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switching things up

2011-04-26T13:09:00.001-06:00

i changed our blog

www.nateandtraci.blogspot.com

aaaaaaaand that's what jesus looks like

2011-04-12T20:33:00.000-06:00

jack's cousin, wyatt, came with me to pick up jack from school today. i love listening to their conversations. i was trying my hardest not to laugh. here are a couple of my favorites...

wyatt: what does jesus look like?

jack: well, he wears a long white shirt all the days. even he has long hair like my mommy. he even has hair on his face. he has soft skin like us too. *then he shrugs and says* but, you don't have to worry about it, you'll see him when you're dead.

there ya have it.

*next one*

jack: when i grow up i'm going to be a police cop!

wyatt: when i grow up i'm going to be a cowboy!

jack: wyatt! when a bad guy comes to your farm, call me and i will come cuff him.

wyatt: um jack, what will your number be?

jack: 911

2011-04-05T20:33:00.002-06:00

jack is hilarious.

he can almost always make me laugh...even when i shouldn't think he's being funny.

i have to put them on here so i don't forget.

first:

jack was telling me how he would hold little sister so i could get some rest. he said he would hold her while he was watching tv and even feed her. then he grabbed his chest and in all seriousness said, "i won't give her my pits though!!! i will give her baby food!"

second:

(conversation after prayers)

jack: mom, do you think jesus has a dog?

me: oh yeah, for sure he has a dog.

jack: i bet his dog has a collar with spikes on it cause jesus is cool.

me: hmmm, i bet you're right.

honestly...

2011-04-05T20:06:00.002-06:00

does this not make your heart melt?

jack loves his nate.

special delivery

2011-04-05T20:02:00.001-06:00

jackers wanted me to send him back to nana

St Patty's Day

2011-03-17T19:56:00.000-06:00

we had a sneaky leprechaun visit our house. he flipped over our chairs and left us a stack of rainbow pancakes. jack said he had no idea how strong leprechauns are...they could actually flip over chairs.

finally....

2011-01-09T15:45:00.002-07:00

it snowed!!

jack had his friend sawyer over to play (jack calls him soyjer). within 5 minutes of being in the house they had e.v.e.r.y toy out that jack has in his room. so, i had them pick it all up and we went outside. we were out there for almost 2.5 hours. with the wind it said it was 3 degrees. they didn't care. they loved it. nate came home and pulled them behind the rhino for a while. we stopped for a break and i asked them if they were cold...they both were like "no!! go faster!!" of course they both had frozen snot all over their faces.

unfortunately, nate set the bar with the sledding bit so now they are going to expect that every time. a few days later i dropped off jack at school and sawyer comes up to me and says in an exhausted tone, "oh, jacks mommy, it's been a bad day...i need to go to jacks house." bad day? it was 8 o'clock in the morning. they both crack me up.

2010-12-27T13:17:00.000-07:00

i asked jack to put on his snow boots. he said, "no, i'm going to wear my business shoes today." yeah, his "business shoes" were his black hi-tops.

merry christmas

2010-12-25T16:00:00.005-07:00

so...these pictures are in the wrong order. but, whatever. you'll get the idea.

we had a fun christmas. it was the first christmas for all of us to have a family of our own. nate and i thought jack would be up at 4 wanting to open presents. he impressed us by not coming in until 6 o'clock. i loved hearing his little voice say, "mommy! nate! santa came!!"

jack is a little photographer. he loves taking pictures. i found a vtech camera that looked pretty neat but jack was like no way! he wanted a "real" camera. he picked out a red one that he thinks is pretty cool.

nate and jack figuring out the camera. jack keeps the camera in the car with us just in case he sees something "cool."

of course nate and i needed help opening our presents. jack was so nice and helped out.

jack is a funny kid. he has always been in to wrapping things up and pretending its his birthday or just giving himself a surprise. he decided to put some of his old toys in a box and wrap them up. he put it under the tree and actually left it there until christmas morning.

jacks dance

he does it when he's happy.

i loved this present. jack is really into drawing pictures of our family. after jack and nate wrapped my presents jack drew our family on the back of one of the boxes. it was my most favorite thing. i love that little boy.

scoping out the goods. notice the medals on the tree? (bottom right) well, it wouldn't be a christmas tree if jack didn't add his own decorations.

oh and his "night cap." that's what he calls it and it just makes me smile. there were a couple times he wouldn't go to bed unless he had it on. i had to sneak back in there and take it off because he sweats so bad.

oh my goodness, this is my most favorite christmas moment. nate put beef jerky in our stockings. jack grabbed it and excitedly shouted, "bacon!!! i got bacon, mommy!!!

the calm before the storm

jacks first christmas program

2010-12-15T15:55:00.003-07:00

jack had his first christmas program at school. he was a king and even had a solo. his teacher said that she didn't intend on anyone having a solo but jack kept correcting her on the song...so she finally just asked him if he would like to have a solo and do it on his own. he was so proud.

notice the gap? yeah, that would be jackers hiding from me.

stink pot

jacks solo:

the chubby little snowman had a carrot nose

a long came a bunny and what do you suppose

the hungry little bunny, looking for his lunch

at the snowmans carrot nose

nibble nibble crunch!!

i know i know...

