Malachi turned 1

This handsome little man turned one on March 12th!!
He's such a joy having in our family.

He's a pro at walking and walks everywhere now.

He loves animals. He will stare at dogs, cats and ducks we see. If a dog is barking at us, he will "woof" back at it. He's good at imitating sounds.

Does not say any words yet.

Copy cats Levi's screaming. They will go back and forth taking turns screaming and will both laugh doing it.

His favorite things are rocks, balls and cars.

Loves to be outside. He would be outside all day if I let him and he always protests when we come in.

Loves his bath and loves to splash.

Sleeps 10 hours at night and naps twice a day for about 1.5 hours each.

Addicted to his binky. He always protests when it's taken away. If he wakes up at night he will cry out until I come in and find his binky for him.

Drinks whole milk now. He's not a fan of it. I'm lucky if he drinks 1.5 cups a day when he should be drinking 3 cups. He's also off the bottle and only uses sippy cups. He has to pick up the sippy cup himself, if I hand it to him he usually swats it away. 

 If Levi ever leaves his chocolate milk sitting around, Malachi will steal it and drink it.

Likes to peek through this fence's cracks every time we pass it.

Likes to flip through books and likes flap books the best.

Loves his blankies and teddy bear. He totes them all around and has to have them so sleep.

Prefers finger foods and especially loves bread.

Knows the actions to pat-a-cake and does them with any nursery rhyme I sing.

At 12 months he was: 

29.5 " tall

21 lb 14 oz

Really loves his papa!! If Adrian is around he will cling to him.

His hair doesn't go anywhere but up, despite the length.

Has 4 teeth with a 5th one coming in.

He is into all the drawers and cupboards and likes to empty them.

His left ring finger that got sliced a couple months ago has healed really well. The fingernail never fell off and it looks normal now. There is a faint scar and his fingernail is not square on top anymore, it is slightly turned in.

He's moved on up to size 4 diapers and size 12M clothes.

He most frequently gets complimented on his eyes and long eyelashes.

His favorite room is the bathroom. He always dashes for it if we leave the door open.

He swats at things he does not want. He's just started to swat at Levi if Levi gets close and is bothering him. He also reaches for things he wants and just started to use his pointer finger to point.

He knows "more" and "milk" in sign language.

He's such a cuddly/snuggly boy.


We had a small party for Malachi's birthday. We had friends over to celebrate and it was a fun time.

We couldn't get Malachi a balloon without getting Levi one (Or so Levi protested). And Levi ended up with the "Happy Birthday" one.

The birthday boy was entertained by all the people walking around.

Here's his personal birthday cake. 

He did not really eat any cake. Just kind of played in it and tossed it on the ground.

All the other kids helped him open his presents