10 Months Old!

Noooo! Jade is almost a year old now! We're in the double digits people!

During this past month it has been so fun and incredible to watch how fast Jade has progressed with walking. What started out as just a few tentative steps last month has turned into all out speed walking!

Jade LOVES walking. She will walk anywhere and everywhere! It is so hard to get her diaper and clothes on these days because she just wants to get up and get going! Even when she wakes up in the middle of the night, the first thing she does (and she is still half asleep!) is get to her feet and try to walk to who knows where. haha.

Something new this month is Jade has learned to blow kisses and point! Her favorite thing to do, besides walk, is to point at everything. It is fun to see what she is taking an interest in because I just have to look in the direction she is pointing. :)

Jade also really loves  brushing her teeth. She gets really wiggly and excited when she sees a toothbrush or someone brushing their teeth. I finally got my baby her very own toothbrush after she somehow managed to steal both of her grandmas' brushes! (eww)

We just barely got Jade a new car seat because she is getting so big! I know I say this every month, but I can't believe how fast Jade is growing up!

Oh yeah...I almost forgot. Jade enjoys doing somersaults. So Lance has been in San Diego for the past week so it's just me and the baby. Since he's been gone, I've noticed Jade sticking her bum way up in the air while on her hands and feet like she's about to do a somersault. At first I just thought she was being cute and silly, but then she started getting fussy. Finally, it dawned on me that Lance usually tips Jade upside down a couple times a day! So the next time Jade got in the somersault position, I went ahead and did what Lance usually does and tipped her upside down and then onto her back, in a perfect somersault....and she loved it!! Our bedtime routine each night now consists of a couple of somersaults.

nom nom

eating a banana

who, me?

always on the go

10 months old...it was so hard to get her
to lie down for this pic!

I love her sleeping face

cute bum

eating berries and getting really messy

all cute for Gma's Bday!

with the uncles

Easter

Our Easter celebrations began on Saturday. We spent some time at the cemetery where our Grandpa Nielsen and Grandpa Reynolds are buried. It's nice to know that because of Christ's Atonement we can be with our families and loved ones again.

At the cemetery

I thought her expression here is hilarious.

According to Pinterest standards, I am basically failing as a mom. haha. I rarely do anything for holidays...seriously. Christmas came and went, and I didn't even put up a Christmas tree! Nothing! So it's no surprise that I hadn't put together any Easter goodies.

Luckily Jade has Grandmas that are on top of things like making holidays cute and fun. Jade was spoiled by her Grandmas on her first Easter! 

following a trail of eggs

Jade was pooped after church.
Wearing her Easter dress

Jade didn't like her bow, so Daddy wore it

family pic

sporting the headbands Great Grandma Robinson made us

Jade and her new piano from the Easter Bunny

the cute Easter salad Lance's mom made

Jade in Easter dress #2

Jade and Great Grandma Nielsen

Jade's Disney Easter haul

Nielsen Family Pic

9 Months Old

Obviously this post is way late! haha. Our lives have gotten a little more hectic these past few weeks. As some of you know, Lance will be working at Sea World (San Diego) this summer as an acrobat in Cirque de la Mer. (here is a video of what he'll be doing) We moved out of our apartment and moved in with family until our move to San Diego.

Jade learned to walk!! It was crazy to see her tottering around. Watching her take her first steps was so thrilling! At first, she'd just take one or two steps all by herself and then fall down. We knew she was on the verge of walking. Then one night Lance held out a teddy bear to her and she walked 5 steps all by herself!! It was so exciting! :)

nom nom banana!

daddy and baby asleep in the crib
We happen to think Jade's crib is kinda comfy!

chillin in Jade's crib

Jade discovered tissues

being silly
I was impressed with her balance

learning to walk

helping me with laundry
She pulled all the clothes out of the basket!

watching Lance's trampoline rehearsal with
Grandma and Grandpa

escaping from the photo shoot!

9 months old

Adobe Summit Tramp Wall Show

The first show on the brand new trampoline wall was Wednesday night. Lance and 7 others performed at the Salt Palace for the Adobe Summit. They performed 3 different acts within an hour, and did filler tricks on the trampolines in between the shows.

They did an amazing job, especially considering that the wall was only completed about 3 weeks ago AND most of the performers had never been on a trampoline wall before!

I didn't get to go to the actual event, but it was a lot of fun to watch the rehearsals.

A special thanks to Voodoo Productions for making this happen. 

Credit for these photos goes to Todd Collins Photography.

the "flybots"

the costumes

a view from the side

Lance

Lance and Savanna

The Tramp Wall

Lance has a new circus apparatus to play around on... a trampoline wall.

Not that I really know anything about tramp walls, but I think this one is pretty sweet.

The first show on this thing will be this week!

notice the bean bag and nasty couch cushions strategically
placed near the tramp...just in case

the wall while it was still being built

Savanna and Lance practicing

there is a trampoline on both sides of the wall

yeaaaah no. My baby may be able to do a back flip,
but I think she should wait until she can at
least walk before she jumps off this thing.

just another view of the tramp set up

there will be 8 people on this thing during the show!