2010-12-07T16:13:00.003-07:00

i'm so behind. hopefully, these pictures will

buy me some more time.

*jack made me stop the car right by our house so he could sing to the cows*

*i found jack going through a cabela's catalog while we were at my mom's. i asked him what he was doing...he said he was picking out what he wanted for christmas. considering this is jack that we're talking about....it's just weird.*

*the other night jack said he had a dream that humans had tails. he was a little concerned about it.*

*this is jack trying to tell me he couldn't go to church because he's had such a rough week."

*hmmmm, well he was just really bored on the crazy long drive home from nana's house.*

i'm going to try really hard to stay on top of blogging.

2010-12-07T09:17:00.003-07:00

well, it comes as no surprise that jack is obsessed with my mom. but, its going to levels that even i think are ridiculous.

little boy: mom mom, whose tummy were you in when you were a baby?
me: nana's. cause she's my mom.
little boy: well whose tummy was i in when i was a baby?
me: mine. because I AM YOUR MOMMY!
little boy: (gasp!) i'm going to tell people that i was in nana's tummy because i love her.
me: okay. i think you're weird.

then last night i asked him to say the prayer at dinner. i reminded him to bless the food because otherwise he would just pray about nana.

heavenly father, thank you for this day.

thank you for nana and jack.

thank you for papa and reissy.

i want to live with nana so so bad.

thank you for our house.

thank you for our car.

thank you for nate's job.

i miss nana so much.

in the name of jesus christ, amen.

uh, jack, you forgot to bless the food...and mommy and nate. sheesh!!

fine.

bless the food.

bless mommy and nate.

i want to live with nana forever and ever. i want to. me, jack.

(i like how he said, "me, jack" like just in case jesus didn't know who was talking to him. i'm sure he just didn't want ther to be any confusion. i mean, can you imagine if reiss ended up living with nana?)

amen.

christmas tree farm

2010-12-03T15:49:00.002-07:00

i can't lie

i was really excited to get a real tree.

i can only remember getting a real tree one time growing up. i thought i was the coolest thing. i was really excited to take jack.

jack walking up and down the rows trying to find the perfect tree.

we finally found the perfect for us.

thanksgiving vernal style

2010-11-28T15:38:00.002-07:00

it was so good to see my family over thanksgiving. i have missed them so much.

nate didn't get much of a vacation though...he went to work with my dad everyday. but, jack and i sure had fun!! jack has missed his cousins so much so he was busy the entire time.

uncle nate was initiated into the family. felt bad for him. sucks being the new guy. all the kids loved him. a little too much. jack thought he was hot stuff cause nate was all his.

slap jack!

papa taught jackers how to play a fun new card game.

happy halloween

2010-10-31T14:57:00.003-06:00

i'm lame

i was horrible about taking pictures on halloween.

jackers decided on being a ghost buster...way better than a swamp creature.

*he'll even sing you the theme song*

jack wanted a scary jack-o-lantern

nate was in charge of that for him

soccer

2010-10-27T15:05:00.004-06:00

okay, i had to find something to burn jacks energy. the kid has an insane amount of energy.

however, during most of the game, jack was either talking to the coach or busting out some break dance moves. nate and i would constantly be telling him, "jack, help your team. go after the ball."

after every game the coach would tell me how funny jack was during the game. he would go up to them and say things like:

i like my red soccer shirt.

thanks for being my coach.

thanks for letting me be on your team.

hey, watch this...(and do a funky move)

uh, no way is a ball getting past this kid.

break it down, jack!

the kid is funny

2010-10-26T08:45:00.005-06:00

just a few randome conversations that i've had with jack. i wanted to make sure i had them down somewhere...so i can use them against him someday.

jack: (crying) mommy, i'm just so upset.

me: why are you so upset, jack? you were just laughing a minute ago.

jack: you love nate more than me. you kiss both of us and i just want you to kiss me. you snuggle with nate and you never snuggle with me.

