FIRST TOOTH!

Today, Maddux woke up with his first tooth! I could hardly believe it when my friend told me. My friend Louisa noticed it the other day that it looked like a tooth was going to come through and then she saw it when she was watching him while I had class. I couldn't wait to see it and then there it was. Just a tiny little white tooth peeking out of his gums! He is getting so big, so fast. He is army crawling EVERYWHERE and trying to really crawl. He gets up on all fours and rocks himself until he decides to lunge himself. He's just becoming a little boy, not a baby!! AND! The greatest thing...He sleeps ALL through the night now! He has started to go to bed around nine and sleep until 6:30/7 o'clock! Oh, it's wonderful! Perfect because I have class at 8 Monday-Thursday.Which, by the way, if my major and clusters are approved, I only have ONE semester left(only 3 classes left)!! The end is in sight! I can just see the light! How beautiful it is!!!!!!

Here are some pictures of him from today. Can you find his tooth?!

MORE PICTURES...

Here's more pictures of last week. Here's one of him scooting across the floor to get to his favorite toy. He loves Skyler's playstation controller. And here's one where he wasn't happy that grandma stopped feeding him. Last week he seemed to really love his grandpa. These are two of my favorite of the two of them.

EATING

So Maddux is eating everything now and trying to eat everything. The other night Skyler gave him a Twizlers and he had a field day with that. He just loved it, it was hilarious. He loves saltine crackers too and always wants to eat more than his bottle. So we started putting him in his high chair to eat. He looks so cute in his chair. I love it! Here are more pictures of him and from when the family was here.

FAMILY CAME!

so, we have had a busy two weeks. first we had Skyler's mom and sister come to town for about a week. They have all the pictures from that week. Then after they left, my family drove up for a week. Both sides, of course, LOVED Maddux. I mean, that's why people come to visit us anymore. So here are some pictures. Each of them couldn't get enough of him. He's just gotten so big a squishy. They got to see him scoot across the floor. It's so cute. And he's getting SO fast. The seconed we put him down on the floor he's across the room! I won't be surprised if he's crawling by next month. We had to take all the glass, pictures and candles off the DVD shelf because he has started to grab at them. It's crazy how fast he's growing. While grandma Lisa was here he started eating so much more. Now he seems to want solids more than a bottle. He's eating bananas, cauliflower, green beans. She even gave him crushed stawberries that he loved! And hated the garlic bread she gave him. He threw up everywhere after that one! He's getting so big, but we love him! I can hardly imagine him when he's was new born anymore!

CRAWLING SOON?

So Maddux is working on sitting up, but I wonder if he's going to crawl before he can completely sit up. I makes his way across the floor all the time. It's so crazy to see him move like that because it was just the other day that he was born, right? Anyway, we love to watch him try to get his toys when he's on the floor. So I got this on video. He's been on the floor for a while and it was later at night, so I think he was a bit tired because...well, you have to watch it. It's pretty cute. And the pictures, I had to put up because he's adorable, but then...I am his mother and a bit biased!

ALL BETTER!

Well, Maddux is all better now. And after over a week of him screaming through the night, it seems to be better. It's now been 2 nights that he has slept through without waking up. Although, he isn't going and staying down before 1, but that's ok with me because I'm up anyway. I'd rather have him stay up late and sleep in than go to bed early and wake early. And! He's been holding his bottle a lot better lately. So I think we are getting closer to the point where we can just hand it to him and he'll take it! Oh! I can't wait. And I think crawling is just around the corner. He's so wiggly and rolls all over and turns himself around. He's growing up! Her are some cute pictures of the little guy!
So...today Skyler and I went to the school and talked to some councilors about graduating. For me, I think I'm going to be done at the latest next April because I don't go to school in the fall. But I'll have a total random degree! University Studies-Minor in Home and Family Education-Cluster in Art and a Cluster in Humanities. Not what I had intended, but because sadly, and I hate to admit this, I have been here since 2003(I should have two degrees by now)I just want to get out. By any means possible. And Skyler has a few classes and an internship. I'm pushing for it to be in Chicago with his uncle! So it looks like 2010 is the year! Uh, it makes me sick to think I will have been here for seven years. BUT! I did in total take off a year of school. So six. Not much better. Why am I not a doctor or lawyer by now? ;)