Brayden Joshua Crockett:
Born: April 2, 2010 @ 2:44am
in Burley, ID
7 lbs 4oz and 20 1/2 in
Born: April 2, 2010 @ 2:44am
in Burley, ID
7 lbs 4oz and 20 1/2 in
Brayden is lucky enough to have1 loving great great grandmother Klemish, 6 loving great grandparents ( grandpa Bill & grandma Jennie Burrell, grandpa Jack & grandma Gladys Mangum, grandpa Florentino and grandma Cruz Aguilar), and 4 wonderful grandparents( grandpa Gene and grandma Julie Crockett, grandma Deborah Mangum, and grandpa John Aguilar) when he was born. He also had 8 wonderful aunts (Brittney, Desi, Keshia, Mickela, Jenny, Allison, Chelsie, and Nicholya) and 3 awesome uncles (Brandon, Matt, and David) also with a god father Aaron Larson. He also had 6 cousins at the time (Jenna, Tyler, Trelynn, Andrew,Mariana, and Jackson)! When he was born he had his dad, Aunts Desi, Britt, Keshia, Grandma Debbie and his adopted Aunt Tristian in the room. They weren't all suppose to be in there but the doc came in and was wanting the baby out in a hurry. Everyone was so scrambled they themselves didn't know what to do lol. The next day he got to meet the rest of the family.
It was hard picking out a name for Brayden, mainly because his father did not like any boy names for some reason! I had a list of names filling up the whole front and back on a piece of paper. Only one name, at of them all, that my husband liked and stuck out to him. When Brayden was born, he was born with the cord tightly wrapped around his neck. He didn't even make a sound when he came out, which was one of the scariest things I've been through. The nurses rushing around working on him and after what seemed an eternity we finally heard a tiny faint cry. He nursed the first time good, but after that he wouldn't eat. The nurses had to get a bottle and show us how to make him swallow his food. We would drop some in his mouth then run our figure gently over the out side of his throat. He would slowly take a swallow. They tested his blood and his sugars were low, which was causing him to be very weak and not eat. They said it was caused from the cord being around his neck. The whole time we were in the hospital we had to feed him with a bottle when he wouldn't nurse, which was most of the time. It wasn't till his sugars came up that he started to nurse more. This made it hard for my milk to come in and made me discouraged thinking that I could never produce milk. I really wanted to nurse my baby and so I continued to pump. My husband helped and stood by my side the whole time and comforted me. It took a month before a had a good source of milk to feed him. So we had to also feed him out of a bottle with formula. He was born with his eyes wide open taken everything in as much as possible like he was ready to live life to the fullest!
He has always been a tough kid, its like pain did not bother him at all. Even when he had to keep being tested for his billirubin, because it was so high and lasted for 2 weeks! He didn't even cry or flinch at all when they would poke and draw his blood! The nurses said they have never seen that before. He did however have one problem as a baby. His body hadn't developed enough to have his own bowl movements, so we had to help him. We also gave him pedilite in a bottle to help him along. Brayden has always love sleeping in his own bed, even from the beginning! He always snored too, it sounded like a kitten purring lol. He doesn't snore all the time now, but when he does its the same snore. He was snuggle and fall asleep with me, but if I wanted him to stay asleep I had to put him in his own bed. He just like having space to himself, mainly because he moved around like crazy and still does. He started sleeping through the night before he turn a month old. He was not the type of baby who liked being held, sang to or rocked when going to sleep unless he was sick. We just lay him in his bed and he went to sleep. At first I was like this isn't bad what is everyone talking about not being able to sleep lol. He didn't cry much only when he was hungry or got hurt other then that we never heard him cry. When he cried it was so soft and low it was hard to tell if he was actually crying. Well it seems I just had a good baby all around. We love our little Brayden! He was the happiest, alert and most lively baby I knew!
