at Thanksgiving at Aunt KiKi's. We had lots of fun and ate lots of good food! Thank you Aunt KiKi for opening up your new home for us all to come and enjoy some good family time! We had a blast and we love your new home.

Just a sweet picture of the precious angel. She cracks us up with her cute little wrinkled up nose.

This is one of my favorite outfits. I was having trouble getting a good picture of her in it.

She did not really care about paying any attention to me and the camera this time.

G-Pa and his Ram!

Craig ,G-Pa and Kyle went on a hunt this past weekend and look what G-Pa got! I can't remember the exact name of the kind of ram this is, but anyway here is a picture of it. Kyle video taped the hunt and did a great job. It was fun to watch the boys go on their hunt. The place seemed to be really neat. It was somewhere around Moody where Kyle lives.

Birthday Boys

I am sad I am really late getting something posted for Uncle Kyle and Craig's birthdays. I planned on me and Jacey making them a card like we have in the past, but it just never happened. I have had a few too many things going on, and that is just one of the things that didn't get done. Sorry Uncle Kyle and Daddy! We did get to go to Kyle's this weekend and had a lot of fun. Craig and Kyle were feeling a little old and tired after their hunt so here they are playing on the walker! haha

7 Months

I know I probably say this every month, but I can't believe our sweet baby is 7 months old already! We are a little late getting this posted because we left for Kyle's Friday afternoon, and I didn't have time to post it before we left. We had a little bit more of a hard time getting a picture made this time. She kept reaching for her little sign and trying to put it in her mouth. Usually I take about 10 pictures or more to have plenty to choose from, but not this time. I was lucky to get just 3! Here is what she is up to now...

- Started saying "Da-Da" Craig loves every bit of that and likes rubbing it in too!

- Sleeping through the night a lot more often. Every now and the she wakes up once, but I can handle that. More cuddeling time for me!

- Still wearing size 2 diapers and mostly all 6-9 month clothes. There are a few 3-6 months things that she can still wear.

- Almost sitting up on her own. She can for about a minute now then she falls over. Poor thing has a little bit of a big head and it causes her to topple over sometimes!

- Still rolling all over the place, not crawling yet. Got on one knee the other day, so maybe it won't be too long before she is really mobile!

- She is doing the funniest thing with her face...she wrinkles her nose up and blows in and out her nose real fast...it is pretty cute! Craig's mom said he did the same thing when he turned a year old! Crazy how even expressions are passed on to our little ones!

- Really interested in just about anything you put in front of her. Especially phones, napkins, and remote controls just to name a few.

- Her hair is growing more and more. Some days it looks light brown and some days it looks a little red. Gets that from her daddy!

We love you so much Jacey Kate, and we are having so much fun watching you grow! It goes way too fast sometimes though.

7

Chunky Monkey!

Oh this costume made me laugh! This is our little chunky monkey! Isn't she just too cute. I had to put the bow on her so there was no mistaking that this was a little girl in there! haha We had a fun first Halloween. We went to our church in Vernon to the "Trunks or Treat". It was real cute. There were a bunch of cars lined up that had decorated the trunks of their cars and were passing out candy. Aunt Virginia was there and had the cutest trunk by far! From there, we went out to the 4-H barn for the Camp Fire Halloween Carnival. This was mostly for Jordan to play games, but we did get to show Jacey off a little bit too! Then of course we took Jordan trick or treating down Paradise street. It was crazy to me how much trick or treating has changed. There just aren't many houses that participate anymore. Sad. I guess everyone just goes and does the activities at church which are probably safer anyway!

So Cute It's Scarey!

Here is my little sweet pumpkin in all of her Halloween outfits! We have been wearing them all month and had to wear them all again this past week one more time. It makes me so sad when she outgrows something or it goes out of season because it makes it seem like time is going by just way too fast.

Catching up!

I am so sorry it has been so long since I have put up a post of what Miss Jacey Kate has been up to these days. We have been out of town a lot the past few weekends which has not given me much time to get anything done around the house or to do any blogging! I have been taking pictures though! Enjoy!...

