Jace 6 months....

In January Jace turned 6 months....I took his pictures at my house and my sister Jen was kind enough to edit them for me.  I thought they turned out great!! It seems silly to do this now that he is almost 10 months, but I've got to get it down for my journaling purposes....So 3 1/2 months ago this is what Jace was doing:

 STATS: 16 lbs. 9 oz
               27 inches

 *Rolls everywhere and runs into everything

 *Does cute clicky thing with thumb and pointer finger

 *Knows how to get your attention with a short little scream "AH"

 *Knows how to get Cade in trouble....just starts to fuss even before Cade is close to him! Little stinker!

 *He's pretty clever, and thinks he's pretty funny.  He's already trying to keep up with Cade and gets so frustrated when Cade leaves the room.

 *Getting closer to crawling! Gets up on all 4's and looks like he's going to take off and then just rocks.  He does this "pike" position that looks like "downward dog" It's funny to watch.

 *He LOVES real food!

 *"Explores" with his pointer finger....He's always pointing or touching stuff with it, it's pretty funny some of the things he finds...holes in shoes, nail holes in walls, the shower "button",

 *Has a funny growl, "disgusted" face with scrunched nose and all, and does this fake cough thing. You can tell he just wants to communicate so badly and he's finding funny ways to do it.

 *LOVES his big brother! Cade can make him laugh so hard. It's so cute to see the connection they already have. 

 Good eater and good sleeper! He's a little picky sometimes and wants to move on to real food.  Just like Cade, Jace sleeps through the night like a champ! Done with breast milk because it just decided to stop! :(

 *Has such a great disposition! He's super smiley and happy and just kind of mellow! He's a good sport and lets Cade torment him and tags along with everything we do.

 and Cade certainly couldn't be left out! Especially with his awesome moose jammies on! :)

I love my boys!!

It's MAY already!!??

Oh boy I am already failing at one of my main goals this year.....organize photos and stay up on blog! LOL! As you can see it's not really happening for me. Anyway...It's been a good year for us so far and our two boys are just growing like crazy! Cade is just hilarious and wild and crazy and ALL boy! He definitely keeps us on our toes....something I don't think he will outgrow. :) He is 3 1/2 and just too smart for his own good and too independent for his moms good.  I have a few funny stories that might sum up Cade's fun personality, quick thinking and whit:
We live on 10 acres and have ditches all around us so we really try to stress the danger of the ditch and Cade is suppose to answer mom and dad when we call his name the FIRST time. Doesn't always happen and I try to test him quite often just knowing that he would like to figure out how dangerous they really are for himself. One day he was out front playing and I went inside to put Jace down in his crib and I came back out and couldn't see him....
ME: Cade! Please answer mommy......CADE! Answer mommy!.........CADE!!!!!!!!
He never answers but I can hear the rocks shuffling behind Bryans truck so I walk over there...a little upset....
ME: Cade! why didn't you answer mommy?
CADE: Mom....I've got some bad news!
ME: (trying not to laugh or even smile) What is the bad news?
CADE: A bear just hit me in the face....and now I don't feel very good
ME: Sorry that a bear hit you but you still need to answer mommy!!

Lately Cade is really into announcing/introducing games or activities..."Ladies and Gentlemen...Please welcome....." He's gotten it off of one of his little shows Bubble Guppies. Another bit that'll help this story is when I ask him to go get me something (diaper, wipes, kleenex...) I try to describe the object like "can you get me the wipes in the purple and white package"...
I couldn't get him to pick up his toys so I started to announce it....
ME: Ladies and Gentlemen, now presenting CADE Sargent....the fastest toy picker upper ever...I don't know folks, do you think he can do it?
Needless to say we finally got the toys picked up. Later that day we were outside cleaning up the yard and cleaning out daddy's truck and Cade was in the back of the truck and said....
CADE: Hey mom, I got an idea....it's a good one. How about you go get me....it's blue and it's white....guess what it is...
ME: I don't know Cade
CADE: (hands in the air and very enthusiastic) It's my puppy!! It's up in my room
ME: Cade, mommy needs to finish cleaning out the truck before Jace wakes up
CADE: (his L's are pronounced like Y's) YADIES and GENTLEMEN.... Now presenting... MOMMY SARGENT!! On your marks....get set....go....
Well! I HAD to go get the puppy now! It was way too cute!

