All Things Jace

This little human has captured our hearts! We all adore him. He literally has every one of us wrapped around his tiny little fingers.

Some of my favorite things about him now that he is two:

*The fact that he has learned to run

*The way that he has learned to speak in sentences, using several words at a time

*His independence and wanting to do things himself. He always says, "no, I do it." Which sounds more like, "nah I duet."

*I love how he calls any body of water whether it is a lake, a swimming pool or a bathtub a HOT BATH

* I love that he likes to go for boat rides in "Papa's boat".  He has to sit on Jeff's lap and help him drive. He loves it!

*He loves the kitties and the dog. He likes to take Millie's toys and have her play fetch with him.

*I love how obsessed he is with tractors and the Disney movie Moana. Especially the character Maui and his hook.

*He says the cutest little words like:

Tink-A = Thank you 

Tracker = Tractor

Tracker ina dirt = Tractor in the dirt

Ocean = Moana's boat oar

Chinko Chinko Widdo Dar = Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Maui's Hook! = Maui's Hook 

 

Jace Turns 2 🎉 🚜

Our sweet, little Jace turned two today!  We celebrated with a tractor party because he LOVES tractors!  He was absolutely darling and so happy.  He loved eating dinner, opening presents and eating cake!  He got the most fun presents! Lots of tractors, cars, a cute giraffe that I bought him back in April when we were in Disneyland because it reminded me of Jens toy giraffe, named Swizzle, that he had growing up and still has today.  He also got a big Maui doll from the movie Moana, along with Maui's hook.  He was so excited!  He loved every single present and got the hang of opening them, setting them aside, thanking the person and opening up the next gift real quick. 🥰

His grandma Camille made an absolutely darling tractor cake.  Jens grilled hamburgers and hotdogs for dinner.  Grandma Nedra made rice crispies that she cut up into hay bale stacks with cute tractors in the middle of them. Alex made the orange Jell-O cones and I made the salad.  We missed Caden & Halle, who were in St. George with the Hopkins side. We also missed Austin who was at a bachelor party and Tyson and his wife, who were in Alaska.

When Jace was born, he had eight grandma's alive! 

Me, 

my mom Gloria, 

my stepmom, Nancy, 

Jeff's mom, Julie, 

and Jeff's grandma Clella.

Alexandra's mom, Camille

Camille's mom, Nedra

and Ben's mom Pat

So far, he has only lost one grandmother, my mom Gloria. Tonight he was able to have five of his grandmother's here! I think that's pretty amazing to have that many alive and involved in his life.  Tonight he had two grandmas, two great grandmas, and one great great grandma present!  My stepmom Nancy lives in Hurricane so she wasn't here, and his great grandma Pat Burk couldn't make it tonight either.