When Brayden was a month old, on May 2, 2010, He received his baby blessing through the View 1st ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, which he received from his father. We were lucky enough to have a dear friend from our ward who was knew short hand writing and gave us a copy of his blessing. At his baby blessing he got to meet the rest of the Crockett family, his God father Aaron, and his Grandpa Aguilar.By time he was a month old he weighted 10 lbs 2 oz and was 22 in tall. He has these super long eye lashes and every lady loves them. Where ever we go everyone mentions them. I was a primary teacher and he went with me every time and from the beginning he has loved singing time. Even when I was pregnant with him, whenever they would start singing he would move all around in my belly. As he got older he would sing (baby singing lol) along with the kids and dance. Sometimes he would sing so loud you could hear him above all the kids and down the hall. The whole primary loved him and fought over who he got to sit with too lol.
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| 2 months old |
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| 2 months and always sticking out his tongue |
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| Brayden 2 months |
Brayden was always my skinny mini baby. The doc didn't think I was feeding him enough, but it seemed like I was feeding him all day long. He was as active as much as possible always smiling ( had the biggest smile), laughing and making you laugh by doing the cutest things and had so many facial expressions!!! He got his First set of shots at 2 months and he didn't even cry like always he was my tough kid. He was even good about taking the oral vaccinations too, never spit or dripped any of it and swallowed it right down. He has always been good about taking his medicines even now. At 2 months he was 11 lbs 8 oz and 24 inches
When Brayden was 3 months old his Aunt Chelsie married Doug Luker, in which he gain another awesome uncle! Brayden also got to meet his Aunt Allison when he was 3 months old, who lived in Virginia at the time! She had come for Aunt Chelsie's wedding! He also visited Yellowstone park for the first time when he was 3 months old! He also had his first Independence day too, but unfortunately was not able to go see any fireworks :( He went to his first concert at the Boise, Id Festival to see the Backstreet Boys, Macy Gray, and Bret Micheal's
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| Aunt Jenny |
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| Uncle Brandon |
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| Brayden rolling over on his belly |
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| Brayden hanging on by himself |
Brayden started rolling over on his belly and standing on his own while holding on to something at 4 month! He was such a go getting, independent, and strong! He always seem/acted older then he was! He also said "Dad" for the first time! At 5 months old he weighted 14 lbs 9 oz and 25 1/2inches tall. He go to meet his Uncle Brandon and Aunt Jenny for the first time ( who lived in Arizona). He started drinking out of a normal cup and he did pretty good. He would only spill down himself when he would drink too fast. He really liked his sippy cups too!
By time Brayden was 6 months old he was sitting up all by himself! At 6 months old was when we first introduced baby food to him and he loved it all except the meats, which is funny since that's is exactly what I ate when pregnant with him! He was always was getting into as much stuff as possible and had big smiles. When he was 6 months old he went camping/ hunting with daddy for the first time in Salmon, Id. He was able to go to his first football game which he loved and was really excited! Whenever the crowd would start screaming, he would scream with them, be jumping and clapping. He loved clapping and playing patty cake bakers man. He also was in his first car wreck, where we hit a cow at night and thank heavens no one was seriously hurt. I thank my Heavenly Father everyday, he was in his car seat when it happened. I had just got done nursing him and was just holding him. Then I got a thought came to my head, " you should put him back in his car seat now", so I did. Within 15 minutes from the time I did so we hit the cow on the road. He also celebrated his first Halloween as a lion and he was so good about putting his costume on too! He would even roar lol! He was a really good baby.
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| Getting ready to go camping/hunting |
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| baby food for the first time |
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| at football game in Pocatello |
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| A lion for Halloween |
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| In camper up in Salmon, Id |
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| at black Friday! |
He had is first Thanksgiving at 7 months which he loved and big out lol! He also attended his first Black Friday shopping spree with his parents and aunts! He was really good about it too! He became obsessed with phones especially cell phones. He would always grab cell phones when no one was looking and call people. I don't know how he unlocked the phone but he did. He has called, grandma Debbie, Aaron, aunt Allison, aunt Desi, aunt Keshia, aunt Britt, grandpa Jack, and most of all daddy. He would even talk to who ever called, that is if I didn't catch him in time lol. When daddy was at work he would leave voice messages for him. His addiction only became worse as he got older. He became in love with the vacuum. When ever we would vacuum he would try to follow and catch it. As he got older he would want to vacuum all by himself, so he would let him. Josh said "it looks like that will be his chore when he gets old, its too bad he doesn't like doing laundry in stead lol"! He loved watching Mickey Mouse Club House and his ABC's. He would watch them all day if we would let him. He started waving "bye, bye" at 7 months. He got to meet his Uncle Darin, Aunt Susie and cousins Allan and Victor for the first time (who lives in Washington). He weighed 17lbs 2oz and 26 1/2in tall, but then he got really sick with Bronchitis and lost weight down to 16lbs 12oz.
