Crazy Claytons

Amada & Nathan

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Amanda & Nathan at the Salt Lake Temple

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We had a great time at Janice's cousin, Amanda's wedding yesterday. She was beautiful and when Gracie saw her she said, "Look Daddy, There's a princess!"

Alyssa's Blessing

2009-11-01T17:45:00.000-08:00

We blessed Alyssa today. We enjoyed having family and friends join us in this event. It is always fun to see everyone.

Gracie is adjusting to being a big sister. The picture of them together above could not have happened a month ago. Gracie is finally realizing that Alyssa is not a doll to be dragged around!

There are more pics I that I have just posted in the older posts. I can't believe it has been six months since I added to this blog!

Krystiana's Birthday and Halloween

2009-11-01T17:33:00.000-08:00

We enjoyed going to Joe's Sister's house twice this weekend. It was Krystiana's birthday on Friday and Halloween on Saturday. Gracie dressed up as a cat and Alyssa was a mouse.

From May to August in a Nutshell

2009-11-01T17:18:00.000-08:00

Joe graduated on May 1st in Business Administration. We are really proud of him. Janice's Dad and wife, Janet came to the graduation. It was really nice to have them there.

We visited Janice's sister for the fourth of July. Janice's brother was there too.

We enjoyed visiting Janice's Aunts a few times over the summer.

Then Alyssa came! Three and a half weeks early! She is about three weeks old in the picture above.

Gracie is getting a sister!

2009-04-15T21:19:00.000-07:00

We are excited to have a new addition to our family in September (9/09/09). Janice has thought the baby was a boy this whole time. She was wrong! Hey Tuckers, do you want to trade? Just kidding. Also, does anyone have any name suggestions? We have not been thinking of girl names.

Easter and Our Stubborn Gracie

2009-04-15T11:55:00.000-07:00

Gracie had a fun visit from the Easter Bunny. She also enjoyed going to Grandma and Grandpa Clayton's for dinner. Gracie is developing quite the personality. She insists on feeding herself which sometimes is quite messy as shown. Also, she is somewhat of a bully (She hasn't learned how to share yet.) We are ever wondering what our cute, curious Gracie is going to do next!

Devyn Turns Three!

2009-04-15T11:49:00.000-07:00

Devyn had a fun Sponge Bob Birthday in March. Amber made a great Sponge Bob cake. Devyn was quite excited to get a four wheeler for his birthday.

A New Car Joins Our Family

2009-04-15T11:40:00.000-07:00

Joe was on Spring break in March and was determined to get the new car he has been researching for over a year. He did it all while Janice was at work. Three banks, a couple of car lots and about ten phone calls to Janice later we had a 2009 Rav4 Toyota. We have not had a chance to take a picture of it yet but it looks a lot like the picture above except for it is a gold brown color. We have nicknamed it "Tank" because it has a zillion safety features and it is the biggest car Janice has ever drove.

Hooray! Eldon is Home

2009-04-15T11:31:00.000-07:00

Eldon came home in February from a twelve month deployment(his second) to Kuwait. We got to go to the hanger and watch his plane fly in which was awesome. Seeing families reunited was even more awesome. We're glad to have Eldon home and are very proud of the service he does for our country.

Haircut Happenings

2009-04-15T11:26:00.000-07:00

Gracie got her first haircut in January at Cookie Cutters where she got to sit in a pink car and watch Baby Einstein. Gracie kept pulling her pony tails out and couldn't see with the hair in her face so we had to get it cut. Since then Gracie has already had one trim.

Gracie Just Goes and Goes

2009-04-15T11:20:00.000-07:00

This is Gracie in January. She started really crawling in November. Since then she stands up on everything, goes up and down stairs, gets into everything and insists on walking on her knees instead of her feet!

Catching up!

2009-04-15T11:08:00.001-07:00

This was basically the rest of Christmas. We played a lot, slept a lot and ate a lot of good food. Gracie was totally spoiled and Janice's brother, Jacob was the star of Christmas. He got everyone a webcam so we could see each other opening our gifts on Christmas day. We suprised Dad early for his birthday and went to a Mexican restaurant, hence the sombrero.

I wore a short sleeved shirt today and Santa!

2008-12-22T17:50:00.000-08:00

Gracie finally saw Santa today at the mall in Stockton. She did not know what to make of it but she did not cry! Now we are in Dad's office being computer nerds. Hope everyone's holiday is going well!

