Markus Falls Asleep in his Stroller - Never Happens!

We had a busy morning today, including a trip to the gym where Markus made a b-line, on his own, to the day care for the first time (yay!). The gym was followed by a rockin' Music for Aardvrark's class where he had a very good time. I was a little curious about how quiet the little man was being in his stroller covered with plastic (rain cover, that is)...that curiosity was answered when I got home to find this scene in the Bugaboo.
Not only was he asleep - he was using the bar as a forehead rest!! Poor little dude...

Parent's Party Night!

Well, Dave and I went out with 2 other couples for a night out on the town in the city for last Friday the first time in...well, in a really long time. We went with Susan, Scott, Christine and Robert - parents of 2 of Markus' good buddies from the park (and playgroup, of course!).

We had Korean BBQ (which was awesome) and I had too much wine at dinner...followed by too much at the bar we went to afterwards...which is fairly apparent from the photos here (stolen from Christine's blog - because of course I forgot our camera!).

We stayed out until 3 am. WHAT!?!?! I know, we're crazy. And we paid dearly for it the next day. Good times were had by all, though, and we hope to do it again.

Potty Trouble Part Deux

This happened during the same bathroom "experience". He's starting to play with his potty much more these days, which is supposed to be a positive first step towards potty training, but I'm not sure he's getting the point of it...at all.

What do you think?

Things I Shouldn't Be Doing or...Potty Trouble

I wasn't quite sure which to name this entry, so I decided to go with both. I was folding laundry in the bedroom while little man got in trouble in the bathroom. Thankfully I got the camera in time to document, although I'm not quite sure I should be sharing them ;)

On some level I know Markus Kari knows that he's doing something wrong...but it really doesn't seem to phase him at all!

Judge away, ya'll!

p.s. Check out his sweet new Adidas track jacket!

I'm Cute

Totally unbiased right?

Nothing much to report on this post. Dave is away on business and unfortunately none of my mommy friends were at the park today :(

The only good to come out of it was that I actually paid enough attention to take a couple of pics of the munchkin with my i-phone!

Enjoy...

Green Bay Packers

For those of you who know us, it will come as no surprise that Packer football games are important events in our household...

Yesterday was no exception :)

In fact, I don't think that there is any other circumstance where David would find it unbelievably cool for him and his son to dress identically (thank god!).

After it was clear that the Pack were going to destroy the Vikings we decided to take a trip to the park. After a brief debate, I finally convinced the insane Packer fan that it was not a good idea to figure out a way to get Markus' Favre jersey on the OUTSIDE of his coat. Amazing.

Markus Kari Wears a Hat!

After what can only be described as a day filled with the impending dread of winter (read: I stayed in most of the day with a cranky baby that refused to nap), I finally gave in and took Markus to the park. I had yet to have success with getting him to wear a hat, so I decided to wait until we actually GOT to the park before giving it yet another try. Amazingly, the hat stayed on after the first try and for the entire time!! Kudos to those crazy Norwegians who make this awesome hat (and to my brother and sister-in-law who gave Markus his first one!). They're also pretty darn cute.

Halloween

Halloween has come and gone and I think, all in all, that it was a success. Markus dressed as a monkey and considering that he's not a big fan of being dressed in a lot of clothes, he did very well. At 3:00 we met up with his partners in crime Deville, Luis, Oscar and Stella to participate in the Hoboken Halloween Parade. Markus did ok in his stroller for a while, but as is usually the case these days, after a while he became very restless. Thankfully, Dave had come home early to join us, so I had some help dealing with the squirmy dude. His father's strategy tends to be buying toys (an inflatable Spider man in this instance) or bribing him with sweets (his first Twix bar). Neither one worked for very long, but it was a beautiful day and once we returned to the park to play after the parade, all was well.

p.s. Just so his father doesn't get to pissed at me - I also use the "sweets strategy" quite often to tame the beast :)

I Really Love Grover and My Stroller

So, it was about a month a go when I came to realize that Markus had fallen in

love with the doll strollers that were running ramapant at the park

When Dave came home that night I told him the news - we were going to have to buy his son a doll stroller. He was surprisingly amenable to the idea, his only caveat being that it had to be blue - NOT pink. I thought that was fair. In any case, Markus absolutely adores his blue stroller and puts whatever toy he is feeling particularly close with in it every day.

The other day, his father had the brilliant idea of actually putting Markus himself in the stroller and pushing him around....not a good idea. Markus isn't a particularly large toddler, but doesn't he look huge!?