When he was 11 months old he flew on an airplane for the first time to visit his Aunt Allison in Virgina, which he also got to go to New York City, Washington D.C too! Brayden is a people person and is friendly to everyone, which kinda scares me as a mother. To him everyone is equal. While we were over visiting Aunt Allison, when ever he would hear or see a African American he would just stare at them. He found them very interesting he had never seen a person like that before, and he was always trying to get their attention. He was officially was walking all by himself at 11 months with falling down every now and then!! He was a fast learner! He was 18lbs 7oz and 28in tall. When he had to poo he would go hid in a dark room till he was finished. If there was no room to hid in he would go to a corner or behind something and go in his diaper. If we came upon him in the middle of it, he would scream at us until we went away. I always found it funny the fact that he like his privacy even as a baby lol. He did not like getting his diaper changed at all. No one would want to change him because he was such a pill about it. It seemed mommy was the only one who could get him to behave some what ok while changing him, but still didn't make it easy to catch him to do it. It didn't matter how dirty his diaper was he would rather stay in it then get it changed!
Shortly after he turned one we found out that he would be getting a little brother, Parker! My husband is big on rules and such, so we didn't put Brayden in a crib till he was 15 months. At 15 months he was 20 lbs 7oz and 33 inch, this is when he had his biggest growth spurt.That's what the instructions said when we got it so my hubby said we had to wait. Brayden slept in his playpen with a mattress once he got too big for his bassinet which was around 7 months old. When we put him in his crib he loved it. He always wanted in it all the time day and night, so it was so easy to get him to take his naps and to bed at night. Sometimes he would just like to stay in his crib and play lol. Brayden was a night owl from the ever since he was a month old, like his mom, the soonest we could get him to bed was 9pm. When he was 21 months old he started climbing out of the crib even at the lowest level. We decided to change it into a toddlers bed, because the crib was so high up I was afraid he might hurt himself. He was getting out of bed anyways so
why not just make it safer and give mom a less of a heart attach. He was really excited about his toddler bed too. We didn't have a hard time with him getting out at night. The only problem we had was he falling out, which has only happened a couple times, because he is the biggest toss and turn person I know. He talks and moves a lot in his sleep. When he was 15 months old he fell down the stairs (outside) for the first time, which he received his first bloody lip and goose egg on his head! He also got to see the fire works for the first time and he went crazy for them! He also received another cousin Zulay. He would never suck out of straw for us. He would always make us plug the straw and put the the end of it in his mouth. We tried so long to get him to and he would try, but he wasn't patient enough. He would suck for two seconds, if nothing came up then he would get upset and stop trying. At 15 months we finally got him to suck out of straw. He finally realized he just had to wait a little long and it would come up!
When He was 16 months old He finally got to meet his little Brother! He stayed with Aunt Desi and Britt at home while we were in the hospital. At first he did not know what to think. He would go to touch him and then pull away like he was afraid of hurting him, but then gently touch his hand. All he would do would stare at him with big eyes and the look at us like he was saying what is it lol! For a week he wouldn't hold, hug or kiss him. Then he stared to get more comfortable with him and would give him hugs and kisses but still would not hold him! It was about 2 weeks later that we got him to hold him, then after that it was history! Parker was his baby! When he wanted to hold him, he wanted him now and would not let anyone take him away! When I had Parker in the swing and his pacifier fell out. Brayden would go over and hold the pacifier in, kept swinging him back and forth, and sang to him at the same time! I was so cute! There were the moments tho that you could tell when Brayden got a little jealous, because Parker would get a lot more attention! He would act out by getting into things or climb all over you to get your attention, but he didn't do it very often. Once his little brother was born it was like he knew he needed to act like the big brother. He stopped needing a bottle or sippy at bed time instantly, it was cool. When Brayden was 22 months old he got to meet
his cousin Zulay (who was 8 month old at the time) for the first time and he loved her so much. When he was 23 months He met his cousin Practor ( who was only only a couple days old). He didn't know how to act Practor being a tiny baby, aunt Chelsie and uncle Doug had a dancing game on the kept him side tracked lol.
