Malachi by the numbers

1 year as a live, independent person

1 spoken word ("cheese!")

1 step taken unassisted

2 fingers for sucking on

3 states of being (baby--->goblin--->gremlin)

4 signed words (more, all gone, eat, cold)

4 pressure points while crawling (hand, hand, foot, foot)

5 stuffed animals in crib (bird, tiger, panda, bear/dog [Sam says it's a dog but it's a bear], lion)

6 chompy teeth

8 stairs fallen down holding a maraca

1,000,000 times poking his finger into someone's mouth