Mark's injuries and bumps

Here are a few pics of Mr. head bonk. As soon as one thing heals the next incident happens! He bonked his eye at the bookstore, fell into a tree and cut his lip, and then was bit by a mosquito on his ear...thankfully it didn't turn black!

I'm gonna get in trouble for this one!

But I just can't help it! I tried to tell John that it is healthy for little kids to play dress up, but he just won't listen! I will say that I did not encourage this activity, but Mark was putting on all the shoes in the closet that he could find and I just happened to get the camera out for this one pair. John threatened to delete every form of this picture that I have so my only hope of preserving it is putting it online!

Also, a funny story from yesterday. I was loading Mark into the car and he saw my stethoscope and said, "harpy". For the life of me I couldn't figure out what he was saying and then it dawned on me...."heartbeat!" A couple of months ago I got out my stethoscope and said, "Do you want to listen to my heartbeat?" And then put it in Mark's ears. So naturally, its now called a heartbeat!

Daddy Time

Since I am working in OKC this month, Mark and his daddy are hanging out a lot together. One of their new favorite activities is watching TV. At first I thought, "oh no! Not yet! I don't want to turn Mark into a little couch potato!" But other than in the picture above, they really just watch TV after bathtime and right before bed. And it really is cute to watch them snuggle on the couch watching football or tennis.

So I love reading my friend's blogs about the funny things their kids say. Well Mark doesn't really do that yet but he does say some stuff we think is cute. For example, he quotes the turtles in Finding Nemo and says, "Dude." He also is always saying, "I'll get it" or "I'll do it", or "I'll fix it." Mr. Independent I guess. But he does love to do things with his hands, like blocks or legos or stacking cups etc. He really is his dad's mini-me when it comes to working with your hands. John says its a German trait.