All About Marcus

Looking over the blog I realized that I hadn't devoted all that much time to our little Marcus. He is still at that stage hwere it is hard to capture in writing the fun things he does and even harder to catch him doing them on video or with a picture. Still, we do have some fun pictures and stories.First and foremost Marcus is clearly a Grandpa's boy. He really takes to both his Grandpa Rod and Grandpa John. Both of his grandmas wish he took to them as well. However, it is so adorable watching him snuggle up to his grandpas. When G-pa John was in town last Marcus was asked where his nose was, to which he replied by pushing his nose up against his grandpa's nose. It was totally cute and you can see the video below.

Marcus is also quite the rock star. Every Sunday when we drive to church he really loves to belt out the Sounds of Sunday. He cracks me up. He has a pretty natural rhythm too. Clearly he gets all of this from his mother because none of it comes from me.

Marcus is all boy! He absolutely loves to play with his brothers basketball hoop and loves any kind of ball. He has quite an arm for such a little guy and also enjoys wrestling with his brother (until he gets hurt). Marcus also has the ability to turn anything into a gun and make it go "Pow Pow!" If you catch him on the right day he will even pretend to play dead...and that is adorable.
In my last post I mentioned that Marcus is like Jack Jack. It is so true. He has never really fallen into a great sleep cycle and though he can be as sweet and loving as any child, when he isn't sleeping right, he does have a bit of a fiery side. Jamie reports that Beth (his hairdresser) almost couldn't stop laughing long enough to cut his hair last time because of his Grunting at her. When he gets mad it isn't just whining, he will literally growl and grit his face and throw a little 18 month year-old tantrum. It is actually pretty funny, that is when you aren't in the midst of dealing with it. Most of the time though he is all smiles and lights up any room with his glowing personality.

Recently, Marcus has started to piece together the whole talking thing. He says "Dog" and "Ball" and "Tyler" all very well. He also is starting to get better at mimicking certain other sounds. For example, we really can't do much any more without hearing an "uh-oh" coming from Marcus. Also recently he saw a picture of his uncle Carl on the family calendar and spit it out perfectly (at least to his parents' ears). He also says "Bah Bye" very well.

Last, but not least, Marcus loves and adores his big brother, Tyler. They both love water fights and they love to make each other laugh. Tyler is getting better and better at being gentle with his brother and Marcus is getting better and better about bouncing back when he takes a Tyler thumping.