"Mark's" new toy!

Mark's dad had the opportunity to join a sort of "flying club" partnership. It will eliminate having to use rental planes whenever one feels like flying.

I think Mark is starting to dig this whole thing... :-)

Zoo Day!

Mark and I went to the zoo today. He waved at the chimps and the giraffe. He also babbled a lot while he was riding around in the stroller. I think he was actually looking at the animals during this zoo trip. He seemed to enjoy people watching too. At the end of the trip, I bought Mark a new hat.

First "true" crawling steps!

Today, Joanna and I noticed that Mark was starting to make some real crawling moves with his legs. He will sometimes go 4-5 "steps" on his knees while moving forward. Then he drops down and continues his army crawl. But, he seems to be getting the hang of it!

It was a nice, warm day today, so we decided to go to a park.

Mark got to go on his first swing ride, and he really liked it!

He also liked watching the older kids play.

Mark is on the go and looking for adventure. He found out how to pull out the DVDs, videos and CDs from the storage rack, so that had to be moved. So far boxes and large pillows have kept him away from other objects, but that won't last for long. Mark is at the stage where he doesn't like anyone to leave the room. He wants to be in on all the action.

We received snow on Wednesday. Mark and I went out on Wednesday morning and ran errands. Yesterday, we stayed at home and just sat outside and looked at the snow. Mark appears to enjoy looking at the snow.

Mark is sleeping well. I think this photo is so cute of him at naptime.


You may just see a glimpse of Mark's first tooth when you look at the photo of him eating. Mealtime is still messy, but it so fun to watch him explore.