Gracie's B-day Revisited

2008-12-22T17:41:00.000-08:00

We have made it to California after two days of traveling by car and staying at the Holiday Inn in Barstow. We visited Janice's Grandpa on the way to Janice's Dad's. Janet made cupcakes with a number one candle for Gracie. We were hoping to finally have a messy picture but alas no. I guess our girl is not into cake. Gracie got a Little People Ark which she totally loves. Grandpa has lots of carpet and Gracie has been to almost every nook and cranny already.

Christmas Celebrations

2008-12-22T17:34:00.000-08:00

December has been a very busy month with shopping, parties and Gracie's milestones. Gracie is finally crawling forward and is all over the place and into everything. We enjoyed celebrating an early Christmas with Joe's family. We are now at Janice's Dad's for the holidays.

Thanks for My Pretty Dress, Grandma & Grandpa

2008-11-30T20:02:00.000-08:00

Gracie got a beautiful Christmas dress for her birthday along with matching bows!

Exploring

2008-11-30T19:58:00.000-08:00

Instead of sitting in her bouncy chair Gracie likes to explore under it and anything else she can squeeze under. Some of her favorite things to do are to go under chairs and play with people's shoelaces.

It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want to!

2008-11-30T19:52:00.000-08:00

We were so excited to see what Gracie would do with her own cake. She cracked under the pressure of having too many people watching her. She licked a little bit of the frosting and then cried to get out of the high chair. We are going to have a private retry. Stay tuned for hopefully messy pictures.

Opening Presents!

2008-11-30T19:47:00.000-08:00

Gracie loves the books that she got the most. Once she got a hold of one of them she didn't want to open any other presents. She cried when we took her books away from her and got happy when we gave them back.

Sporting her Hat

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Nov. 28,2008 8:35 am

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We thought it would be fun to take a picture of Gracie at the exact time she turned one. Does she look any different?

Turkey Turkey Turkey!

2008-11-30T19:36:00.000-08:00

We had two Thanksgiving dinners this year. We went to Preston on Wednesday for Janice's family. There was lots of good food and fun. We went to Joe's parents on Thursday. Gracie enjoyed watching Grandma feed the ducks that hang around the golf course. Gracie did not enjoy seeing Mama hold her Baby cousin, Shaylee. She had the most heartbroken look on her face. How could Mama be holding someone else?

Joe's Very Own Not Shared Birthday

2008-11-30T19:24:00.000-08:00

Joe refused to share his birthday with Gracie even though their birthdays are three days apart. I decided that making him his own cake would be good practice for making Gracie's cake. We put sparkler candles on his cake which we tried to creatively light. Mom and Dad Clayton did not have matches like we thought. We tried a cigarette lighter from a car and even a toaster oven (Don't worry, we didn't burn the house down.) We ended up borrowing a lighter from the neighbors. We had a great light show in the end due to the numerous candles that represented Joe's age.

Gracie Counting her Loot

2008-11-30T19:21:00.000-08:00

Halloween Fun

2008-11-30T19:09:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the sideways pictures. We hope they don't hurt your neck. We had a lot of great fun on Halloween. We went to Aunt Kristen's house and had homemade rootbeer, pizza and monster brains. Gracie went trick or treating with her cousins. Dad inspected her candy thoroughly. Gracie kept saying "Ooh" at all of the lights she saw.

Gracie is now a two pony tailed girl. You can see her cool hairdo when her pony tails are taken out. We call her the "Koala"!

Mom's Birthday

2008-10-26T20:48:00.000-07:00

Mom would be 59 years old today. Every year we eat Chinese food and bridge mix in her honor (Two of her favorite foods.) It's been three and a half years since she died. I miss her more and more every day.

Trying to catch up

2008-10-25T21:25:00.000-07:00

We have not added to the blog in a while due to procrastination and being really busy (mostly Joe). Joe is taking four classes this semester and is the new vice president of the SHRM (Society of Human Resource Managers) chapter at Weber State University. Janice is trying to keep up with Gracie and working full time. Gracie is busy just being Gracie.

October so far

2008-10-25T21:15:00.001-07:00

I told Joe to get Gracie something for October and he got her this pumpkin sweatsuit. He insists it is not a costume but simply a sweatsuit. Gracie's favorite toys are boxes and paper. She could play with them all day. This year we are the Flinstones for Halloween. Gracie makes a perfect Pebbles. Gracie had one of her first experiences with jello at her Grandpa's birthday at Golden Corral. She got it all over herself but none in her mouth. This past week two of her teeth have surfaced and she is not as fond of solids at the moment.

