By this time of the year the kids are CRAZY and thus that makes the teachers even more CRAZY ; ). I am very thankful to get to spend my time off with my wonderful and HILARIOUS husband and sweet baby boy. I Hope you all have a restful and blessed Thanksgiving! Feel free to stand up and do a jig or two while watching.

As soon as it comes on he tunes everything else out. So, we taped him bust’n some moves to Yo Gabba Gabba. I’m not sure where he got his moves but we’re going to work on it! Yes, that’s right…I said we. I have some moves…I’ll bust out with a little MC Hammer so don’t doubt.

Anyway, this is the coolest, cutest, most adorable (call it what you want) thing in the world. Our little boy with no care in the world, just enjoying himself, smiling, and jirating. We love it!

(The video is a little dark. We’ll try to pay attention to that next time.)

Now, we’re absolutely sure. Are you ready? Maddox’s first word was “ma-ma“.

When he was cutting his first teeth he did not sleep well. He had been crying most of the night and was up most of the night. During the night, he started crying really hard and blurted out “ma-ma“. We weren’t sure if he actually said it or if it was just a crying sound. We tried to get him to say it again, the next day when he wasn’t crying, but were not successful. But it wasn’t long and he said it again, while crying. It seemed to become a regular occurence. When he cried, he said “ma-ma“.

This all happened in the middle of March. He doesn’t say “ma-ma” that much right now because he has moved on to new words…”da-da“!

That’s right…my little man says “da-da“. And he doesn’t just say it and move on. He says “da-da” constantly…while he’s crawling, while he’s eating, when he’s playing. It is the most beautiful sound in the world! And of course, “ma-ma” is the most beautiful sound in the world to Jennifer.

He started saying “da-da” about a month ago. For those of you who need proof, watch the video below!

But wait, the fun doesn’t stop there! We are pretty sure he’s trying to copy us and say “no-no” now. I mean it makes sense. He hears it all day long. It’s hilarious! He crawls around and you hear “da-da-da-da-da no-no-no-no-no“. We think his next word will be “bite“. That’s what we say when we’re feeding him…and of course….it seems like we feed him all day long too!

One of my BIGGEST fears with him being in daycare was that he would do all these things there for the first time and then we would be told about it. I felt like we should experience these moments with him first…not someone else. I feel so extremely blessed that we have been a part of his “first-time” events.

Here is a video of Jennifer attempting to capture Maddox crawling. He’s not quite ready to show off but it won’t be long…

We drove through the water several times and our car almost stalled. We finally found a road that was not completely covered and made it out.

At church there were many activities planned and the sun came out just in time so it turned out to be a beautiful Easter day! As you can see in the pictures he is sporting his Easter suit and tie which was too cute on him!

When we got home from church his Easter basket was waiting and we let him dig in. He enjoyed his first chocolate bunny which was hilarious because he was gnawing on it with his two little teeth and could not get enough of it. He threw a fit when I had to take it away, as you can see in the video. I think we have a chocolate fiend on our hands. I wonder where he got that from??? After the little chocolate treat we had to get one last photo shoot in since it turned out to be a beautiful day. Mommy’s chubby bunny!

Here’s a video of Maddox and his first chocolate bunny.

He’s completely infatuated with Bodie right now, and Bodie is with him too. Bodie has started bringing his ball to Maddox and dropping it beside him and then just sits and waits for Maddox to pick it up and throw it. He’s still waiting…

Anyway, here’s Maddox…