Tooth fairy mishap...

This morning Jace woke up to discover that the tooth fairy forgot to pay him a visit.  Shoot.  Maybe it was because she was a bit hesitant to come in our house seeing that Mom was up with a bad cold all hours of the night.  Or maybe it was the fact that Jace left a big stash of dirty PJs under his pillow and the tooth got lost in the mess when she reached to find it.  Either way, Jace wanted to be sure she would not forget tonight.  I am pretty sure she will remember- lesson learned, tooth fairy!  

Great to be 8!

How is that for a cheesy title!  This blog is in bad need of an update post, but I only have a few minutes so that will have to come later.  I just wanted to post these really quickly.  Yesterday Jace was baptized, and it was such a great day!  I feel like it was a major wake up call for me, seeing him go through what is a pretty big right of passage.  And for the first time, it hit me like a load of bricks how fast he is growing up.  My sister, Angie, got him these black slacks and shiny black shoes for his big day and as soon as he tried them on, I had a mini panic attack because he suddenly looked like a 12 year old.  How did that happen?  But enough about me- I am so proud of Jace for the great young man he is becoming.  And I feel like I owe all of you back in VA a big thank you for helping me raise this boy:)  Though it was great being around all of our family members, it did kind of feel like a part of our 'family' was missing.  But a special day just the same. 

Looking so dapper in his slacks:)

Can't do pictures without one of these...

Ethan took this- not too bad!

And Ethan, like a little mouse, cleaning up all traces of Doritos crumbs from the chip bowls.  Starting with licking the Nacho Cheese bowl...

and moving on to the cool ranch:)

Hope you all are well!  We miss you!