Jace's Crazy Hair

As you all know, Jace has some pretty wild hair. So, when we heard that there was a crazy hair contest sponsored by Disney and Johnson & Johnson, we had to enter our little guy. We took many pictures to get just the right one. Stephanie then put on her creative hat and came up with an amazing poem. If you want to read it, check it out at http://family.go.com/contests/crazy-baby-hair-photo/. You will need to click on the Cute Baby Boys tab and find him. We put him on Wednesday night and he is already on the 7th page, which is crazy. How do all of these parents find out about these contests????

For those of you who don't want to go out to the website, here is the picture and the poem:

It's the talk all over town
Our kid has hair that won't stay down

No mousse, no gel, no help, no spray
His hair stands up every which way

A comb, a brush - we've tried it all
His trademark "do", it still stands tall

We love our boy, we love his hair
His crazy hair goes everywhere

A big week!

We had a busy week as a family and things are only going to get busier.

On Thursday night, we had Matt and Janelle over for dinner and a visit. We took them through the new house and we all got quite a show from Jace. It seems that daddy might have shaken Jace up a bit and Jace let loose.... (this is a re-enactment, you can see leftovers on Jace's mouth)

On Saturday, we got up at 4:30am and carpooled with Todd and Matt up to Friday Harbor in San Juan Islands. This meant that Jace got to ride on his first ferry ever, how exciting!

The reason for our journey was to attend Jace's Aunt Amy and Uncle John's engagement party. We had a lot of fun and got to visit with a lot of neat people. The Weaver parents were up from Denver and like everybody who meets them, Jace loved them!

Jace also loves Grandma Kris!



Todd Moore just returned back from a month long trip to Asia and London also got in on the baby holding action.

And of course, Aunt Amy, the VIP of the weekend, wanted her fair share as well!

We were also introduced to a Swedish game called Kubb which can quickly be described as a combination of bowling, horseshoes and chess. There were many games from the day and many winners, but here is a great shot of Kirk, Stephanie and Todd, who won a round very convincingly.

There was a lot of family and many people from the wedding party. The setting was beautiful, located at Amy's father's house. Great times had by all!

This week, the family is in Portland, Jace's first trip to a different state. Stephanie has a conference, so we all have joined in the fun. Jace posed for a picture on the king sized bed with one of the largest bed bugs we have ever seen.

Jesse and Jace went for a walk on an 80+ degree day on Monday. After the long walk, Jace was exhausted....

Mother's Day Weekend Adventures

Happy Mother's Day all of you moms out there.

I would first like to start the blog off with one of my favorite pictures of my lovely and wonderful wife and our adorable son.



This Mother's Day weekend was a good one for us. We spent it visiting with Steph's family and baby horses! That's right, Stephanie's parents have 4 baby colts.



These momma horses are so good, they even checked in on our baby!






On Saturday we visited with the family.



And Jace watched his cousin Hunter go 3 for 4 which helped his team win their game.


(you can see the ball that he hit to center field, if you look carefully)

The remainder of the weekend Jace spent playing with his grandparents and working on his core strength (and saying hi to June-Bug):



What a great (and tiring) Mother's Day weekend it was!

Jace is 5 Months Old!

Wow, 5 months already? Can you believe it? Yes, our amazing kid with the awesome hairdo is 5 months.

And what does a 5 month old do for his birthday, you might ask, well, take a look!

First, you eat your zebra:

Second, you ride your first ever swing:

Next, you take a ride on your pony:

And you finish it off with a delicious Firefly:

(Yes, Stephanie is using the camera to its fullest ability shooting black and white pics with different colors highlighted!)

With all of the Jace excitement, what a week for our house as well! We have garage doors and garage door openers! The heating ducts are almost completed and the electrician should start in the next couple of days! Wow, what a week!

A few more pics

We can't believe that it has already been a week since the last post. And.... did you realize that it is already May???? I can't believe it, next thing you know we will be counting down the shopping days until Christmas. Life had been moving super fast, but for the Paulsons, add a super kid and a small house project and life is flying like Superman going back in time. (did I just put a date to myself?)

Enough from me, lets get to the real reason that you look at this blog. Here are a few pictures of Jace!

Remember a few short months ago we were showing you pictures of Jace on his back in his crib looking at the mobile? Well, now he loves to roll over and show off his muscular arms and neck while looking at the mobile!

As for the house, a quick update. The heating guys have been here for most of the week and we hope to have all of the vents and furnace pieces in by early next week. The electrician comes in on Monday to start wiring the house. The garage doors and windows should be in tomorrow or early next week and we have a front and back door, so we hope that in the next few weeks our house will be secure! The plumber has also been in and he has been running the hot and cold water lines and the waste water lines throughout the house. Just to give you a fresh picture of the house, here you go!

Wheeeeee, how exciting was that?!!??! Ok, here is a picture of the house with our new roof on! Isn't is beautiful?