He loves to listen to stories and it is so cute when he tries to tell stories.  His voice gets a little softer and lower and he hunches over..."once upon a time..." and my favorite is "and then" when he gets to the good part of the story.  Also lately he's really been into surprising us with silly things, especially Jace.  "Hold on guys, I've got a surprise....it's a really good one....you're going to love it...." and then he usually brings Jace a toy or book or something like that.

Cade is definitely a handful and there are hard days that's for sure, but I love him SO much! He is all the things I have mentioned but he's also kind, caring, compassionate, thoughtful, funny, creative, smart, CUTE!

Jace is almost 10 months!! WHAT!!!?? That's impossible I think! But it is very true! He is so stinking cute I can't stand it! He is such a smiley, happy baby....but don't let him fool ya! He's got a little attitude in there....He's getting a little feisty lately and it's hilarious on one hand, but not so funny on the other.  He's been crawling for a couple months now and is getting more brave with the walking stuff.  He will pull himself up on EVERYTHING and sometimes let go and stand for a bit and is also getting really good at squats.  He's different from Cade in the sense of getting in to everything. Cade was definitely an explorer but he moved on...if Jace likes something, or wants to put something in his mouth he doesn't get distracted easily! He stays focused until he reaches it or it is in his mouth!
He has this little growl he does, I'm sure he learned from his older brother.  If you growl at him he will most likely growl right back at you.  He is a natural when it comes to making boy noises....vroom vroom-ing cars and pushing them around like he totally knows how to drive cars....roaring like lions, bears, dinosaurs....whatever big brother is roaring with....and a nice, lovely scream. :) He also does this little nose scrunch thing and it's the cutest thing ever!  He will scrunch his nose and slightly open his mouth if he is disgusting with anything!  Big Brother gets that look a lot! He also does this clicking thing with his pointer finger and his thumb.  It's pretty cute.
When Jace gets excited his whole face lights up especially his eyes.  And his little legs just get kicking and he can't stand it!  It's the cutest thing when I'm talking to Bryan on the phone and Jace can hear his voice he tries to grab the phone and starts jabbering.  Then when Bryan gets home from work Jace makes a dash for him.  It's so cute!  Jace seems a little more mellow than Cade, but like I said he's got a fiery side to him....we will see how that pans out!

Jace has been such a blessing to our family and has brought lots of joy to our home!  He is just growing and developing perfectly and we are so blessed to have these amazing, wonderful boys in our family!
Here are some random pictures from the last couple months...

 Yep! It's a tampon! Hey, whatever it takes sometimes!!

 Cade loves to read and for Christmas my mom got all the grand-kids a subscription to the Highlights magazine...so every month in the mail he gets a new one and he says "is it MY magazine"

 Cade is a really great helper around the house and I think I've created a monster because he loves to help me clean!

 I try to do some kind of "learning" activity with Cade at least once a week and that includes working on letters :) That is a bee...in the shape of the letter B

 He's always climbing and pretending and making up games and just being a boy!

 Ok so this picture is hilarious because I've been letting Cade pick his own clothes and dress himself...Grandma and Grandpa Sargent brought this shirt home from Hawaii for Cade and he loves it! If I let him he would probably pick it everyday! One day he had on his Hawaiian shirt, these really baggy khaki pants and his army watering boots....we will work on his sense of style.

 Oh my heavens this is Jace almost 7 months! He's a chubs! 

 Our letter A activity

 JACE! He's so smiley!

 Look at those big brown eyes!

 St. Patrick's Day

 Joke in Bryan's family....THE outfit!

 As soon as it got even a little nice outside we were there!!! A little cooped up this year!!

 Too cute!

 Costco had these huge bunny cookies....we had to get them and make them :)

 Trying to keep the winter interesting...swimming at the hotels. Jace wasn't too sure at first and I can't get Cade out!

 I want to do a different post for Easter because there are more pictures and I still need to get some of Jace in his little suit...he was sick on Easter! :(

 Just like last year Cade wasn't too into quantity as he was quality! He wanted what was inside the eggs!

 Dad is a good sport :)

 Stop! Just too cute....again!

 Cade LOVES his dad!!! And LOVES to help! It's so cute he will go and get his tools and digs in!

Hello 2013!

