17 Months Old

Things You Are Doing Developmentally Now:

* Monkey see - monkey do! You are mimicking everything we do right now. If I put my foot in the water you will, if I make a funny face you will. You want to try and do anything and everything that we are doing. It is very cute. 

* You flirt!! You like to ham it up for strangers and blow kisses to make them see how adorable you are. 

* Climbing on everything and getting very proficient at the playgrounds. Most of the time you do the playgrounds on your own even though I am frequently hovering in case you fall! 

* Currently you have about 5 teeth coming in. Two on the top (one on each side) that has broken through but isn't all the way in, and then 2 on the right lower side of your mouth and 1 on the lower left side. Needless to say it has made for a cranky baby every once and a while. In total if you count the two that have started to break through you have 10 teeth. 

* Watching and understanding TV. You have started to watch Curious George and you understand it. Your Dad and I think this is adorable. While on our trip to the coast you watched as George and the Man in the Yellow hat played peek a boo and chase with his hat and I could see you smiling as you found the humor in what was going on. The fact that you understood was just something that your Dad and I thought was so cute. 

Things You Are Doing Right Now That I Love:

* You are starting to be a 'cheese ball' as we call it. You will put on this huge grins and squinty eyes. Very similar to what you did during Hawaii when you would smile all weird, but unlike then when it was because that was how you smiled, now you do it to be funny. 

* Dancing! You and I will stomp our feet and twirl in circles while shaking our arms. I love it. 

* Feeding the dog is the highlight of your morning and evening. You get so excited to feed Bailey because we let you scoop her food and give her bowl to her. In fact you try many times throughout the day to feed her and we have to tell you no. We let you feed her treats when it is treat time too. 

* You are a water baby. It is summer time and I try to let you swim in the kiddie pool we got you, run through the sprinklers, or play at a splash pad at least three times a week. 

Father's Day 2013

Father's Day this year was full of fun for you. We took Dad out to breakfast on Saturday with Nana and Grandpopper at the Trolley House. For dinner on Saturday we went over to Grandma and Grandpa's to celebrate. You were the star of the show as you ran around outside and played with the garden hose and water fountain.

That left Sunday all to ourselves. So we decided to take you to Settler's Park. We had so much fun as we have never been out there before. We played with the musical instruments (drums and xylophones) and you got to run around the splash pad. It was so cute watching you play as you giggled and ran around watching all of the older kids get water dumped on them. You stuck to the water that sprayed up out of the ground and played with the water surrounding the drain. We wore you out by walking out to the baseball fields. After that you were tired enough to go to sleep. The rest of the day was pretty low key and very relaxing.

Click Here to Watch a Video of Marcus at the Splash Pad

First Camping Trip of the Season!

We went camping this past weekend. Let me tell you I was a little nervous about going. Yes we went last year but you weren't walking/running everywhere. We also wanted you to sleep on your own in the pack and play. So I was worried about you falling everywhere and worried about you freezing to death. Of course you were fine.

Your weekend consisted of throwing rocks in the river (often times this involved trying to get into the river to which we had to hold you back), throwing the ball for Bailey, playing bags, and following everyone around. You had such a blast. You were able to have your first taste of roasted marshmallows and soda (by accident, I thought I was giving you flavored water) both of which you absolutely loved.

Although you did fall frequently, you didn't get hurt. And while you did fall you progressively got better at navigating the rocks as the weekend wore on since you finally realized you needed to look down at the ground as you walked. As for sleeping, the first night you didn't stir once in your pack and play! I was up constantly checking on you to make sure you were warm, you must have loved being all snuggled in there though. Your Dad and I sure froze but you were toasty warm which was all that mattered. On day two you actually slept from about 10:30pm until 10 the next morning - which is amazing for camping! Most people don't sleep that long, but I think you were pretty worn out from the previous day's activities.