Kyle's Baptism and Gracie's First Plane Ride

2008-10-25T21:10:00.001-07:00

We went to our nephew Kyle's baptism in September. We were really glad to be there. Gracie went on her first airplane ride from Salt Lake to Seattle.

September

2008-10-25T21:04:00.000-07:00

Staying Warm, Gracie's First Ride on a carousel and Labor Day with a bowl hat.

More out of order pics

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Gracie also met her Uncle Jacob while we were in California. She was introduced to motorcycles, the Jelly Belly Factory(Joe is wearing his hat from there) and her favorite pastime of eating everyone's ice cream.

Pics Out of Order

2008-10-25T20:50:00.001-07:00

We enjoyed visiting family in Washington and California in July. Gracie was a good traveler in the car and in a backpack. She got to meet her Great Grandpa Bert when we were in California.

Shaylee

2008-10-25T20:45:00.001-07:00

Shaylee is now 2 1/2 months old and is a cutie! She has changed so much every time we see her.

Lots of Pictures...So Little Time

2008-10-25T20:32:00.000-07:00

Kaleb's Birthday, August 10th which he now shares with his cousin, Shaylee Mayleen Clayton!

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Gracie's Firsts

2008-06-26T19:22:00.000-07:00

Gracie had a couple of "firsts" this week. She saw Kung Fu Panda with her cousins, Krystiana and Kaleb and Grandma. The loudness of the theater didn't seem to bug her. We think she liked the different colors on the screen. She also went to the swimming pool. She and Joe had lots of fun going down the lazy river. We drowned her in sunblock but her face still managed to get sunburned.
Joe is almost done with his finance class. Yipee! We are going to visit Janice's sister in July. We are excited to have a vacation!

Gracie's Summer

2008-06-26T19:20:00.001-07:00

McDonald's

2008-06-19T19:30:00.000-07:00

We went out to lunch with Grandma Clayton, Krystiana and Kaleb. Gracie really wanted to take a bite of Joe's hamburger. It was fun to watch her reach for it with her mouth open. The video doesn't do it justice. If you look closely you can see Gracie's very sunburned arm. Janice is still upset that Gracie inherited her fair skin.

Grandma Betty's Funeral

2008-06-19T19:17:00.000-07:00

Janice's grandmother was on hospice for a couple of weeks. She passed away the night of June 8th. The funeral was in California and she was buried in American Fork. Grandma has been sick for a long time. We are glad she is free of her ailing body and know she is hard at work on the other side.

Dad, Janet, Heidi, Aunt Nancy, Aunt Julie and Jennifer came to Utah for the burial. The day after the burial we went around temple square and drove up one of the canyons. Dad has been infamous for throwing rocks since he was a little boy. Thus we are throwing rocks on this video.

On the SLIDE at Farr West Park

2008-06-19T19:07:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day

2008-06-19T18:39:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day morning was quite traumatic. Joe went to swallow an ibuprofen and it would not go up or down. He belched it down with the help of some nytroglycerin tablets in the emergency room. We still visited with family later on that day and of course Gracie had to try green beans. Joe had to have an endoscopy the next day. He has a condition called eosinophilic esophagitis. He's okay though and still doing everything he always does.

"Spike" and her new bow

2008-06-19T17:28:00.000-07:00

Big Girl Gracie

2008-06-19T16:48:00.000-07:00

I'm (Janice) having fun being home with Gracie this summer. I don't entertain her as well as Kathy's three-year-old, Emily. Gracie has been playing a little bit with her cousins Krystiana and Kaleb. She is playing with Krystiana in one of the pictures above. Gracie has now moved to the crib. I suffered separation anxiety for about a week. Gracie was fine. Joe probably wishes that she was still in our room. I make him get up and check on her even though we have a monitor. We call Gracie "Spike" sometimes. She has got enough hair now to put in a pony tail on the top of her head. Her hair still stands up striaght when we take the rubber band out.

A Day at the Zoo

2008-05-02T21:29:00.000-07:00

Gracie went to the zoo twice last week. She went with Kathy and came face to face with a tiger. Then she went for her Uncle John's birthday. Her favorite animal is Lafo Kong (The Gorillas).

Gracie Loves To Play

2008-05-02T21:26:00.000-07:00

A teacher at Janice's school gave this saucer toy to Gracie. Gracie is having a blast tossing all of her toys off of it.

The Many Stylings of Gracie

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Sleeping Beauties

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Barbie Bandaids

2008-05-02T21:15:00.000-07:00

Gracie got Barbie bandaids when she got her shots this last time. Check out her chubby thighs!

