Adventures in Nursing!

So with Maximo's first birthday quickly approaching, I'm down to the last few weeks of nursing. He only nurses right when he wakes up and right before he goes to bed! Nursing him has been such a different experience than I had with Athen. Athen had problems eating real food and stopping nursing... Maximo on the other hand has had no problem eating real food and absolutely loves to eat! Weaning Maximo is so bitter sweet. I love the bond you have while nursing, but I love the independence you have once you are done. I know I will miss Maximo touching my face, smiling at me, and playing with my hair while nursing, it's just so sweet. It's really the only time now he sits still and cuddles. Sometimes I think he is completely ready to stop nursing and I'm the one holding on, but he quickly shows me this isn't the case.
So in our recent visit to Colorado the last night we were in town Maximo woke up at 5am and the only way I could get him back to sleep was to nurse him...So in MY mind this replaced his usual 6:30 or 7:00am nursing. So when he woke up that morning I got ready and couldn't figure out why he was so cranky. We rushed out the door and packed in the car. After about 5 minutes in the car I had lost my patience because Maximo would not stop fussing. I turned around to try and console him and he started doing his cue for when he wants to nurse. We call it his "nursy face." Where or how he came up with this and how I know what it means is a mystery to me, but he closes his eyes and makes a smacking noise with his mouth. He continues doing this everytime I try to console him. I tried giving him his cup with milk. He threw it down. I tried feeding him all the food I had and he continued to throw everything down. He even threw his paci down. He had one thing on his mind and that was the nursing! We were running late and couldn't stop so this continued most of the two hour drive. I'm sure it didn't help that I was sitting in the back with him and he could see me yet I couldn't hold him, get him out of his carseat or nurse him. By the time we made it to the Springs, he had worn himself out from crying and was almost asleep.
I know I'm going to miss his "nursy face," but man that was a long two hours!!!