Bad momma for not posting more in 2013! Ok - ANY in 2013! I'm really not sure how I've been able to ignore my blog for this long especially in the middle of winter when it is cold out and I never leave the house past 7:00 PM.. but some of life's biggest mysteries are unexplainable, right!? Toddlers are hard to keep up with and I think every night I either collapse early or stay up cleaning - not enough hours in the day!
Here are some cliff notes for what happened this year to catch you up:
Jerex had a 1st birthday party in LaHarpe, thrown by Grandma Cathy and Grandpa Jay over Christmas so the cousins could attend and since the poor guy has a birthday so close to Christmas we have squeeze it all in. It was a Star Wars theme and we even had a 6 foot tall Darth Vader, light saber pretzel treats, hats, star wars cake, and lots of fun. We learned that Jerex isn't a fan of birthday cake. (will add pics later - just realized they are on my other camera.)
After Christmas, Jerex got sick from all the travel. We made the drive to IL then MO then back to CO so he was just plain worn down. He recovered for his actual birthday on Jan 5th and we again tried to feed him some cake which he refused. He made a very large chocolatey mess in his high chair but we got some great pictures!
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| Jerex on his birthday |
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| How old?? 1!! |
After his birthday, January was the time we decided to enroll Jerex part-time in a new daycare to see how he did and mostly to get him some interaction with some other little kids. Jerex is one of three kids attending this daycare so it was perfect for us to know he was in a very small, intimate group and it is only for 3 days a week until he adjusts, we still use our nanny 2 days a week. The first week there Jerex caught the flu and so was sick for a week straight, through MLK weekend and even after that. So THAT wasn't how we wanted to start out daycare but his immune system has done much better since then thank goodness! And he loves going to daycare to hang with his friends!
February started with a visit from my parents, and Jesse had 3 straight weeks of traveling to LA for work, so it was a hectic time that I don't remember very well. I know that Jesse and I sent skiing on Super Bowl sunday and made it back in time for the game to watch it with my parents!
The other big event that happened end of January while my parents were here was Jerex learning to walk with confidence! He had taken his first few steps on Jan 10th, 2013 but then took a little vacation from walking until my mom and dad were here, I guess he wanted to show off. We got to see him take off tentatively at first and then like he had been doing it forever, there was nothing quite like that experience I'll say! It was so cool and mommy got a bit misty eyed. I'll try to post some videos of the walking progression, was amazing how fast he started getting fancy - as in carrying things while walking and going over ledges, walking outside on uneven ground, etc. Big guy!
We had several big snowstorms in Feb and early March and this was right around the time Jerex is picking up more and more words, and of course "Nooooow" for Snow is one of them! He points outside and wants to go play in that snow! He likes doing a lot of sledding and crawling around in the snow. And if only we had waterproof baby gloves for outdoors we'd let him play outside longer than a few minutes at a time! (I swear they don't make baby waterproof gloves??!!)
Here are pics of Jerex, cousin Drake, and some other Jones / Covert family from the holidays:
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| Jerex & Drake |
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| Gma and Gpa Jones and the boys |
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| Jerex trying on Drake's Bears helmet |
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| Great Gma and Gpa Willa and Duane |
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| Happy little guy on Christmas morning! |
Here are just a couple of pics from the Miller / Smith holidays:
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| 2 of the 3 are happy |
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| Posing with Aunt Dean |
Well I hope you've enjoyed my blog catch-up, that is if anyone still even reads this since I have taken a nice little break from posting!!
