12 Months Old

STOCKTON IS ONE YEAR OLD!!!! I can't even believe it! My baby boy is one! What an amazing, hard, wonderful, perfect year it has been! We are so glad he is a part of our family!

Stockton is so much fun! I feel like I say that a lot, but he really is just the sweetest little boy and he loves to interact with us. Nathan and I say it all the time and we wonder how we got such an amazing kid? One of the cutest moments was when we were at Lowes and Nathan would count to three and push Stockton quickly down the isle. Stock quickly caught on to this fun game and would start to playfully scream before Nathan could even say the number three.

This past month Stockton has grown so much! It's been fun watching him learn how to walk and become more confident in himself. From cruising, to holding both hands, pushing around "walkers", to one hand, and finally walking in-between us. Stockton officially started walking and standing up on his own a couple of days after his first birthday on March 14.

Stockton loves everyone, loves life, and loves learning. He's still obsessed with books and we read several times a day. When Nathan gets home, Stock perks right up and is so happy to see him.

The day of Stockton's birthday we did lots of little things as a family. We made him waffles with strawberries and a smoothie for breakfast. Let him practice smashing a cake so we could get cute 1 year old pictures. And then went to Station Park as a family for a picnic, more 1 year old pictures, and to enjoy the fountain and beautiful weather.

I made Stockton a "healthy" cake for his birthday. It was made with bananas, applesauce, wheat flour,  and blueberries. The frosting was cream cheese and vanilla yogurt. Then I decorated with more blueberries on top. It worked out really well, but it was a little harder to "smash" because it was more of a dense cake.

We celebrated with family on Sunday, March 12. It was so fun to have everyone over for cupcakes and ice cream and to celebrate Stockton. We had a little slideshow of his life playing on the projector while everyone visited and the cousins played. Stockton loved having all of his cousins around. He was super spoiled with lots of love and gifts from everyone.

I love that Stockton and I basically have the same birthday. He is the greatest birthday present I have ever gotten! I am so blessed to have this sweet boy in my life!

At 12 Months Stockton:

• Weighs 18 lbs 7 oz (9% woot! We are moving up!), is 30.25 inches tall (65%), and has a head circumference of 47.5 cm (86%)
• Has 3 teeth in and 3 more on the way!
• Wears 12 month sized clothes.
• Plays peekaboo with blankets over his head.
• Usually sleeps on his stomach and sometimes sleep with his face on top of his hands leaving big red handprints on his face.
• Loves playing "Magic Carpet" with Daddy.
• Points at everything!
• Can wave and say hi "ha"
• Says mom, dad, uh oh, baa "bath", ba "ball", nana "banana", and always asked everything as a question.
• Signs "milk" and "more"
• Loves all food and wants whatever Mom and Dad are eating.
• Can take a couple of steps on his own.
• Has some awesome dance moves and loves music.
• Enjoys holding our hands to help him kick a ball around the house.
• Is walking on his own!!!! (March 14, 2017)

Valentine's Day

First time driving the cool cart!

Mom's birthday dinner at Olive Garden.