As most of you know, Marcus is now 13 months old and is always moving! He took his first steps without help when he was 11 1/2 months and there's no stopping him now. If he's awake he wants to be moving. He especially loves playing outside - whether it be rearranging sticks and stones he found in the yard or climbing up his slide and sliding down on his belly. He's been trying to say words now and mimics most everything we say. I just realized the other day that instead of calling me Mama he's calling me Nana. He can say Mama, he just chooses not to right now. He is so much fun!!!!! He laughs at most anything, loves to give me hugs and slobbery kisses, smiles and says "Hi' to just about everyone he sees, and loves rearranging things. He opens the dish towel drawer and carries them to different places in the house, stashes toys in the potato bin, and tries to relocate our CDs and records. He also likes to 'Give 5' and will do that sometimes instead of handing something over to me that he knows he's not supposed to have. He's so darn cute! There are times now when I need to scold him for something and I have to compose myself first so that he doesn't see me smiling and laughing at what he just did. Ornery he is and it's so much fun!!!!!
