Happy Birthday Stockon!



Happy Birthday Big Boy!

12 MONTHS!
Length: 32 in (94%)
Weight: 26 lbs 12 oz (90%)
Head Circ: 48.8 cm (95%)

Eating pizza and opening his presents

The fun guests! Where is Brody and why didn't I get his picture?  :(

Olivia, Paige, Daisy, Melody, and Rusty

Not sure about the cake in the beginning, but loving it by the end!

Bathed in the sink and ready for bed in his new PJ's!

We loved watching Stockton at his 1st birthday party! He loved his cake and presents! The girls had a blast running around together and playing "Ring around the Rosie". They were dying to get outside and run around, but the rain never let up enough for them to go out  :( Oh well, they still had so much fun together! Stockton tried his very best to have a good time--he was teething at the time and didn't feel very well. But he was still a little trooper and slept ohhhhh so good that night  :) 

Josh and I are always grateful for our families. It means the world to us to always have them there to support us and our children. Parties and get-togethers with cousins and grandparents are something Annabelle loves more than anything else on earth! The gifts were perfect, and everyone chose something they truly believed Stocky would love to play with. Thank you to everyone who came, and to everyone who loves our "Stocky Bodacious Banana Bobby." Nickname courtesy of Annabelle's wild imagination  :)

Some fun facts about our fun little boy:

*He is sooo much fun to talk to! His babbling is more expressive than any baby I've ever heard!

*He's totally handsome like his daddy.

*Stockton LOVES his daddy and screams when he leaves  :( He also gets so excited when Josh walks in the door from work that he ends up crying because he can't stand the excitement! Cracks us up!

*He can walk, and is starting to run.

*Ha can say "Mama, Dada, Buzz, All done (Ahh-duhh), and No"

*He LOVES Annabelle, and follows her around all day. He wants to play with whatever she's playing with, even if it means he has to play princesses (as a result of this, Annabelle is experiencing a steep learning curve in sharing)!

*His favorite movies are Toy Story 3 and Tangled.

*He LOVES TV (I know, I know...not good), but really...he sits and doesn't move when there's a good movie on :)

*He loves ALL fruit, especially grapes and bananas!

*He'll eat almost anything, and already eats more than Annabelle!

*He likes to scream all the time (when he cries, laughs, talks, etc.)

*He's REALLY ticklish and fun to play with!

*He's impossible at church. Josh and I lose a collective 5 lbs each Sunday trying to take care of him  ;)

*He is so sweet before bedtime! He whispers to me, and when I rub his nose with my nose he giggles.

*His favorite songs are "Inky dinky" and "I Know Heavenly Father Loves me." Those 2 songs will almost always calm him down.

*He has pretty dramatic tantrums where he'll scream, cry, stomp his feet really fast, then sit down and put his head down to his chest, and scream some more. Makes us laugh, and on really rough days makes me cry  :)

*He loves his car seat and the stroller.

*He loves playing outside and running FREE!

*He has a funny opposite gene--always wants to walk the opposite way of the way he's supposed to  :)

*Has a rough time being held by strangers, and screams if Josh or I go out of sight (unless it's family of course).

*He is so loving and sweet. Oftemtimes if I go sit down next to him, he'll crawl onto my lap and start up a conversation.

*He loves to make noise! Especially the sound of stainless steel mixing bowls banging on the hardwood floor in the kitchen!

Stockton is WONDERFUL! He is a handful and a big ball of energy, but he is such a blessing in our home and livens us all up! We laugh more because of him, we work harder because of him, Annabelle has experienced more love because of him, and of course we cannot imagine life without him! Annabelle and Stockton make Josh and I so excited to have more kids in the future. We are so thankful to our Heavenly Father for giving us these 2 perfect spirits to raise, to love, to learn from, to comfort, to live for.