Jacey- 20 (and a half) months

So I am a little delayed on this post, but who cares, right? I probably wouldn't feel the need to update, but I have been wanting to upload some recent videos of Jace, so this is a perfect time to add a few comments about what he is up to as well.

So, at 20 months, this little (big) guy is busy, busy, busy, and hitting the terrible two's a bit early. He seriously has the most murderous scream. Most of the time he is pretty darn cute, though, so we will keep him. :)

Some tid-bits about Jacer:
*Everywhere we go, people tell us how big Jace is. Yes, we know he is big. Well, actually I forget until I see other kids his age and then it becomes pretty apparent. I don't know his latest stats, but I do know that he is over 30 pounds. He probably weighs more than Flor nowadays. Hmmm..

*He has an ever-expanding vocabulary, but his most often repeated phrases are "I hungry" and "I eat." He has a physique to keep up after all...

*Jace says "no" all the time, but does not say "yes." When he is asked a question and the answer is "yes", he either says, "ok" or "oh." Here are a few examples from today alone:
          -"Jace do you want breakfast?" "Ok."
          -"Jace did you throw your shirt?" "Oh."
          -"Do you want to come with Mommy?" "Oh."
          -"Does your bum stink?" "Ok."

...you get the point. He does nod his head, but that is usually only in reference to food, such as "do you want some of this?" Nod, nod. Funny boy. (you'll see an example of the "ok" in the dog video below. Hallie asks him if he was a dog for Halloween and he says "ok").

*Jace thinks it is great to pinch my face or hit me randomly, but will immediately say "I sorry!" then give me a hug and a kiss. I know I shouldn't laugh about this, but I just can't resist sometimes. He is so clever to know that I won't get after him if he immediately apologizes. Little poop.

*Jacer moved to a big boy bed! Well, it is really his crib just turned into a toddler bed, but Devin and I are big believers in getting the kids used to changes earlier versus later so they have less resistance. He has adjusted like a champ. We haven't had any problems at night, but the first few days at nap time, he would get out and play around. However, the last few days he has gotten right into his bed and napped during nap time too. What a good boy!

*The other thing we are getting him "used to" is the potty. I am really NOT eager to train him too soon-- diapers are just so convenient-- but we do want him to get used to the potty and so he doesn't develop a fear of it. It is funny to think that we really were potty training Hals when she was this old. Jace is definitely not ready, but he does like to sit on the potty and say "I pee-pee!" haha. No, you didn't. However, the first time we sat him on it, he did go #2. I think it was just a fluke, but he was sure proud of himself. I know that is TMI, but gotta record the facts of life. :) So, we just let him sit on his little potty when he wants to. Sometimes it is for 1 second and sometimes it is for 1 minute, but it's all up to him.

*Nursery-- oh nursery. We thought things were improving there...the week before last, he went right in and stayed almost the whole time by himself with no problems. However, last Sunday was horrid. During Relief Society, a ward member came in from Primary to tell me that she could hear someone crying upstairs so she went to check and it was Jace. Not only was he crying, but he was kicking the door and pounding his fists (remember that early terrible two's??) She was so alarmed that she came right to get me. Sheesh. Yes, mine is the kid kicking the door up there-- don't worry! We will keep trying though and see how things go.

Here are a few cute pictures of our boy:

Resting on mom and dad's bed

Yummy donuts with Aunt Mari Ann

This is the only time I have found him out of his bed at night. Poor thing-- sleeping right there on the floor. That can't be comfortable!

And some videos: The first is Jace acting like a dog. He uses this dog towel and as soon as we put it on him each time, he makes a "woof woof" sound. He feels the need to act the part, you know. His "woof woof" is funny though as it is closed lip- always.
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This one is Jace saying some of his words. I love his little voice and was happy that he cooperated enough to capture some of the things he says. Apparently he was wanting to talk about airplanes the whole time. Who knows where that came from...

And a couple of him dancing. He has some awesome moves; I am telling you...