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| Resting after stuff ourselves full on thanksgiving |
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| Uncle Darin, Aunt Susie, Allan and Victor |
He started crawling at 8 months on Christmas day, which was also his first Christmas of course! When he started crawling he would go into dark rooms and hid there. He has never been scared of the dark, but instead loves playing in the dark! He was able to go to the festival of trees and sit on Santa's lap, which he was really good about doing too! We are really bad about waiting to open presents! On Christmas Eve we let him open one present, but by time we had everything set up for Santa he had woken up! So we let him open his presents at 1am instead of letting him wait lol! Its like he knew something was going on and wanted to be a part of it. Now that he was able to crawl and walk around hanging on things, he was able to play more with his cousin Jackson (who was 3 months older). When ever he would see his cousin he would start screaming of excitement. Jackson didn't like it so much lol, Jackson would try to get away from him when he acted like that, which was all the time. Jackson was like get that crazy thing away from me he's scary, which a few other babies would do because my son was so wild. He loved having people around.
At 10 months old he developed more on his walking and then started to dance to music all the time! He loves listening to music and dancing to it ( probably from listening to music in my belly lol)! He also liked playing instruments too! He also had his first Super bowl party. He loved the BBQ wings and would scream at the TV with us! He also started climb on our bed so in the mornings we would be woken up by someone tackling us! When he was 10 months old mommy and daddy found out that we were going to have another baby in August. He also started blowing kisses at 10 months and loved giving them. He got his first hair cut when he was 10 months old. His hair grew fast. A little before he turned 2, he finally would hold still enough for me to cut his hair for him. He didn't look like are baby any more but more of a little toddler! Around 10 months he became addicted to making cat noises. Whenever he seen any animal he would make a cat sound! He sounded just like a cat too. I could never tell the difference between him and a real cat! He did this for a every long time until he could say cat!
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| 9 months old pushing his car around |
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| 9 months helping grandpa fitting a quilt together and kept snuggling it. |
He started walking around/ hanging on things at 9 months old. He would push his car toy around walking behind it. He was becoming such a ham. We didn't have to wait till he was 2yrs old, he was always into things and helping everyone out as much as possible. Around this age when he became obsessed with soft materials and would snuggle with them. He also got celebrated his first New Years at 9 months! He has been always been a big flirt with the girls and became better at it with age. When we would go into restaurants all the lady's would go goo goo over him and he would always get free stuff from them lol. He Stopped nursing at 9 months and would only want a sippy cup or bottle when going to sleep. I didn't find out till later then reason why he stop nursing was because I was pregnant and my milk was changing. He started to climb the stairs at 9 months. I took him downstairs with me to put some stuff away. I sat him down while I did so and when I turned around he was going up the stairs.
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| Brayden waking up his dad |
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| Superbowl, Brayden screaming at the T.V. and eating BBQ wings |
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| Aunt Allison and Brayden looking at the Statue of Liberty |
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| In N.Y.C |
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| watching the fireworks |
After he turned one time seemed to fly by! On his first birthday he didn't big out and make a mess with his cake. He slowly picked at it that is until we put his hand in it lol! He got to have 2 birthday's. the 2nd on was with the Crockett family, were he got to celebrate with Grandpa Gene on his 50th birthday! When he was born, he had dark gray eyes with brown hair. By the time he turned one he had dirty blond hair (like his dad) and hazel eyes. One thing he did get from me is his tan. He doesn't burn very easy, buy tans very good. I still put sunscreen on him no matter what tho. During the summer when he would take baths, he would have a white bum and everything else tan lol. He loved going out in his kiddy pool, but didn't like playing in the sprinkler. He just didn't like things spraying in his face. He was that way with taking a bath. He didn't like taking showers with daddy, but just like sitting in the tub. As he has gotten older he has come to love taking showers. Now its impossible for mommy and daddy to take showers with him awake. He always runs to get in even with his clothes on. Then he kicks us out of the shower and just stands under the water saying "Awe" lol.
