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!
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!
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!
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!
Here are a few pics of the concert in the park that we go to on Tuesdays in Fredericksburg. You can see Clay and Brennan Boyer with Lisa and my mom is there stretched out in the background! We love these afternoons! Clay brought some toys to share today and you can see in the bottom picture that Maddux is taking full advantage of them!!
Here is another video of dinner one night where Maddux was making some funny noises with each bite. Now whenever Clay is around Maddux does it and the two just go back and forth. It is really funny!
Maddux in the jumper. He's never been in one before and he had no clue that you were supposed to jump. He just ran around and around in circles, it was really funny! Hopefully you'll be able to see the video below. I didn't get to add the best video but at least I got one with a little action on it! I guess the one I wanted to do was too big. 
Maddux playing with Clay and Brennan Boyer. Although they are not sitting in order they are holding the correct flags.
Maddux trying out Clay's Lion Chair.
Maddux and Matt getting ready to go to the Zacagnino's. I hope I spelled that right.
In the swing with Mrs. Zacagnino. He really liked her!
Walking around the Zacagnino's with Daddy.
Clay greeting Maddux with a hug! What a sweetie!
Maddux decided that he wanted his greeting to be a high five! What cute kids!
Hanging out in my toy box! It's where all the toys are!
Gam and Maddux gave me a balloon and some dark chocolate, my favorite by the way, for Mother's day. Here is Maddux playing on the floor with Meme!
I don't have too many pics of Maddux and I together so thank you Uncle Brett for taking this! Maddux loves Baby Tot from Sonic. That's what he is sucking on!
Uncle Brett was reading with Maddux a book from the library called Peek a Who? It is a very cute book and Maddux really enjoyed it! I'll have to check it out again for him!
Hey sitting in this basket is kindof cool, let me read my book! 
Hmmmmmm.....the dog says, wait a minute, the cat says..............................
I like the fish, they are shiny and mommy makes weird faces when I turn to this page!
Oh, the hamsters, I love the hamsters too. Wait mommy I can't put the book down till I look at the rabbit again!!!!I thought this video was so cute! Maddux loves to play peek-a-boo. He will just laugh and laugh! He is so much fun!
This day in particular Maddux really wanted to clap and clap and clap some more. He was cheering mom and dad on while we were passing the ball back and forth.
So we've been working on giving Maddux lots and lots of tummy time, and I think it's paying off. We have been stopping by Buzzy's Play yard at the mall a couple of times lately and Maddux loves to watch all the kids run around. It seems to keep him entertained and he will tolerate a bit more time on his tummy than at home. You can see in the video below that he is making some progress. He'd still much rather be up and walking!! OH and by the way, you can see that Maddux's favorite thing to do right now is clap!!!At least once a week Meme and Grampa try to come over and spend some time with Maddux. Meme sometimes gets to come by or we meet up a few more times a week, but her schedule is more flexible than Grampa's. Maddux loves spending time with them whenever and however! The first video is of Maddux and Grampa. Maddux was fascinated with his beard, don't know that he'd seen one of those before.
Meme gave Maddux a cup to play with so I sat on the floor and played copy cat with him! He is so much fun!
