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! 

Paxton 11 Months

Shenanigans with Paxey at 11 Months...

1. You like to pretend that you are bashful when people say hello to you.  You will look the other way for a bit and then turn your head back to them and eventually smile .

2. Your top 2 teeth are coming in, but are taking awhile to come all the way down! Looks like you are going to have a gap too.

3. You will growl at people sometimes!

4. You still take awesome 2-3 hour naps. You nap 2x a day still and usually your morning nap is the longest.

5. You like to crawl and explore the house and all the crumbs on the floor.  When you come looking for me you get stuck under the kitchen table and just cry.

6. You are still a Mama's boy and will cry for me to hold you if I'm in the same room.

7. Your new snack of choice lately has been veggie straws.

8. You eat oatmeal on the daily with a little brown sugar and milk.

9. You are able to scoot yourself across the couches.

10. Grammy Schaub bought you new brown shoes for Christmas and they look like little old man shoes with velcro straps.

11. You still enjoy eating sweet potatoes, and poop them out quickly after consuming them!

12. While we were at Grammy Schaub's for Christmas break 2014 you started waving goodbye, it's the cutest thing! Your 2nd word you say now is "buh-bye!"

13. You are drinking out of your sippie better, but need more practice so that Mommy can wean you from nursing.

14. You're still nursing 6-7x a day, I definitely think I'll be breastfeeding you longer than a year.  I never planned on going longer than 1 year bc breastfeeding is always challenging for me but I feel that with you still being so little that you need it.

15. You're very entertained by the piano at Grammy Schaub's house and love to bang your hands on the keys.

16. Aunt Amber and Uncle John got you this navy blue beret hat and you look like a little boy from Newsies in it or a train conductor.

17. Since it's cold you've started wearing more of the free sweaters Amber got for you last year from the army and you look so handsome in them.

18. We were in Mesa for Christmas and Mommy thought that she was going to die from exhaustion. You slept so horrible for the first 5 nights and literally would wake up every 2 hrs crying and would want me to rock you back to sleep. It was rough for the both of us. I still wish that you took a binky to help self sooth yourself. 

19. You like to suck on the strings from Mom's hoodie jackets and pajamas.

20. You smack your lips when you eat, it's so funny! Like you want everyone to know you're enjoying your food, and you always two hand your food into your mouth! 

21. You're my little sock collector. Whenever you are roaming the house I always find you with a sock in hand that Annabelle me or Dad have left laying around.

22. When you get excited you breathe really fast and wave both of your arms up and down, up and down and laugh while doing it!

23. Dad likes to call you "Bud Bud!"

Annabelle--What you've been up to! (Age 3, Dec 2014)

Pictures: 

1. You love your new Ariel doll that Amber got you for Christmas, it can even go in water.  You specifically asked her for one. 

2. One of the many faces you give me throughout the day.

3. You still take naps on your own which is nice. 

4. One day I found you laying under the Christmas tree taking a nap with your Ariel doll right next to you.  I wish I could just lay down and sleep anywhere...the days of being a kid! 

5. One of your many self picked outfits, you love that blue skirt and could wear it everyday! 

6. You love your little brother, most of the time you both play really well together, but you do have your moments of pushing him and taking away his toys. 

7.  You and Daddy had fun playing in all the snow we got that December 2014, it stuck for a good couple of days!  We have empty lots near our house so you and Dad would go throw snow balls and build snowman. 

8. I'm so impressed with how much better you have gotten with writing your name! You are a rock star and don't even have to trace it anymore, you can write it all on your own! Go AnnaB!! :) 

Stuff you've been saying and doing lately...

1. You had your first Christmas program for preschool called "We sing for Christmas!" on Dec 17, 2014 at the Rutherford Chapel in Kingman. Your line in the program was, "The hungry little bunny was looking for his lunch!" When it was your turn to speak you went right up to the microphone and said it loud and clear! Out of all the kids you were the easiest to understand. At some parts Mommy teared up bc she was just so proud of you and the amazing talented little girl you have become. It just made my heart so happy to see you up there performing confidently and not being scared to be on stage in front of people. 

3. During the middle of your Christmas program when you guys were doing a song change and all was quiet you blurted out, "I need to go potty!" I was worried that you really had to, but I had taken you right before. Thankfully I think it was just your nerves and you made it through your program. 

4. You also had a runny nose at your Christmas program and sneezed during one of the songs and let out a huge snot rocket that shot pretty far on the stage! We later watched that part in slow motion on the video Dad took and it was so funny! We scored front row seats bc Dad went early to save them. Your aunt Amber and Jocelyn also came down for the occasion. 

5. You told me you had a dream where you were Mary and were holding baby Jesus. It's so amazing that you love the nativity story so much. It's always been one of your favorite stories, even when it's not Christmas.  (Dec 2014)

6. You had so much fun decorating our Christmas tree and love to put decorations on it, you also helped Grammy Schaub decorate hers.

7. You've loved eating oranges lately, which is good bc you've had a little cold. 

8. You were able to see Santa 2x this year, once at your preschool program and then at our ward Christmas party. You told him that you wanted an Ariel doll and little ponies for Christmas. 

9. I'm always telling you to get your hair out of your face and today you said, "but it looks beautiful in my face!" 

10. We were in the car driving around looking at lights and you said, "Mom, you better be good, Santa's watching you!"

12. We drove past the cemetery in Kingman and Daddy was explaining to you that's where dead people go and then you asked, "do they have beds to sleep in?"

13. Lately you've been telling us that your feet hurt and you need a foot massage!