me: oh my word, jack. you're so funny. i love you both. yes, i do kiss nate and that's okay. and pretty sure i snuggle you every day...all day long.

jack: well, i want to sleep with you. why does nate get to sleep with you? he's so lucky.

me: cause that's what you do when you get married. one day when you have a wife you will have someone to sleep with too.

jack: (freaking out) no, i don't want a wife. I want you to be my wife. mommy, will you be my wife when i grow up.

me: uh, okay.

jack: thank you, mommy. will you snuggle me? you're so warm. you're the hottest mommy i know.

jack: mommy sometimes you tease me and say, "jack, there's a mouse (scream)!"

me: oh, i'm just teasing. it's okay.

jack: (without missing a beat he picks up The Berenstain Bears Trouble with Teasing book) do you see this book? teasing is nasty!! you shouldn't tease, mom!!!!!!

me: (seriously, what could i say? he had me) you're right, jack. i'm sorry. i won't tease you anymore.

waterpark

2010-10-14T19:22:00.002-06:00

jack was in the shower just now yelling for me. he said he was ready for me to help him wash his hair. it told him i would be in there in a second. he hollers for me again. then he starts laughing. hard. i go in there and it is wet...everywhere.

me: jack! what on earth happened in here?!
jack: (he looks at me like "duh, you don't know?) i was just playing waterpark.

cute tush

2010-10-11T19:17:00.000-06:00

last week we went to the pumpkin patch with my brother and his family. jack was dirrrrtay. when we pulled in to the garage he told me he wanted to take a shower. i said sure thinking he meant later on that night. nope. he came right in and got butt naked. i told him to give me a few minutes and then i would turn on the shower. he was running around like a wild man.

me: jack you gotta cute tush.
jack: (puzzled with his arms in the air) you think my tush is cute?
me: yeah, i do.
jack: but it toots.

children's museum

2010-10-08T08:27:00.002-06:00

jack had a good time at the museum.

they had a tornado simulator that he thought was great! he had to get in it a couple times.

jack wants to be an "animal doctor" so he thought this was amazing. he loved it.

2010-10-06T21:35:00.002-06:00

me: jack, we are going to go to the store in just a little bit.

jack: mommy, i want to get a toy.

me: no. jack do not even ask for a toy. you are not going to get one.

jack: (melt down) but, i just really want a buzz lightyear gun. the one like caden and reissy got at disneyland.

me: sorry it's not going to happen. christmas is coming. if you get all the toys you want now santa won't be able to bring you anything. how sad. honestly, jack, you have a room full of toys that you don't even play with.

jack: (crying even harder) mom, i only have 2 hands (shows me his hands) i can't play with all my toys at the same time.

me: i'm not asking you to play with all your toys at the same time. play with some today and play with some tomorrow.

jack: you're the meanest mommy i ever saw!

me: yes, thank you. i must be doing my job.

jack: mommy, do you remember when caden spilled the milk on the table?

me: seriously? i swear, you're so random.

the funny things...

2010-10-05T18:25:00.003-06:00

he says

*this picture cracks me up. he can make the most random faces*

i took jack to the park the other day. he was running around like a wild man. i had put two shirts on him because it was pretty chilly. but, by the time we got back in the car he was dripping with sweat. so, i told him to take off the long sleeved shirt before we left. his response? "(gasp!) mom, what if someone sees my pecs?!"

the 3 of us were in the car going somewhere the other night. nate and i told jack that we should make a paper chain so we could count down the days until thanksgiving when he gets to see nana. we told him that every night he could take off one link. when he got to the very end it was time to go see nana. without missing a beat jack says, "what if i just take them all off at the same time? then it will be time to go to nanas!" clever.

uh oh...

2010-09-21T18:18:00.003-06:00

farmer has been planting...

harvest should be sometime around may 24th

the things he says

2010-09-13T14:46:00.003-06:00

the other day jack told me i needed to give him more options. ummm ok.

jack came in to the room wearing his cowboy hat and lookin all "tough." he said, "there's a new sheriff in town, little lady."

i'm jack sanford

2010-09-04T07:49:00.002-06:00

and i'm addicted

chocolate!

it's been a while since i've given jack a candy bar. he's been asking and asking for one. i picked one up the other day and i told him that if he was good he could have a little bit. well, he's a stinker. it took him 4 days to earn a little piece of that chocolate bar.

i let him eat some of it on the way home the other day. he got super quiet. i looked back and it was almost as if he was in a trance. his eyes were glossy, i swear. his body seemed calm. he looked at me and said, "mmmm, that sure was a good chocolate bar!"

i could not stop laughing.