maddux at one

i wasn't able to get maddux a one-year check up until next month. so i thought that i might jot down a few things about maddux right now...

- he has 12 teeth
- he can go up and down stairs by himself (he just started going down this week)
- he points at what he wants as his own form of 'signing' (no, i haven't been very good at teaching him signing)
- maddux wears 18 - 24 months clothes, 4 shoes
- when he is done eating or drinking he just throws the rest or his cup on the floor; this makes me insane
- biting does not seem to be his favorite activity any more!  although he did bite mason this week when he was trying to take away a toy
- he has more or less stopped nursing.
- he is walking full time
- generally sleeping from 8-6 with a two hour nap although he will take a morning nap too if he/i need him to
- maddux loves his brother and sister!  he tries so hard to understand their running around games and keep up
- he says "dada", "mama", "sis", "dog", "this" and tries to say "book"
- he literally devourers books; i am working on him about this because i hate to see the books getting destroyed
- everyone who interacts with him for any period of time (like the church nursery) they comment about how "sweet", "easy" and "happy" he is - yes
- maddux likes to lay his head on my shoulder, but only when i am standing.  if i sit down he is very likely to wiggle down
- his hair is still curly, but so fine that sleeping on it and rubbing food in it can straighten it out over the course of a day and it seems to be lightening up a little

we love him and couldn' imagine our family without him.  love.