Celebrating two births and a New Year

I have been a bit slow blogging for December. So I thought I would just combine the two events for the month.

Our darling little boy Jace turned 1 this month on December 16th! I can not believe it has already been one year since he was born. We invited family over to join us in singing happy birthday, eating cake, and opening presents. Jace seemed to love his cake but was not willing to dig into it like a crazed one year old usually does. He sort of just picked at the frosting and nibbled at the cake. He also refused to open any of his presents which turned out well for his siblings and cousins who were chomping at the bit to help him out. I honestly think there was just too much noise and confusion for him to be able to focus much. I made him a duck cake since his first word other than mama and dada was duck. To celebrate turning one, Jace also decided to start walking! Yay for Jace!

All of Jace's cousins wanted to help open the presents and play with the toys.

Is that a marshmallow?? It feels squishy like one... I think it is a marshmallow!

Happy Birthday Jace! You are 1!!!! Have a Duck Cake.

The second birth we celebrated was that of our Lord Jesus Christ. Christmas went well. We attended church with Mom and Dad Wilde and ate a lot of good food. The kids loved opening their Christmas presents and seeing all their grandparents and relatives.

Ashton got new star wars including the Millennium Falcon, cars, clothes, shoes, an ant farm, puzzles, a toy rifle, tools, and other stuff. He has really been enjoying all his new stuff especially his puzzles and his new shoes. Why shoes? Because he can actually tell which foot his new shoes go on!

Sage received lots of hair stuff, pet shop, clothes, a suit case, books, a tadpole rearing kit, paint by number art kit, and... ummm other stuff that is not coming to mind. She has been having a blast reading her Pippi Books and devours them within a few nights. She has also been enjoying her Pet Shop which is to be expected.

Jace got some fun toys but was pretty oblivious to what was going on. His favorite thing he got was his push car and some small wood cars. He loves running the walker back and forth and get frustrated when he runs into walls. The small toy cars he will roll all around the house and loves destroying them and building them back up.

Christmas was a lot of fun this year. It was nice seeing some of my brothers and sisters that I do not see too often and dinner was delicious (Thanks Mom Wilde for working so hard on that). But by the end of the day we were all tired and glad to be in our warm beds.

Some of the spoils of the day. Ashton was pretty pleased.

Ashton's face when he saw the Millennium Falcon under the tree with a big bow on it. Notice the mismatching socks... yeah Santa brought him new socks:)

Sage shows us some of her newly acquired stuff.

Look mom its the pet shop I wanted and it walks!!

Jace claps for himself and his present.

Dad I can help you in the garage now!

Sage made me a ceramic pot holder:)

I should mention that we did celebrate the new year.... even if we did not do too much. We went to the park, ate out at Sizzlers, and played games with the kiddos. We then went to bed since the kids are too young to stay up and Curtis and I are apparently too old. At midnight the fireworks woke Curtis up which in turn he woke me up, asked for a new year kiss and went back to bed. I know, we are quite the party animals! lol. Now on with the new year! Wonder what it will bring...