Mark at 11 Months!

It's almost been a year and Mark sure is getting big, but he will always be our little baby boy. Mark is exploring everything and is often so fast it's hard to keep up with him. He especially loves climbing up the stairs.

 Although he is becoming quite the explorer, his independent play time is limited to a max of 15 minutes, if you're lucky. Then, you are likely to find him tugging at your leg to be held. He will not let you get anywhere until you pick him up and give him a few hugs and kisses and carry him for about 10 minutes at which time he will then start to squirm. So, you set him down thinking he is ready to play again. Wrong. He throws his head down to the ground, rolls up, and screams like you're the worst person on earth to possibly be setting him down. You then pick him back up and he's a little charmer once again.

So, you can see, the things I need to get done in our house do not get done. The types of things that do get done at our house include:

• singing and dancing
• crawling around and pretending to be lions (or rabbits)
• making food and eating around the clock (real and make believe)
• tea parties
• stacking blocks and Mark destroying them
• putting a ball inside a cup and taking it out over and over
• chase
• hide and seek
• pulling small items out of a certain person's mouth
• spilling food and drink on the floor
• pulling every toy imaginable out and leaving it somewhere on the floor to trip over

Mark has a good time participating in all the things we get done at our house. However, here he is, at 11 months, doing what he does best at our house. Being cute.

 

A couple other things he is good at:

• Pointing to everything and waiting for you to tell him what it is.

• Screaming in protest until you give him what he wants, then he immediately stops and smiles. Makes us laugh every time.

• Dancing by patting his arms on his legs and moving his head side to side.

• Repeating sounds you make.

So, it doesn't seem like not much gets done around this house, but really I guess all the important things are getting done.......having fun with our kids and watching them grow up way too fast, so no complaints here!! Happy 11 Months to Mark James!