My One Year Old

Palmer turned one years old on December 20th!  I can not believe that I have a one year old.  My baby grew up so fast!  A few things about Palmer when he turned one:  he is showing so much personality; he cracks us up daily.  He continues to try to walk, but is really only successful a couple steps at a time.  He has really turned into a daddy's boy and gets quite upset when Brad comes home and then has to leave quickly to go to scouts or something of the sort.  He is still in the 90th+ percentile for his weight and height.  He weighed in at 26 lbs. 10 oz.  and I'm still hauling him around!

We didn't do too much to celebrate his birthday on the 20th due to the craziness of the week.  We gave him one tiny present, sang him "Happy Birthday", and that was about it.  We then had a party with both of our families in January when life had calmed down a bit.  Palmer did so good at his birthday party and loved all of the attention.  I think he loved the cake even more!  He was spoiled by his parents and other family members with more gifts than what he needed but I'm sure he didn't mind.  He was so cute with his cake.  When we sang "Happy Birthday" to him he just looked around in awe.  Then it took him forever to dig into his cake.  He would poke it but wouldn't do more than that.  He would look at me as if he wanted my permission to dig in more.  We eventually had to demonstrate how to eat it.  Once he took a bit he didn't stop for awhile!  Here are some pictures of the celebrations!

On his actual birthday:  He was so funny and would pull a cheesy grin whenever I pulled out the camera. 

What a cutie!

Grandma Leann, Great Grandpa Jerry, and Grandpa Bob

Opening Presents

First taste of cake!

Aww man I love this kid!

Can you tell he loves his chocolate cake? 

Being a big boy and using a spoon!

With Grandma & Grandpa D

The Holidays

Please apologize for my late posts...we have been doing a big remodeling project of our front room and that has consumed our lives. We're almost done so pictures coming soon (hopefully)! We had a WONDERFUL holiday season! It was so much fun to be able to experience it with a child. I know he was too little to understand what was happening but it doesn't mean that he didn't love watching us turn on the Christmas lights every night, have a blast with the wrapping paper and his new toys, and love all of the parties and people! As always it went super fast and I always have all these things in my head that I would like to do but they just never seem to happen. Here are some pictures of the highlights of our Christmas season!

LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS:

Palmer got his first "big-boy" haircut.  I had no idea what I was doing but I thought it turned out pretty well!

Seeing the lights at Temple Square- it was freezing as usual so we took a much needed break at the JSMB! 

Palmer does not usually cry with pretty much anyone and everyone; except Santa.  Luckily at the second party he just looked at him curiously.

Best. White. Elephant. Gift. Ever. at our traditional Wallace Party gift exchange.

Brad was able to get together with the "Creekside Boys" (as my roommates and I called them).  It had been way too long since they had all been together.  It was fun to see them have a blast!

Christmas Eve!  We went to my parents house and had our traditional feast.  I LOVE Christmas Eve and this year was the best!  There is Palmer in his new pajamas!

CHRISTMAS DAY:
 Christmas was so much fun!  I absolutely love that we do our own thing Christmas morning.  We totally take it at our own pace and drag it out as long as possible.  This year was a little different with it being on a Sunday and going to church at 9:00 but it made it a great start to the day.  After church we went downstairs to our little tiny tree and gifts and let Palmer open a couple of presents before he went down for a much needed nap.  He was so cute!  He LOVED all of the new things to look at and he knew exactly where his presents were and crawled right to them.  He then took a very long nap while Brad and I had a nice breakfast, opened most of our gifts, and just relaxed together.  When he woke up he opened up some more of his gifts and loved every minute of it.  We then went to my parents for the day where we relaxed and watched a movie.  What a wonderful and fun day!

Palmer loved his little car that he can ride around on.  Here he is making his "car noises".

Loving the gifts- he is impossible to get a good picture of these days because he wants to be moving all over the place!

He wanted to eat all of the paper of course.

 

FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS:
The next day was even better because we didn't let ourselves do any sort of work on remodeling the house or anything and just relaxed around the house.  We were lucky enough that Brad was able to take off the whole week from work so we had a lot of great family time.  We had my family official Christmas party when my sister and her family were in town.  It was a great party and we had fun exchanging gifts, eating our homemade Cafe Rio salads, and being surrounded by the craziness of babies and kids!  We went up to Brad's parents over New Years weekend and had a blast up with them.  We were disappointed that there was no snow to go snowmobiling or sledding but we managed to have a fun time anyways. 

We were so blessed this Christmas season to be able to spend so much time with family and friends!  We felt so loved and spoiled.  Last year we brought our sweet new baby boy home from the hospital on Christmas Eve and we have had a fantastic year filled with unforgettable memories!