Let me count the ways I love you Paxey....

My little Paxey, lately I have been loving going around the house to look for you...I can always find you in Annabelle's pink tent!  You just have such a grand ol' time in there and think it's so fun.  You've really grown into your personality lately and usually are the happiest boy, but when you get grumpy you are GRUMPY and everyone knows it.  When you get really excited you will stand by the couches and just head bang back and forth, and back and forth while laughing. We love to hold and kiss you all over, you are so fun to play with...Dad and I like finding new ways to make you giggle.

You are a bottomless little pit and have been eating so much lately, it's nice that you will devour anything that we put in front of you.  Your snack of choice the last couple of days has been cheese-its and saltines. You get very impatient if we don't get you your food quickly, you will just sit in your highchair and yell at us!  You get so angry if we take markers away from you...you like to stand near Annabelle when she is drawing on her white board and draw too.  I've been putting socks on you lately because it has been cold and you only ever pull one off, it's typical that we can find you crawling around the house with only one sock on.  Everyday you try so hard to sneak pieces of crayon or paper in your mouth, I can't leave anything on the floor bc you are a vacuum!

You really enjoy your bath time and splashing around with your sister.  Before you were so passive when Annabelle would take toys from you, but now when she does you have started to fight back and you get so angry! I don't know what it is, but like your sister you just hate being in the car at night.  As soon as we take you out you switch moods instantly and have the biggest smile on your face...it's like you know you were acting like a little monster in your carseat and then you look at us like, "Hahaha I WIN!" get me out of here!

When you are around other people you like to play that you are bashful, and it's hard to crack a smile out of you sometimes, but eventually you give in and give them the cutest grin...everyone loves you and your hair! We have 9:00 church right now which fits in perfectly with your nap schedule because we can usually get you to nap during the middle of Sunday school and all through RS.  Mom brings oatmeal to church and feeds you during sacrament, you like to eat that along with little pieces of bread.  You enjoy standing up on chairs and stomping your feet.

You have become an expert at pushing your walker and can go super fast with it, but haven't made any attempts to take steps on your own.  I have caught you a couple of times standing by yourself, but then you always just fall to your knees.  That's just you though...very chill about everything and not in any rush to walk, that's how you were with rolling over and crawling too.

I never thought I would be nursing you still at almost 14 months!  You like your breastmilk though and it's a challenge to try and get you to drink other milk, Mommy wants to wean you ASAP! If I catch you at the right time you will cuddle on my shoulder with me, only for a couple minutes though. You like to explore and want to touch everything in sight, we love your facial expressions when you get excited.  You are such a blessing in our home and we can't wait to continue to teach you what is right and to watch you grown and learn.

Paxton 13 Months

13 Month Milestones:

1. You are starting to get upset when Annabelle takes toys away from you, and try to fight back now by grabbing them from her.

2. You are very selective to who gets them, but you have started giving kisses and it's so so cute!

3. You've discovered crayons and love to eat them along with chalk, I've caught you many times with both in your mouth.

4.  Lately you've been liking to snack on saltines.

5. Dad has started to call you "Paxel Waxel" and I'm not a fan!

6. You have 2 more top teeth coming in for a total of 4 on top. Annabelle never got her teeth this quick.

7.  You are officially climbing onto everything, including the toy table in the living room. You climb on top of it and like to stand and look out the window.

8. You are such a flirt, in Sunday school you like to look at people and then turn away quickly smiling like you are teasing them.

9. If I ever want to find you the first place I look is in the pink tent in Annabelle's room, you love to play in there.

10. It's so cute bc now when we say your name your response is, "eh?"

11. You poop so much, at least 3-4x a day! Just funny bc Annabelle never pooped that much. Another true sign at what a boy you are.

12. You think it's so funny when we hang you upside down, you love it.

13. You are becoming quite the pro at pulling your socks off, but you only ever pull 1 off.

14. Now when I tell you, "good job!" you will clap your hands like you are so proud of yourself.

15. Whenever you take my phone or pick up your pretend purple one from your walker you will put it up to your ear and hold it and act like you are talking.

16. We like to say that you make dinosaur noises, you just will sit and make sounds that are just so silly.

17. I think you possibly might be walking before you turn 14 months...you took 4 steps today!!! The last couple of days we have caught you standing up all on your own without holding onto anything, and you stand for a good 10 seconds before falling down.

18. If I stick my tongue out at you, you'll do it back to me and then try to bite mine.

19. When you want something you have started to point to things, especially the food you want.

20. You have become quite the tantrum thrower! If you don't get your way or if someone takes something from you, you get so angry and scream really loud and pound your fists on the floor.

Paxton 12 Months

Paxey turns 1!!!!! 

1. You are starting to walk so fast with your little walker and can even pull yourself up on it on your own to walk.  Dad has also taught you how to turn corners and push your walker away from the walls.

2. You're our little dude and can wear 6-9 months clothing still.  You even fit into size 3 diapers still.

3. Thankfully you've slept through the night consistently since January 2015.

4. Once you turned 1 Mommy thought you would be done nursing, and I was ready to wean you, but you still love to breastfeed and don't seem ready to quit so we'll keep going. You have bit Mommy a couple times though and that made it painful to bf, but we are enduring and in it for the long run I suppose! You are nursing 3x a day, in the morning at nap time and then at night to go to sleep.

5. When you get really excited you head bang, it's so cute and funny!

6. You are weighing in at 19 lbs and have pretty much caught up with the average kid in height too. 

7. You have started to yell really loud and not cry, Daddy says it sounds like dinosaur noises.

8. When I'm nursing you, you always like to touch my eyelashes or face, you can never keep your hands down, or you will sit there and just play with your blanky. 

9. You are a typical boy and love your meat.

10. You still love to eat sweet potatoes,  bananas, oatmeal, toast and blueberries. You are such a good eater and pretty much eat everything that we give you, minus formula milk.

11. You still stand in the upper front right corner of your crib with your blanky in hand crying until someone comes to your rescue!

12. You've been so much happier at church now that we go at 9:00. You smile and laugh pretty much the whole time and take a nap during RS. Usually mom feeds you some oatmeal during sacrament and you don't have to nurse at church anymore, which is nice.  You are a sweet boy and will still just fall asleep in your car seat, it's nice to be able to pay attention to the lessons.

13. You enjoy going in the swings now at the park.

14. Grammy Shaver made you the cutest plaid red bowtie to wear to church for your special day with your white button up shirt. 

15. We had a special birthday party for you at our house which included Grammy Shaver's yummy pizza.  Mommy made you a chocolate cake and you devoured it. We also had our friends the Poe's over to celebrate with us, it was a great day!