Hilton Head

We went to Hilton Head SC last week with my family. We had a great time! Maddux loved everything from the beach to the park to the bikes! Thank you Meme and Grandpa! We also had a great time with my brother Brian and his wife Cindy and daughter Savannah! We can't wait to go back!
Savannah swinging Maddux.
Maddux playing at the playplace at the mall.
Meme and Grandpa playing the game I never quite got.
Meme taking a break from her long bike ride and Cindy and Savannah playing in the sand.
Maddux playing with "Grandpa's Toys".

Dad decided to head out to the beach and hold down our fort! It was a perfect day for playing at the beach!
The first day we went on a walk to find the best way to the beach and no one was smart enough to ride the bikes, haha! Maddux fell asleep in his little red car and Matt had to carry him home!

Savannah did a great job playing and helping Maddux all week! It was so much fun to watch them entertain each other, especially in the car and on the beach!
Mommy and Maddux
Maddux thought it was funny to wave at the waves. Here he is catching the waves with Daddy.
Taking a rest on the couch. Maddux loved being with Savannah!
Maddux and Daddy. Maddux loved the freedom of running around at the beach. The beach was so wide open at low tide that he had lots of room! It was really fun to watch him go.

Taking a bike ride with Uncle Brian and Savannah.
Family Photo
Aunt Cindy and Savannah playing in the sand.
I love this picture with him looking at his reflection. I'm sure he didn't notice it, but what a neat pic.

Aren't I so cute??

Maddux and the Toad

Matt found Maddux a Toad to play with in the woods the other evening. Above is a video of what happened!

New salvaged car, thanks to Pop!

Maddux loves his new car that Pop just happened upon when someone was getting rid of it! Lucky us! We have been all over downtown and central park in it. Maddux loves it! You can see he's quite comfy with his arm propped and leg stretched out!

This child loves to be outside. Here you see Gam pushing him around!
He also likes to carry his golf clubs around.

The Pink Panther, aka Maddux

Last night after bathtime there was an ant on the floor. If it had just been me and Maddux it would have quickly been a dead ant, but lucky for the ant, or not so lucky, Matt was around too. And we all know how boys and bugs go together. So the two, Maddux and Matt, preceded to play with the ant, chasing it, picking it up, and so on. Maddux finally had a good grip on it and I told Matt he's gonna put it in his mouth, hurry and get it. Well, Matt didn't believe me, and Maddux had an after bath snack. Luckily it was a blank ant, a little extra protein and all is well today. I think Matt now understands what they mean when they say babies put everything in their mouths!

Happy 4th!

We had a wonderful July 4th celebration. Sorry these pictures are not in any order as you can see. Pop let us use his river lots to hang out downtown and we all had a great time! The people there were Pop, Matt, me, Maddux , Grandpa, Meme, Darren, Lisa, Brennan, Scott, Clay and Scott's Parents. We had great food, air conditioning to cool off and for Maddux to nap in and a great view of the fireworks. We also enjoyed walking around downtown and watching the river raft race! It was a great day!
Maddux and Mommy watching the fireworks!
Matt, Pop, and Maddux watching the fireworks.

Playing on a tree with Daddy.
Hanging with Brennan Boyer.
Mommy checking on Maddux during a nap. I actually laughed at Pop when he did this the first time, but pretty soon, Matt, and Meme and I were climbing the ladder to check on him.
Maddux and Clay were twins for the day, haha! It wasn't planned!

Playing a little Baseball.

Walking downtown seeing the sites!
I love this pic!
Maddux loved to drink out of the water bottles!
The river raft race, this boat had someone singing loudly.
Pop, Grandpa, and Meme watching the raft race.

Kicking and Bubbles

Maddux never ceases to amaze me. The vocabulary that he already knows is amazing to me. He might not be able to say it yet, but he sure knows what we are talking about. He will take trash to the trash can and throw it away. He knows where the vents, clocks, and smoke detectors are. When he's ready for a nap or bedtime he'll come to the chair and reach for his pacifiers in the crib. When he gets up from his nap he'll take his pacifier out and motion to the crib and then he'll put his pacifier back in the crib. The video above is from him kicking the balls.

The video below was from one of the days that Maddux was sick where we were looking for anything to entertain him. We pulled out the bubbles and Summer went crazy, so here's a video of our (first child) dog playing with the bubbles. Maddux really enjoyed watching her!

Been Gone awhile...