It seems as though Jacey has discovered her tongue! She has been sticking it out a lot here lately. It cracks me up every time. I managed to catch her in action! haha



She was having a ball in her jumper. She was jumping and spinning and squealing and just loving every minute of it!

Just a random picture of her playing in the exersaucer. She loves this little toy too!

This is what I look like when Daddy feeds me! hahaha

This is my precious angel when she wakes up in the morning! This is the sweet face I see every time I go in her room to get her. She is such a happy little girl! I will never forget how special it is every morning when I get to hold her and love on her very first thing in the morning. She makes every morning wonderful! Oh, how I love my baby girl! =)

She has started sleeping in her room and loving it. She had been sleeping at the end of our bed in her bassinet every since she was born, but we finally decided to try her out in her room. It was hard the first few nights. I missed having her close, and I got up probably every couple of hours and went to check on her.

My, I mean, G-Pa's New Toy

A post from Jacey....

Hi there everyone. Mommy finally let me write on her blog! I wanted to tell you all about this really cool toy my G-Pa brought over to my house today. People keep telling me it is my birthday today, so I guess this thing was all for me! How cool is that! Mommy keeps telling me that it is not all mine and that I have to share with G-Pa. I wonder what I will get when I turn one year old if this is what I get when I am only 6 months old! As you can see, Daddy let me drive. I will be such a good driver when I grow up. I think it will be really fun to ride this down to the river with my family and go fishing. I am not really sure what fishing is, but G-Pa and Daddy keep talking about it, so it must be a lot of fun. Momma says I should wait and go with her because she usually catches way more fish than Daddy does. I can't wait until I can take my friends to the farm and we can ride the hunting buggy all by ourselves. Momma says that won't happen for a REALLY LONG time, but all I have to do is smile and I bet she will let me do whatever I want. I am starting to get a little sleepy, so I guess I better go to bed. It was fun talking to all of you. I hope Mommy lets me write on her blog again soon!

6 Months!

Can you believe it, our little baby is 6 MONTHS OLD!!!! This has been the greatest 6 months ever. we have been having so much fun. I know I say that every time, but it just keeps getting more and more fun. This little girl is so precious to us!

Jacey had her 6 months doctor appointment on her birthday...shots on her birthday...not nice! She did so good though. She got 3 shots today, and she only cried with one of them for about 15 seconds or so. We were so proud of her! She is 26 inches long (75th percentile) and weighs in at a wopping 17 pounds and 14 ounces (90th percentile). She got upgraded to stage 2 baby food.

Here is what she has been up to this past month:

-She has really started reaching for things, especially people's glasses, jewelry and cell phones!

-She is trying really hard to sit up on her own, but not there quite yet.

-She is enjoying being in her exersaucer a little more which has been nice for mommy to get supper cooked.

-She is more and more vocal all the time. She really likes to hear herself talk, I think. She does this funny little growl. She is going to be a monkey for Halloween, but I think I might should have chosen the lion!

-She is able to eat some fruit now. So far we have tried bananas, peaches and applesause. Much to our suprise she does not like peaches at all!

-She is rolling all over the place.

-She is very alert and knows her momma and daddy's voices...melts our hearts!

- She continues to be a very happy and very good baby!

We love you Jacey Kate!

Happy Birthday Aunt KiKi

Today is Aunt KiKi's Birthday! Happy Birthday to you Aunt KiKi, we love you! Hope you are having a wonderful day! As you can see, Jacey thought she might try to hold the sign with her toes! haha

Happy (late) Birthday G-Pa!!

Jacey made something especially for you!

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Glad to be home

I just love this little girl to pieces! She is so sweet and such a great baby! Thank you Lord, for such a precious gift.

We just got home a little while ago from Will and Maranda's wedding in Brenham. We had a really good time. It was good to get out of town and away from home for a few days. Jacey did great for the long car ride of about 5 1/2 hours! She was good during the ceremony too. I was really nervous that she was going to make one of her loud squawks during the wedding, but she didn't make a peep! We didn't stay at the reception too long....mostly because the electricity went out! Will and Maranda will have a story to tell that is for sure! They had to do the garter toss and bouquet toss on the dark! It was pretty comical!

