Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

The Last Few Days

I took some pictures of some of Jace's favorite things to do now... and a few cute outfits!  Jace has already grown out of a few outfits...it was a sad night a few nights ago when I had to box up the sleeper we took him home from the hospital in :(

 Jace loves to be cuddled and rocked in his rocking chair.  He especially likes his lullabyes...the ones by Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam and the 80's tunes!

 Uncle Mark came for a visit and some cuddles!

 Jace plays in this all the time!!!!! 

A gift from Ally... his "I'm Told I Like Hockey" onesie!

A very cute outfit from Nana and Papa!

Sleeping Beauty

Curt and I have been pretty lucky with our little man and his sleeping.  Although we would both love it if he would sleep through the night, he does a great job of sleeping anywhere!  We even took him to a basketball game at my school and he slept through all the cheers, whistles and buzzers!

Here are a few of my favorite pics of him sleeping!

 Jace and Curt nap like this usually once a night! So cute!!!

 Curt took this picture before he went to work.  Once Curt is up and getting ready for work, if Jace is awake I will bring him into bed with me for a few cuddles before we get up!  Looks like we fell asleep here!

 Jace loves his vibrating chair!

He also loves his swing!!!  It makes me dizzy to watch it though!



Minus A Billion Outside...

Today it was minus a billion outside (okay it was like -40) so Jace and I decided to have a pajama day at home!  Here is a recap of our day...

Tummy time, not so bad anymore!

Either Jace is getting use to tummy time, or he has realized it's not worth fighting it!

So since it was so cold out, this is what Jace decided to do... have a nap while being wrapped up in "big blue" on the couch.

This is later in the day, Jace decided to take another nap, this time on a different spot on the couch, and in a more leisurely fashion!

Jace had a tummy ache, so after some puke I changed him and he wanted to nap AGAIN!  Hands up by his face is his signature style!

We got bored of napping and I put Twilight on the TV.  We cuddled on the floor and watched the movie!

Here he is watching the movie.  Notice he is in his THIRD outfit of the day (it's only 2pm!)

Curt and I cannot wait for Jace to get big enough to play in some of the toys we bought him.  Curt put together a bunch of the toys and we anxiously waited for Jace to get up from his nap so we could put him in his Jumperoo.  If you look closely at the pictures, you will notice that he may have to get a bit bigger to fit!!!  So funny to watch!!!!

You can barely see his head!

Not much fun when you can't see over the seat!!!!

Time to get out!  I have to admit we were laughing pretty hard at this point!

Professional Pics!

We had a professional photographer take pictures of Jace when he was about 3 weeks old.  She did an amazing job, and was so patient!  It took three tries to get the pictures!  Here are a few of my favorite pictures.  It was so hard to choose just a few!  You may see more on here in the days to come!

I love this one, Jace is making all kinds of faces lately and he is so expressive!  He has beautiful dark blue eyes!

 A cute shot of his little hand!

 Jace and I having a heart to heart.  I think it went something like this "Please Jace, just go to sleep for 10 minutes so we can get your pictures taken.  You don't even have to sleep if you don't want to!  Just fake it!  Please...for mommy!"

 Jace's ever present little smirk when he sleeps!

 My wonderful, extraordinary, amazing husband with our little man.  Curt has been a rock star in the parenting department!  He is so good with Jace and does so much with him already, we are both very lucky to have him in our lives!

 Family shot!  I'm standing on my toes so I don't look so short!

 Poor Kai, she tried so hard to get Jace bundled up perfectly for this shot, and he wanted none of it!  Just as she got him wrapped tight he would wiggle his way out!  He has to sleep in a sleep sack at night because he is such a wiggle worm!

 Our sleeping angel, always has his hands up!

 Jace loves to scratch and fuss with his hands, so he usually has mitts on.  This is characteristic of him, hands up at his face!

I love baby feet!

 This is one of mine and Curt's favorite pictures.

My little man and I!

3 Weeks Old Already!

Jace is 3 weeks old today!  Here are a few pictures over the last 3 weeks.  He has changed so much already!  He is gaining weight like crazy and is such a wiggle worm!

We had professional pictures taken this weekend and today, Jace did not want to sleep at all during the photo shoot!  He was too busy moving around to get his picture taken.  Stay tuned for some of the pics!

Baby Tips

My middle school students put together a list of baby tips for myself and Curt.  I thought I would share some of my favorites! 

* Prepare for late nights
* Watch out for the baby farts
* Never buy loud toys
* Never open a diaper without a nose plug
* Give him awesome clothes to wear
* Get a jolly jumper because they are totally awesome
* Don't let the baby hear bad words
* Prepare to sepnd money
* Watch out for barf
* Never wake up the baby, you'll be sorry
* Put him in baseball as soon as possible
* Give him lots of kisses everyday
* Watch out for puke, it can fly far
* Start with hockey early
* Always bring spare clothes for baby and you, babies are MESSY
* Don't let them play with fire
* Don'y forget to feed them
* Remember to give him lots and lots of presents
* Remember to have a schedule on who does diaper duty

I loved reading all of the advice from the Grade 7's and 8's.  Curt and I had lots of laughs over this!  Some of the advice has already come in handy!