"Leaf" Me Alone

I have really missed the Utah Fall weather this year. I know it is December and snowy there but here in Houston it is still Autumn if you ask me. The leaves around our house are pitiful. They are only about 1 inch long and hardly allow for picture worthy piles. However just up the street at Oyster Creek Park I found some normal sized leaves that would suffice to my re-creating a Utah Fall for Jace. My friend Becky and her little Eli came along for the fun. At first Jace was cautious of his surroundings but soon enjoyed the new experience. See his upper teeth.
Surprisingly he only tried to eat a few of them.
The majority of his time was spent looking around intently at the leaves in front of him, taking his time to decide which one he was going to grab, then he would reach and get it. He is very methodical. Just as he does with any paper or magazine given to him, he began ripping the leaves in small pieces and placing them to the side. I don't know if he is just organized about his paper shredding or may be showing some early signs of OCD.
Eli on the other hand had nothing to do with the leave shredding, but tried to eat every leaf he could. This is my absolute favorite picture of the event. He is such a happy baby.
If I tried to make Jace do anything so I could get some fun pictures he would whine at me, but as long as he was 'left alone', he had a great time. What an independent little soul he is! I love this picture because he always sits like this on his knees. It makes him look so Big.