aPUNK

Family Rule: Do not climb on top of the basket. Solution: Climb inside!
Fishy Face! S named the new goldfish "Aw"

Playing/Hiding with Mommy's Phone (yes, that's a rubber dinosaur in his mouth)

S is such an ca-razy kid! For a long time, I've been feeling guilt as a mom, placing worry on what people think of my mothering skills. "Do they think that I teach this kid anything?" and the like. You know that kid you hear sing/screaming at the top of his lungs during the middle of sacrament meeting? Or, the one oh so fond of tackling other people (yes...even adults)? Yup, that one's mine! It seemed to me that every other child his age was a Stepford, docile child, but that's from the outside looking in, eh? Anyways, a friend of mine gave S the best compliment and, in turn, reminded me how lucky I am. She said, "Stockton is such an animated kid! I love it!" It is so true! Every day I get such a kick out of him! And, when I wonder where he came from, it is very clear to me that he is a loverly blend of me and Mike. I mean, let's be honest. Have you had a conversation with me or Mike? We can talk your ear off! And, I'm coming to grips that in fact, I am a very stubborn, persistant gal who still can throw a little tantrum! Poor S, you didn't stand a chance with the genes. I wouldn't trade my boy for anything though!

My bro, Ry, aptly stated that the best word to describe Stockton is a punk. It is so true- in a good way though. Any who, Ryan started calling S a punk when he acts like it. It's pretty funny bc now S sees Ry and instead of saying "I-ee" for Ryan he calls him "apunk". S is such a teaser and incredibly clever. I didn't realize that toddlers could be so teasealcious! Some examples, I always say things like daddy loves you or grandma loves you, and he responds with NO-o (you know in a sing-song teasy voice). And, the other day I watched as my bro ignored S multiple times, and so S took his spit soaked popsicle stick and stuck it in Ry's ear with a dark sinister laugh (hee, hee, hee). I can assure you I didn't teach him that!

Here's some of my favorite phrases or things he's been doing. I apparently end a lot of my statements with "Okay?" Because now S is now responding with "o-gee or o-kee". When something really scares him like the sharks in Finding Nemo or the tigers in one of his books he waves his hand from side to side and repeatedly says, "No, no, no, no.." And if you didn't know, S is such a boy's boy. It's trucks, trains, dinosaurs, bugs, wrestling, etc at our house. Recently, S has upgraded his train noise from "choo, choo" to "chugee-chugee-choo-choo." When someone is hurting (by Stockton's hand or not), he will take another person by hand to make sure the hurt one is okay. He will forcibly make the person pat or pet the hurt one. And, lastly this kid's all about technology (Mike and I didn't teach him, let alone show him.) But he can navigate around our phones and IPad with ease. He loves his "shows," too! Much to my dismay, he will discover our hidden devices and hide himself, so he can play without me taking them.

He is hilarious! I LOVE him to pieces!