Jacey was a little tired of being in the car just as we started to get into town, so when we got home I put her in her floor to play while I put up her stuff. As you can see below, she was having a ball! I found her playing with that little thing on the base board that keeps the door from hitting the wall. She was content for quite a while with that thing!

Jacey Fix

It seems like forever since I have posted any pictures of my little angel, so I found these two recent pictures and thought I would share them with you. I loved this little brown and white outfit. I almost waited too long for her to wear it because it is a little snug around her little fat thighs! The other one is of her and her daddy before church yesterday. She got a lot of compliments on her little outfit...another one I almost waited too long for her to wear. I have a bad habit of waiting for special occasions to wear some of my favorite outfits. I want them to look new for that occasion, so I wait. She has almost outgrown several outfits because I do that.....ya think it means she might have too many clothes.....nah, never too many clothes!

Going Out to Eat

Nonnie was here in town last week and decided to stay long enough to go out to eat. Jacey got all dressed up in a cute outfit and we went to The Pelican. It was really yummy. Jacey did so good. She did not cry one time! She played in her infant carrier with her little baby and just had a ball. She is such a good baby, I just love this little girl to pieces!

Eating with Hana

Hana got to feed Jacey for the first time. She did real good, but I think Jacey thought Hana wasn't going quite fast enough so she stole the spoon from her and decided to feed herself! Jacey and Hana had a lot of fun. Hana came to babysit while Craig and I went to Wednesday night church.

Heidi and The Frog

One night after it had been raining Heidi went outside and found her a little friend. She was so funny with the little frog. She would almost get nose to nose with it and wag her tail real big. It was pretty cute. Then she started pawing it and if it jumped she would chase it. She flipped it over one time and I think she wasn't quite sure what to do with it then!

5 Months!

It is so hard to believe that Miss Jacey Kate is 5 Months old already! She is getting so much personality more and more everyday. She makes us laugh a whole lot. The sweetest thing is when she smiles and wrinkles up her little nose. The funniest thing is her noises. There are so many, I don't think I could even begin to describe them all. I think I speak for Craig too when I say these have been the best 5 months of our lives!

What Jacey is up to now:

- She is has been eating veggies and cereal for about a month now. We have tried green beans, squash, and sweet potatoes. Her favorite has been the sweet potatoes. She also has been doing the rice cereal in the mornings...not lovin' that too much.

- She is rolling over from both sides and is going from her tummy to her back now too.

- She is becoming a Daddy's girl more and more everyday. Her little face lights up when she sees him. He is able to get her to laugh too with his rapping...yep, that was no typo!

- She still loves her bath and her swing.

- We got a rug a few weeks ago so she could roll around on the floor without having to be on the hard wood floors. She seems to really like it.

- She is still being inconsistent with sleeping through the night. She is waking up usually once, every now and then she sleeps through the night.

- She is wearing mostly all 3-6 month clothes, and size 2 diapers.

- She has stayed in the church nursery. We started going to a marriage class on Wednesdays so we thought it would be a good time to try it out. She did fine. We have not had to take her on Sundays because we have a really nice nursing moms room that we sit in during church and then she has been going with us to Sunday school.

We love you Jacey Kate! Can't wait to see what you will do in the coming month!

Squash

We are in a big girl high chair now! She seems to like it much better than the bumbo. She was starting to get a little stuck in the bumbo and it would make her a little angry! This is much better!

Miss Jacey has been LOVING her squash! It took a whole week to get through one little thing of green beans, but she halfway through her second thing of the squash in just half a week! She is doing a little better with the cereal too, but doesn't just love it. I was a little worried about this whole food thing for a while, but she is starting to get it. Guess it just took us both a little getting used to!

Check out those little jelly rolls!! haha....why are those not cute when ya get old?

I Can Fly!!!

Jacey loves to fly with G-Pa as you can see! He brought her those adorable little shoes...aren't they just too cute! Thanks G-Pa!

Exersaucer!!!

I got this for Jacey the day she had her 4 month appointment. I knew she was going to get shots and I wanted to get her a treat! I know she doesn't have a clue about the whole "treat" thing, but Momma sure felt better getting her something fun after those yucky shots! Do you think she is spoiled?