Once he was able to walk he had a big habit of throwing everything down the stairs. It seemed to get worse before it got better. By the time he turned two the habit subsided, thank heaven. We started him on whole milk, but he never loved drinking it. He would drink it sometimes, but he loved juice. We got him a big boy car seat, which he loved, because now he could see out the window and look at everything. He's always been good about his car seats and now he has to be buckled in else he whines. I glad he has that as a good habit. He even tries to buckle himself in if we don't do it straight away lol. He did not get his first tooth until he was 13 months almost 14 months, just like his daddy! The order of the of each tooth he got is: bottom front left, bottom front right, top front right, top front, top right lateral incisor, top left lateral incisor, bottom right lateral incisor, bottom left lateral incisor, bottom right canine, bottom left canine, top right canine, top left canine, bottom left second molar, bottom right second molar, top right second molar, top left second molar, bottom left first molar, top left first molar, bottom right first molar, top right fist molar. He did not received all his teeth till he was 2 yrs old! We tried to get him off the bottle/ sippy cup at bed time and that was a nightmare. It didn't go so well there were nights that was a success but it took time and effort.
Once he was able to walk he had a big habit of throwing everything down the stairs. It seemed to get worse before it got better. By the time he turned two the habit subsided, thank heaven. We started him on whole milk, but he never loved drinking it. He would drink it sometimes, but he loved juice. We got him a big boy car seat, which he loved, because now he could see out the window and look at everything. He's always been good about his car seats and now he has to be buckled in else he whines. I glad he has that as a good habit. He even tries to buckle himself in if we don't do it straight away lol. He did not get his first tooth until he was 13 months almost 14 months, just like his daddy! The order of the of each tooth he got is: bottom front left, bottom front right, top front right, top front, top right lateral incisor, top left lateral incisor, bottom right lateral incisor, bottom left lateral incisor, bottom right canine, bottom left canine, top right canine, top left canine, bottom left second molar, bottom right second molar, top right second molar, top left second molar, bottom left first molar, top left first molar, bottom right first molar, top right fist molar. He did not received all his teeth till he was 2 yrs old! We tried to get him off the bottle/ sippy cup at bed time and that was a nightmare. It didn't go so well there were nights that was a success but it took time and effort.
Shortly after he turned one we found out that he would be getting a little brother, Parker! My husband is big on rules and such, so we didn't put Brayden in a crib till he was 15 months. At 15 months he was 20 lbs 7oz and 33 inch, this is when he had his biggest growth spurt.That's what the instructions said when we got it so my hubby said we had to wait. Brayden slept in his playpen with a mattress once he got too big for his bassinet which was around 7 months old. When we put him in his crib he loved it. He always wanted in it all the time day and night, so it was so easy to get him to take his naps and to bed at night. Sometimes he would just like to stay in his crib and play lol. Brayden was a night owl from the ever since he was a month old, like his mom, the soonest we could get him to bed was 9pm. When he was 21 months old he started climbing out of the crib even at the lowest level. We decided to change it into a toddlers bed, because the crib was so high up I was afraid he might hurt himself. He was getting out of bed anyways so 
When He was 16 months old He finally got to meet his little Brother! He stayed with Aunt Desi and Britt at home while we were in the hospital. At first he did not know what to think. He would go to touch him and then pull away like he was afraid of hurting him, but then gently touch his hand. All he would do would stare at him with big eyes and the look at us like he was saying what is it lol! For a week he wouldn't hold, hug or kiss him. Then he stared to get more comfortable with him and would give him hugs and kisses but still would not hold him! It was about 2 weeks later that we got him to hold him, then after that it was history! Parker was his baby! When he wanted to hold him, he wanted him now and would not let anyone take him away! When I had Parker in the swing and his pacifier fell out. Brayden would go over and hold the pacifier in, kept swinging him back and forth, and sang to him at the same time! I was so cute! There were the moments tho that you could tell when Brayden got a little jealous, because Parker would get a lot more attention! He would act out by getting into things or climb all over you to get your attention, but he didn't do it very often. Once his little brother was born it was like he knew he needed to act like the big brother. He stopped needing a bottle or sippy at bed time instantly, it was cool. When Brayden was 22 months old he got to meet
his cousin Zulay (who was 8 month old at the time) for the first time and he loved her so much. When he was 23 months He met his cousin Practor ( who was only only a couple days old). He didn't know how to act Practor being a tiny baby, aunt Chelsie and uncle Doug had a dancing game on the kept him side tracked lol. 
