WOOF WOOF!!

Maddux has figured out how to detect a dog and what a dog says. Each time a dog shows up around him, he starts saying, "woof woof." Soon, I began asking him, "What does a doggie say?" and he always replies, "woof woof!" he's so proud of himself and i'm so proud of him. It is obvious to me that he understands more of the english language than he can actually say.   He knows when I want him to stop doing something, or go in another direction or put something down. He knows when I tell him I love him, and that the TV has his show on, and that I want to make him feel better. He has begun playing all on his own and figuring out how to entertain himself without need of his mommy every moment of the day. I have even been able to take naps on the couch while he plays with his toys right next to me in a closed off space. He's getting so big and so smart! This last week, he started purposely hurting himself (by poking himself in the eye or very lightly hitting his head on the couch) so that he could look at me with the very most fake hurt face I have ever seen, and then he fake cries and its hilarious, which is what he's going for in the first place. He is such a silly boy!