9 Months Old

It's so hard to believe Maddox is already 9 months old.

I thought I'd do a "then" and "now" comparison to show how much he's grown.

- I had no idea how hard it would be to hold back the tears!

Time sure does fly when you're having fun.

1 month old......................9 months old

Maddox's namesake under water

Maddox is named after Maddox Bay, a place dear to the Burke family where we have a cabin and a little guest cabin we call "The Coupe".

Unfortunately "the Bay", as we call it, has been hit hard with the recent floods.

I thought I'd share the status since many of you are familiar with it and it's a place that'll be dear to Maddox someday soon, too.



Oh, and the Scout you see pictured (that my parents have had since around '75) was what Clayton planned to be Maddox's first car. We can only hope it survives the flood, and the next 15 years! haha

First Foods!

Maddox has been putting toys and everything else he can get in his mouth for awhile now, but it took awhile to master the art of actually putting FOOD there!

Last night he finally figured it out so we thought we'd share in the excitement.

Click on the arrow at the bottom of the picture to play the video.

Enjoy!!!

A Few Firsts

Maddox has recently had a few new "firsts"....










He visited with his friend Jack for the first time.
Jack and Maddox were born just days apart and they had lots of fun getting to know each other on their first play date!









Maddox has started sitting up more on his own so he has been practicing making shots on his "Tiger Toss" basketball game.










And today he helped Daddy mow the lawn for the first time.

Big events for a Big Boy!