A Whole New Year

Wow, I can't believe that it's already more than halfway through January. Again, sorry for my lack of blogging. I guess I'm just not motivated to blog because I don't know if anyone out there ever reads it. Does anyone read it? Please comment if you do so I know you're there! Who am I talk though? I read all of my friends' blogs and I never comment. So, anyways, I can't believe it's January! Christmas came and went. Our Christmas was wonderful as always (sorry, no pictures for now. Lance has them all on his phone). Jace actually was sick through Christmas. He was feeling well enough that we were able to go to our familys' houses on Christmas Day, but everyday before and after that, we pretty much enjoyed the comfort of our own home. This was actually the first year that Jace was actually super excited for Santa Claus and the presents and everything. He just brings me such joy.

Anyways, what we've been up to. Jace is in preschool. Not sure if I've mentioned that yet, but he started preschool at the beginning of December. He was diagnosed with aspergers a few months ago and got accepted into a special preschool in our school district. I still can't believe my little boy is in school. I wasn't expecting that for another year or 2.

This was the best picture I could get of him on his first day. Isn't he such a stud? I still can't believe how grownup he is.

Jace also started Sunbeams at the beginning of the month. I wasn't so sure how he was going to do because there aren't toys in there and they do a lot of coloring. Jace has never been one to sit down and color like other kids. Also, I play the piano in primary and I thought that the second he came into sharing time, he would high-tail it to me. Well, Jace did great in Sunbeams that first week, but once all the kids went potty, he had to come find me because "he had to go potty too" (at the time, he wasn't potty trained at all and refused to go potty, so he used it as an excuse to leave class). I made him go back to class, which he wasn't so happy about. Then, just as I assumed, the second he saw me at the piano in sharing time, he ran straight to me and was upset when I let his teacher take him back to sit with his class. He pretty much cried all through sharing time that week. After week 1, I think he knew what to expect and has done great in Sunbeams. Now he loves it, and when we get home from church, he'll attempt to sing the songs he's learned. It makes me happy to know that even though he doesn't "sing" in sharing time, he does still pick up the songs. With the aspergers though, he's always been really amazing at memorizing.

So, potty training Jace has been a super frustrating process. I think if it was up to Jace, he would never go potty. Well, with going to preschool and Sunbeams, he's had to go into the bathroom a lot with his little friends. And he tells me about it. So, finally I decided last week that it was time to just stick him in underwear and tell him his diapers were all gone. And....it's worked like a charm. He's been amazing at telling me he needs to go potty. He's only gone #2 in the potty once. I honestly think he holds it until nap time and can poop in his pullup. He also really struggles other places and if other people need to help him. He's just more comfortable with mom or dad helping him. He kind of freaks out if other people try to make him go. So, he's been doing good, but we still have a long way to go. We need to still work on going other places, going #2, and standing to go #1.

And here's our last update for this post.

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BABY #2 IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AUGUST 11!
Okay, so I facebooked this awhile ago, so if you don't check facebook and read this, then it'll be news to you. It took longer than expected to get pregnant this time, but we are way excited that Jace is FINALLY going to be a big brother. I think he's excited too, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't completely understand what's going on and how it's going to affect him. So far, this pregnancy has been slightly more difficult than my first one, but I'm still pretty lucky compared to most pregnancies. I went through about a week of really bad nausea, but since then, it has pretty much subsided. I'm VERY picky about what I will and won't eat, which is to be expected. We had our first doctors appointment on Friday and it was so wonderful to see the little person inside of me. The best part was seeing its arms going all over the place. The doctor said with its heartbeat, it's a girl, but of course, it's too early to say right now. I think everyone's secretly hoping for a girl, but we'll be happy with either.

Anyways, that's everything as of late that I have to share for now. To end, here are some way cute pictures we got of Jace at my sister's wedding back in October.