Overdue update

I was just looking through all the pictures on my camera and realized it has been a long time since I have posted an update so I thought I better give it a shot instead of mopping my floors like I should be doing....

Christmas was a lot of fun this year now that Stockton was old enough to really enjoy it alot more.  Having kids really does bring the magic back into it.  I am going to really start looking forward to Christmas each year now.  Here are both of the boys after opening their presents from Santa and Mom & Dad.  And a few others from the morning.

The boys are definitely starting to be more like brothers.  Logan loves it when Stockton will play with him and Logan justs gives him the biggest, cheesiest smiles.  Stockton goes back and forth when it comes to playing nicely and when he can be a little rough or annoying.  He has a problem with wanting to decide what Logan should be playing with rather than just allowing him to play with whatever he is enjoying at the moment.  Overall, I think they are really starting to love each other.  Stockton always wants to sleep in Logans bed with him and whenever I have let them nap together on Mom & Dad's bed, Stockton will always hold Logan's hand until they fall asleep.  And just a few days ago, they had their car seats side by side in the car (normally there is a seat between them) and Stockton held Logan's hand the whole time we were driving.  It is so sweet.

We celebrated Stockton's 2nd birthday in January.  As generic as it sounds, I can't believe it has been 2 years.  He is still so small, it is hard to believe he is actually 2.  At his check up, his weight was the 3rd percentile, height was the 14th percentile, and his head was the 93rd percentile.  Just hearing those measurements makes me wonder how he is even able to walk without toppling over all day long.  He is still Mommy's precious angel and spends most of his day following me around the house saying, "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy..."  He definitely loves his Mommy, but Daddy is at the top of his list too.  He always makes sure to throw in a few "Daddys" through out the day and point at the door.  His speech therapy is going pretty well.  I think he probably speaks about 10 words now and signs probably around 20.  He continues to improve each week, so we are happy about that.  Stockton has always been our perfect sleeper from the very beginning.  He has always loved sleeping in his own bed and has never had a problem putting himself to sleep, but he had a HORRIBLE nightmare on New Years Eve and his sleeping has been a work in progress ever since.  He was terrified to even go near his bed or our bed for about a week afterwards.  We have him sleeping in his own bed now, but still freaks out if we put him in our bed at night.  And he has a hard time going back to sleep if he wakes up in the middle of the night.  Hopefully things will continue to improve and he will be back to his old self eventually.  Here are some of his favorite things right now:
Favorite Food: chocolate milk and cheese
Favorite Movies/Shows:  Toy Story, Madagascar, Whinnie the Pooh, and Wonder Pets
Favorite Book:  I Love My Mama (about the mommy and baby elephants) and his animal flap book
Favorite word: Mommy, Please, and NO!
Favorite Toys:  Woody & Buzz, blocks, and his animals
Favorite thing to drive Mom crazy:  Climbing on the kitchen counters

 

Logan:  where do I even begin with you?  You are the CUTEST baby I have ever seen in my life.  I just wish I could take good pictures to justify how beautiful you are.  You have the roundest, perfect face, the perfect amount of chubbiness, and a smile that melts my heart.  When Stockton was a baby, everywhere I went people would tell me how cute he was, but I NEVER get any comments about Logan.  I am baffled by this because, lets be honest, Stockton was precious, but he wasnt the cutest baby in the world, but Logan is absolutely adorable.  I was talking to my sister about this and we came to the conclusion that it has to be his stork bite.  After she brought it up (her son had one, too) then it made sense.  Because that is normally the only comment I get, even from family members, is about when/if his birth mark will fade away.  I have even had one of the sample ladies at Costco, not once, but TWICE say something about it to me.  She didnt start the conversation by telling me how cute he was, she simply stated, "My granddaughter had a mark like that on her head, but dont worry, it will fade away".  My response was, "I am not worried about it".  Needless to say, I will be avoiding her on any future Costco visits.  It is so weird because I honestly dont even see it when I look at him.  It makes me sad that it is obviously the only thing that some people see.  Anyways, I didnt mean to go off on a tangent about that.  Back to Logan....he is such a happy, playful baby who just wants my attention all the time.  I can tell he is going to be our "get into everything" baby because he is so grabby and getting very anxious to go go go, he doesnt know how to sit still!  It seems like he always has an agenda.  That is so much different than how Stockton was, I am a little nervous about the trouble he will cause once is mobile.  He still wants to eat ALL the time!!  He drives me crazy though because he wants to eat EVERYTHING in sight, but he HATES being spoon fed.  I dont know if it is the baby food he doesnt like or the act of being fed.  He loves sucking on crackers and toast and anything that he can do himself.  He loves talking, growling, grabbing his feet, and bouncing in his exersaucer thing.

 If you are wondering why Logan's orange shirt looks strangely familiar, it is because its the same orange shirt that Stockton was wearing this past summer.  That's right he was 18+ months old and Logan is only 5 months.