Well, Maddux has survived his first really high fever. I'm not quite sure what he had. It may have been a throat infection or just a really bad cold. He ran a fever for 5 days and now is just dealing with a snotty nose. Now if I could get rid of what I've got we'd be good to go. Here are some pics and videos of what's been going on this week!

A trip to the Zoo

Maddux and Gam and I went to the Richmond zoo this week with some friends we have made, Erika and Sam. It was so great! Maddux really liked watching the monkeys and the prairie dogs. He also enjoyed the giraffes as you can see from the video. So much that he even ate some giraffe food!

Maddux is actually getting some teeth finally. He has two getting ready to pop through on the bottom. He's been up at night and a bit cranky, but not too bad. I put some stuff on his gums when he got up super early this morning and he went right back to sleep so I know it is his teeth. Hopefully soon I'll have some cute pics with some teeth!

Double Ear Infections.....Again

Maddux has been waking up screaming the past two nights so I took him to the doctor today to get his ears checked to rule out ear infections.......too bad they didn't rule them out. He has a double ear infection again and it wasn't even that long since he had the last one. I'm wondering if he has seasonal allergies like I do, poor baby. Anyways, at least the infections are not as bad as they were last time so hopefully we'll be able to beat them out of him for good. Anyone have any good advice for dealing with or hopefully avoiding ear infections? Sometimes I feel like a bad mom because he got them again. Please tell me that there is something I can do!

On a happier note, I can now say that Maddux is quite talented. He was able to pick up a moving ant two times today. I was rather impressed! Bet you don't know where he tried to put the ant.....you guessed right, his mouth! Yuck! Matt rescued the ant before it became Maddux's dinner!

Here are just some pictures of him from the last few days! Oh yeah, he can say duck although it's more like kuk, haha!

Father's Day

Father's Day was a complete success all the way around today! We had everyone over and Matt grilled, yes he wanted to do that! We are starting to do this quite often. We used to go out, but with a little one it's much easier to stay in as you all know I'm sure. Maddux got some good time in his pool this afternoon too! He'll kill me when he's 16 and realizes I put this on the Internet, haha! Yes we let him go without swim trunks, it's not a public pool!
Summer even wanted to join Maddux in the pool this afternoon. Maddux was playing fetch with her and she was going after her ball. He doesn't throw it that far, haha!
He loves to be sprayed by the freezing cold well water, yes I know it's weird, but he loves it!

Maddux has also learned the sign for Thank you! He started doing it today and we thought he was blowing kisses, but I realized that every time he did it I said thank you and he kept doing it and then when he heard us saying thank you to each other he would start doing it again so we figured out that he was probably using it as thank you! Sorry that was probably the worst run-on sentence I've ever written! I've been doing this one for awhile so I'm glad to see he has picked it up!

Maddux has also really started to get the hang of the walking. He'll go round and round for a long time now and he'll even carry stuff with him. It's amazing how much better he's gotten in 2 weeks!

Books Books and more Books

If you are around Maddux very long you know he loves books. Stay more than 5 minutes with him and he'll be bringing you a book. He loves turning the pages and looking at the picture. I have a book that has flaps that you lift up and he will bring that to you about 10 times in a row. He will tell you what a sheep says and a bee, although the bee sound is basically him spitting instead of buzzing, haha! I could have sworn the other day he actually said duck when he saw the picture, but who knows. So if you are ever in the mood for a good book, ask Maddux, he has a few he wouldn't mind recommending!

Spring Training

Maddux has begun to learn how to play with this toy. Thanks to Gam and Pop for the baseball training toy! It's really cute to see him do new things!

Pool, Playdate with Clay and Brennan, Monkey dance, and All done!

I bought Maddux a little pool to cool off in when it gets super hot. This was his first time in it! I think he likes it!

Wow, we sure do a lot! The first series is from a playdate with Brennan and Clay Boyer. Maddux is really into puzzles as you can see. He also really liked playing with some of Clay's push toys! There is also a video of Maddux and Clay being silly at lunch! Maddux likes to make Clay laugh! And Clay loves to help Maddux learn new things! We love the Boyers!

After dinner or any meal that is Maddux has developed something I like to call the monkey dance. He stands on my lap and jumps up and down and squeals, then he usually kisses my nose. Here is a little clip of it!

And last but not least I have been signing with Maddux a little bit and yesterday he used the sign All Done. Not only did he use it, he used it correctly and surprised me! Here is Maddux's version of All Done! It's not perfect, but I think it's great!