Winterfest Fun!

In January, I was out of town for work in Sunny California.  Not like I got to enjoy myself or anything... all work, no play... but, lots of fun was going on back in snowy michigan!


It was Winterfest! Which means cardboard sled races and fun in the snow!! 

Hanging out with his buddy Josy!

It was a little chilly, happy to be heading home!

It's been a while...

So, we don't need to go into the fact I have been a SLACKER!!  I know, it's been forever and a lot has gone on in the Bowen world.  I will sum it up and try to keep better updates from here on out!  (I'll try...)

Let's start with Christmas! 

He was such a big help with the lights!

Christmas "Family Photos" always make me laugh, because they never turn out "perfect"
You can't get everyone looking at the camera! :)

Jace with all of his cousins!  (see, like I said, NO WAY were we going to get everyone looking in this one!)



4 Generations of Bowen Boys!!  My favorite Christmas memory!



Christmas was fun, Jace was sort of interested in opening presents, he liked playing with his presents, more so the boxes! It was kind of sad because there wasn't a lot of snow to play in this winter... but we had fun playing outside anyway, snow or no snow! 

Loves the snow!!

Jace LOVES to shovel with his Daddy!

His perfect little sled worked great!!

big boy boots

Life in the Bowen household is so fun!  Jace keeps the smiles & giggles happening often.  I know, it will come as a big surprise, but Jace is a talker!  ;)
You all know his first word was "tractor", of course Dada & since then he has added "Mama" (FINALLY), other simple ones are- dog, duck, down, up, door, bubbles, buh-bye, hat, ball, hot, broom, shoes, socks, boots, deer.
Jackson (his buddy at day care)
shone (which is Phone),
and his new favorite is,  Uh-Oh.  I think he purposefully drops things just to say it!
And he doesn't say the animal (lion or tiger) but he loves to growl like them!  It is quite cute! 
He loves reading his 1000 word book and others that have fun pictures of things that he can recognize. 
He also knows where his HEAD, EYES, EARS, BELLY & FEET are! :) 

I know, most of you warned me that once he started walking, look out he would be running!  So, here's how we slowed him down!

Put him in Big Boy Boots!  ;)

BIRTHDAY BOY!

It's so hard to believe that one year ago, our world changed.  Changed in more ways than we'd ever know... The best of life was yet to come!  This past year has been unbelievable!  Jace has brought so much Joy, laughter, smiles and love into our lives. 
To Celebrate the past year we had a fun gathering on his birthday.  Here are a few pictures to show how much Jace enjoyed his cake.

It was such a beautiful day and we were blessed with wonderful weather, great family and friends who joined us in celebrating Jace's 1st Birthday!! 

11 months old (Already?)

I can't believe it... in 1 month Jace will be 1 Year Old!!!
Crazy how time flies!! 
His newest "tricks" are: opening ANY door, drawar, cupboard he can.
Standing on his own, until he gets "wobbly legs" then he plops down.
Saying, "Tractor"- it sounds more like, "tra-to"

Baptism

July 31st, Jace was Baptized! 
It was a great service. Jace did so well.  Being the "talker" that he is...you know there were a few fun "Jace" noises during the ceremony.  ;)

Great Grandma Kean, Grandma and Grandpa Bowen, Aunt Lindsay, Grandma and Grandpa Whiting, Bethany, Trevor, Gwendalyn & Harrison Judd were all there to celebrate with us! 

10 months

I know, I'm a little late.. But as you can imagine, things are a little busy around here.  I have no idea how all the other mothers find time to get their postings up in such a timely fashion!! ;)

Anyway, life around here has been a blast!  Jace loves crawling everywhere, pulling himself up, chewing on almost anything, finding EVERYTHING he's not supposed to!
He is a big fan of anything that "crinkles"- tissue paper, wrapping paper, newspaper, anything!!
He loves immitating you when you laugh at him. It is quite comical. 
He also loves it when you sneeze, he tries that too.  It is basically him spitting all over himself!

My last post was about his "little white line" and his crazy high fever... Well, the little white line has since disappeared!  AHHH, the poor little guy!  I just hope that when it decides to come back again it isn't so painful and miserable for him! 

We will be celebrating his baptism this weekend!!  Lots has happened this month in his world & we are so excited to end the month with a fun Celebration of Baptism!!

Here are some fun pictures:

Playing with paper, it makes a fun noise

So big!

"ohh, what's this??"

Ha! I LOVE my highchair, especially when you are feeding me

:)