Where has the time gone!?
Jace is now 8 months and thinks he wants to crawl and pull himself up on everything! He LOVES to watch Cade and wants to try to keep up, but can't, so he just kicks his little legs like crazy.  Cade can make Jace laugh so hard, it is so cute.  Jace is so smiley and happy.....MOST the time!  Lately he has found his little bratty side and knows how to get his big brother in trouble already!  He is a stinker, but a dang cute one! He does this little click thing with his thumb and pointer finger only on his right hand.  He also does this little short scream thing to get your attention....his little personality is coming right out!  He's got 2 bottom teeth and one snaggle-tooth fang on top.  He rolls, army crawls, scoots, just about whatever he has to do to reach whatever he's got his sights on! He can say: mama, dada, baba, and sometimes it sounds like he can say hi and ya....he is super ticklish and has the cutest little laugh.  I can't believe he is already 8 months and mobile!

Cade is just as hilarious and wild as usual! He is a great big brother and is learning how to be a big helper whether he likes it or not :) With Cade LISTENING is our biggest challenge! I just always pray that he will learn how to listen someday! HA! He is such a creative, active, goofy, caring, smart little 3 year old! Some funny things about Cade lately:
"I sure am...."
 He uses the word SURE in a good amount of his comments.
MOM: Wow Cade! You are such a great builder!
Cade: I sure am mom
Mom: Did you pick up your farm stuff?
Cade: I sure did mom
You get the idea.....

He's getting more creative and aware with his prayers....
 We don't have to "cue" him as much with his prayers and it's cute to listen to the things he comes up with....grandparents and his friends are a popular prayer topic.
The other night he says "mom, I want to bless the 3 little pigs so they will be brave and not scared of that big bad wolf" I said "wow Cade that would be a great idea!"
He's been having nightmares lately so we tell him that if he gets scared he can say a prayer and Heavenly Father and Jesus will help him to be brave and not scared.....a little while ago he woke up screaming but calmed himself down quickly so I ended up not having to go in and help him.  The next morning I asked him what happened last night? Did you get scared? He says: "ya, I got scared from the mean queen....but Jesus was there and he helped me"
Talk about proud parent moment! SO CUTE!!

Cade is in a gymnastics class and he loves it.  On all 3 "report cards" we've received so far we've had the same comments: needs to work on listening (wow what a surprise) and has ability to do everything just needs to stand still and concentrate! I just laughed and thought: "welcome to my everyday struggles"! He'll get it someday....right? :)


We also go to the library once a week for reading time and he is getting better at actually staying on his little pillow thing and listening to the story.  He has always liked reading books so I think that helps. 

I feel like we haven't done anything too exciting around here, but every week seems to get filled in and we have plenty to do! Can't wait for nice weather to come and STAY so we can get outside! Hopefully I can get caught up here and be ready for all the SUMMER pictures! We shall see!

JACE!

 Now that Jace is almost 5 months old I decided it would be nice to get his 3 month old pictures up! My sis Jen did them for me and Jace was a stinker! I know I probably sound like every mom out there but I have witnesses to back me up....Jace is usually a big time smiler! And when we pulled the camera out....no smiles!! But I think he still is pretty darn cute!

 JACE 3 MONTHS:
*STATS: 14lbs. 14oz.  24" 
*Jabber mouth! He has found his little voice and he wants all to hear!
*Very mellow baby....but will let you know when he is MAD!
*Has the saddest sad cry ever! And the sad bottom lip comes along too!
*Smiles and giggles ALL the time!
*LOVES to watch Cade and will laugh at him and just squirms the whole time! He just wants to get up and play too!
*Fist and Fingers are almost always in his mouth! Thought he was teething at 3 months! Still no teeth!
*Wants to be sitting up ALL the time!
*Found his tongue
*Grabs/swats at toys and objects
*LOVES attention...of course, but he will flirt and talk back
*Follows your voice and sounds very well and now will respond to his name (4 1/2 months)
*He does this leg kick thing and just with his right leg....it's so dang cute and hilarious
*Sucks on his bottom lip, makes him look like an old grandpa
*Blows bubbles
*He's a chubby chubby baby!

CADE

 This year I decided to take Cade's pictures myself and then have my sis edit them....I think they turned really good! Still cant believe he's 3!!

Jace's 3 MONTH pics are next......