22 Months Old!

Today Maddox is 22 months old... I really can't believe it!  He seems to have done so much "growing up" in the last couple of months... he is turning into such a little boy and I absolutely love it!  He is such a sweet, smart, funny child and we love him dearly!  He keeps us on our toes, and is the most precious little boy ever (in my opinion) :)

Not too many big changes since his last big post, but here are some things I want to remember:

-Still in size 5 diapers, 18 month pants, and 24 month-2T shirts
-Sleeps 11ish hours at night and takes a 2-3 hour afternoon nap
-His favorite song is "Jesus Loves Me" and he will randomly start singing it on his own... I love it!
-He can count to ten, although he skips right from 4 to 8 most of the time :)
-Still only has his pacis at night and we are planning to be rid of them my 2 years old.
-His favorite tv characters right now are Elmo, Grover, Thomas, and Barney
-His favorite toy is any kind of train... he especially loves the train table he got for Christmas this year
-The biggest milestone in the last couple of days is this...

We were not originally planning to move Maddox up to a toddler bed until the summer, but I found the bed I had been wanting for a really good deal on Craigslist so we decided to go ahead and buy it.  I have also really been wanting to go ahead and redo his room and make it more "toddler" and less "baby".  We figured that since he has not been crawling out of the crib or anything, we could give it a try and if it went terribly, we could always put him back in the crib and try again later.  We got the bed Saturday afternoon.  We told Maddox on the way there what we were going to buy and the whole way there he kept repeating, "big bed, big bed, big bed".  He was so excited once we got it home he wanted to get in it immediately.  I kept asking him where he wanted to sleep that night.. in the big bed or his crib.  He kept saying "big bed" so we decided to try it.  He pretty much went right to sleep without getting out.  When we went in early Sunday morning to check on him around 7:30, we discovered that the poor thing had fallen out of the bed and was asleep on the floor with his pillow.  We both remembered hearing something around 2:00  but did not think that he had fallen out since he never made a whimper or cry.  He slept right through it apparently.  For his nap yesterday we tried again, but he fell out again so we ended up putting him back in the crib.  I went to Target and bought a rail for one side of the bed and then we also moved it up against the wall.  We wanted to keep trying since he seemed like he was going to transition really well... we felt like if we waited another 6 months or even a year, that might not be the case anymore.  Last night went great.  He slept in his "big bed" all night, from about 8:30-7:45.  He is napping in it now, so I think we might be in the clear!  The rail seems to be doing the trick.  We still plan to keep the crib in his room for the next couple of nights just to be sure, but I think he likes it!

I seriously can't believe Maddox is almost 2 years old!!