Gracie Eats Rice Cereal

2008-05-02T21:09:00.000-07:00

We have started to feed Gracie Rice Cereal at night. We thought she might make more of a face when she tried it for the first time but she seems to like it.

Gracie and her Hair Wear

2008-05-02T21:03:00.000-07:00

Gracie is getting so big. She has outgrown the dress she is wearing in this video. Her weight continues to be in the 50th percentile. She weighed 13 lbs. 12.8 oz. at her four month appointment.

Gracie with Aunt Kristen and Cousins Krystiana and Kaleb

2008-05-02T20:56:00.000-07:00

A Star is Born!

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Our favorite thing that Gracie got in her Easter Basket is her sunglasses!

Gracie at Devyn's Birthday Party

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Devyn's Birthday Party

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Devyn is officially in his terrible two's as of March 24th!

Oooh.....Lights!

2008-05-02T20:37:00.000-07:00

Gracie is fascinated with anything that lights up!

Gracie in March

2008-05-02T20:33:00.000-07:00

Gracie doing her three favorite things:

Sleeping

Flirting

Playing

Gracie and her pal, Grandpa

2008-05-02T20:27:00.000-07:00

Gracie loves to play with her Grandpa Clayton. They are great pals.

Janice's Birthday

2008-05-02T20:22:00.000-07:00

Janice cooked a turkey for her birthday. Doesn't she look kind of crazy in the kitchen? As you can tell she really likes her flip camera.

Experimenting with video

2008-05-02T20:15:00.000-07:00

This is Janice's very first video she took with her new Flip camera.

VALENTINE'S DAY

2008-05-02T20:09:00.000-07:00

VALENTINE'S DAY IN MAY !

Joe and I are finally getting around to putting pictures on the blog. Gracie was Daddy's little sweetheart on Valentine's Day.

Janice got a new toy!

2008-03-16T18:22:00.000-07:00

Joe gave Janice a Flip video camera for her birthday. We are enjoying discovering what it does. Gracie continues to grow and now weighs at least twelve pounds. She loves her Daddy. Gracie is about to roll and can go to her side easily. She loves to watch people-especially other babies her age. There is a little boy named Daxton at church she likes to smile at. We will be posting some new smiles soon!

Gracie aerobics

2008-03-16T18:10:00.000-07:00

Blessing Day and Fun Pics

2008-02-05T20:18:00.000-08:00

Make a slideshow - it's easy!

Sorry we have not posted in a while. Janice had to go back to work. Gracie had her two month Dr. appointment. She now weighs 10 lbs. 12 oz. and is 22 inches. She likes being watched by cousin Kathy and Grandma Clayton. She is a very happy girl except for when she is hungry. Gracie is making all kinds of sounds and likes to mimic what you do. We are having fun with her!

LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER

2007-12-27T20:07:00.000-08:00

Joe could not resist taking these pictures this morning before he went to work. I guess Gracie and I have some of the same habits.

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Make a slideshow - it's easy!

FIRST BATH WITH DADDY

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PRINCESS OF THE BATH

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UNCLE ELDON & GRACIE

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AUNT KRISTEN, COUSIN KRYSTIANA & GRACIE

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AUNT HEIDI & GRACIE

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GRACIE IS NO LONGER A FORMULA JUNKIE

2007-12-15T06:24:00.000-08:00

Breastfeeding has been quite the challenge. Gracie had to be fed supplement(formula) because she lost too much weight her first day at the hospital. My milk was also late coming in. Heidi, my sister, saved the day. She was literally at my house for about thirty minutes and she had Gracie just feeding on me. Gracie and I are now Happy Campers.

PRETTY IN PINK

2007-12-15T06:03:00.000-08:00

JoLynn came over to visit and Gracie took to her instantly. JoLynn was Janice's roommate for about three years.

The Many Moods of GRACIE

2007-12-15T05:43:00.000-08:00

I was trying to take a cute picture of Gracie and this is what Gracie thought of that. She is either really mad at Mommy or she is doing baby aerobics.

GRANDMAS ARE THE BEST!

2007-12-14T08:20:00.000-08:00

Grandma Clayton came and helped a lot with Gracie and cleaning. Gracie isn't spoiled at all, is she?

Going HOME Picture (Forgot to get it on the blog)

2007-12-14T08:10:00.000-08:00

WORTH THE WAIT

Aunt Heidi gave Gracie this onesie. This is what she went home in. As you can see she has very good lung capacity.