saying M's (which is why he hardly ever says mom unless he is hurt), L's, and P's! His all time favorite word to say it TRUCK! His favorite food is mac & cheese, White cheddar shells, gogurts, string cheese, applesauce, fruit cups, Fried Potatoes, cream corn, corn on the cob, pizza, pudding, mash potatoes with gravy, any candy (of course), and most of all jello! He likes Tator tots but not fries which is weird to me. He use to eat all veggies but lately when he sees peas or green beans he says yuck and wont eat anything with them in it. He will drink pretty much anything but his favorite drinks are juices of all kinds. He hardly eats any meat unless mainly because he didn't get his teeth till later so he couldn't eat it much. For a long time he went through a stage were he would chew food in his mouth and then spit it out. I asked the doc why ( mainly because I thought he wasn't eating enough food), but the doc said it was a texture stage some toddlers went through. His first favorite movie to watch was his "A,B,C's around the world". He also likes "Rio", "Megamind", "Tangled", "Hercules", "Finding Nemo", and "Monsters Inc." He will actually watch any movie that has a lot of good upbeat music in it or a lot of action. He watches older western TV shows with his Grandma Mangum. He will even act out the fight scenes with her. He acts out the gun fights and when he gets shot he will fall down dead lol! He likes watching "Dancing with the Stars" with mommy. When they start dancing he starts dancing too. Sometimes he grabs my hand and wants me to dance with him!
guys, especially the old guys/boys! He really loves playing with his cousins Tyler, Andrew, uncle Matt, grandpa Mangum and Daddy (probably because their around all the time). The only problem he had with anyone was all the Hispanic males in my family. When any of them would want to hold him or come near him he would just start crying. We don't know why he did this but he did. It took him till he was almost 2 yrs old before he stopped doing it. He likes to socialize like his mom and gets so excited when we have company. He likes to be the center of attention and show off. He is already like his dad a lot! He loves the outdoors, wont come in side no matter how cold it is, and is constantly hurting himself by trying to do everything you can think of! He has now fallen down our stairs three times (once with the stair gate). He is constantly tripping over his feet or objects because he doesn't watch where he is going and when he does watch his feet he is running into the wall and things. 
sometime to get Brayden to share but he is starting to be really good about it without throwing a fit. He likes to dance around, make funny faces, and noises at Parker and makes Parker laugh a ton. Then its like a ripple they start laughing at each other for the longest time. He likes hanging out with Parker. He had his stage were he didn't want to give any loves and being mean to everyone. Now he still throws fits just like all kids his age do. He is very loving tho. He loves giving hugs and kisses! When he hurts anyone on accident he gives "loves and kisses", that is his way of saying sorry. Every time daddy walks in the door for work and gives mommy kisses, he has to be 
right there too and give hugs and kisses. We have a big family hugs and kisses. When something is cute or soft he goes "awe" in this little sweet tone lol. It so cute! He is pretty good about picking up things when asked to, but he has his rebel moments too. He is really good about throwing the garbage away. If he sees any on the floor he says "yuck' and the picks it up and throws it away. He loves animals and playing with them. At Grandpa and Grandma Crockett's house they have two lab dogs and he loves laying on them like a pillow or a bed. Now he is starting to fall asleep where ever he falls asleep. When he was a baby he had to be in his bed and it had to be dark els he would not go to sleep at all. He usually take 1 1/2 hours up to 3 hour naps, which I love because it gives me time to clean up. He is now obsessed with trucks. Everyday its a battle because he wants to go sit out in the truck all day long. That's the only thing that can stop him from crying when he gets hurt, besides us kissing it better. Even if its a tiny scrap he has to have a kiss better, even if you can't see anything there. He is such a character lol.