DRESSED IN STYLE FOR THE DOCTOR

2007-12-04T18:20:00.000-08:00

ACTUALLY THIS IS AFTER VISITING THE DOCTOR WHEN GRACIE HAS JUST FINISHED EATING. WE JOKE THAT SHE IS DRUNK ON FORMULA (SUPPLEMENT). THE DR. APPOINTMENT WAS JUST A ROUTINE VISIT. GRACIE IS A-OK SO FAR.

SIX DAYS OLD AND ALREADY DOING PUSH UPS!

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GRACIE VS. DAD, GRACIE WINS!

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AHH! THIS IS THE LIFE!

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GRACIE LIKES TO LAY BACK AND TAKE EVERYTHING EASY. YOU CAN PUT HER HANDS DOWN BUT THEY COME RIGHT BACK UP FOR MAXIMUM RELAXATION COMFORT.

PASS HER TO ME! NO, PASS HER TO ME!

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GRACE RENEE CLAYTON

BORN: NOVEMBER 28, 2007

TIME: 8:35 A.M.

WEIGHT: 7LB. 12 OZ.

HEIGHT: 19 1/2 IN.

CUTENESS RATING: OFF THE SCALE!

MORE DETAILS COMING SOON-BABIES ONLY SLEEP FOR SO LONG!

Drugs Are Good! Babies Are Better!

2007-12-04T17:49:00.000-08:00

14 HOURS & A C-SECTION LATER- GRACIE IS HERE!

Final Countdown & Bare Belly

2007-11-23T12:19:00.000-08:00

I am ready to pop! Today is Gracie's due date. We are very anxious and excited. I will be induced on November 30th if Gracie does not make her entrance before then. The waiting is driving us even more crazy!

Turkey Joe

2007-11-23T12:13:00.000-08:00

A kindergarten class at the school I work at made me a turkey hat. I like to see them parade around in them every school year. Naturally I had to model it on Joe for you. We had a most delicious turkey dinner at Joe's sister, Kristen's house. We were hoping the big meal would help Gracie to come. Alas, no.

Gracie's Room

2007-11-23T11:41:00.000-08:00

Gracie's Room Is Done... Kind Of

Gracie has a lot of things. I am quite proud that I have hopefully found a spot for everything. We will see how my organizational plan will work.

Kaleb Davis & Dad Clayton

2007-11-23T11:37:00.000-08:00

Kaleb & Grandpa

Joe's Dad has a birthday in October too. Fun times were had with cake and icecream to celebrate his birthday.

The Aunt's at Aunt Donna's and More Stuff for Gracie

2007-11-23T11:26:00.000-08:00

What a fun day this was. My Mom's five sisters (pictured above) had a baby shower for me. It was a brunch and the food was mmmmmmm.......yummy! You can see an exhausted Joe in the bottom picture after taking even more presents into the house. Joe's side of the family threw me a shower too. I didn't get a chance to take pictures there. This shower had great food and company too.

Krystiana is 10!

2007-11-23T11:14:00.000-08:00

Krystiana is 10 and Devyn Helps Open Presents

This is at Joe's sister, Kristen's ,house. We celebrated Krystiana's birthday a little bit early around the 15th of October. Devyn was very interested in everything that Krystiana got.

Janice and Amanda

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Janice and Amanda at Annie's

This picture was taken a little over a month ago. Amanda and I live about a block from each other. Yet we have to go to Brigham City or Smithfield if we want to run into each other.

Joe's Wallet is Safe for a Day

2007-10-12T21:01:00.001-07:00

Joe is very excited that we got so many things and that we did not have to buy them. He especially likes a frog photo album that a coworker made.

Baby Shower At Work

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SPOILED ROTTEN WITH GIFTS

The faculty at school gave Liz and I a shower today. I thought I was just going to get one faculty gift. Still I was literally showered with many things for Gracie.

Comparing the Tummies

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GIRLS ROCK!

Liz is another teacher at my school. She is due ten days before me and we are both having girls. We are thinking about being Sumo Wrestlers for Halloween. What do you think?

FROGS! FROGS! FROGS!

2007-10-03T20:21:00.000-07:00

This is just a sample of the frog stuff we have so far for the baby. Joe insisted on putting a picture of it on the blog.

PICTURES OF THE TUMMY

2007-10-03T20:16:00.001-07:00

Everyone who does not see me on a regular basis has been asking to see what my tummy looks like. Here it is! (Front and side view)