Markus Kari and Stella Being Cute

Those Eyes...

Markus Kari and Hekla

Markus Kari met Auntie Lola's best friend's daughter on our trip home and they seemed to get along swimmingly. Had some good laughs over the toys and then proceeded to get a HUGE kick out of licking the mirror in the foyer. Hekla enjoyed for about 3 seconds, but Markus stayed on for more. You've got to wonder - what does this say about him exactly?

I Love Stulli the Kisa

Markus was remarkably gentle with my family cat and local buddha, Stulli. All he really wants is love and affection...or maybe it's just attention that he's after. Here's a little video of them watching some boob tube together :)

Markus Brushing His Teeth

So, Markus has recently begun to really enjoy brushing his teeth. I might be exaggerating slightly, but he, at least, does not mind when I give his teeth a good brushing followed by his replicating the experience while sucking off as much baby toothpaste as possible from the brush. Here are some photos...please excuse that they are a little out of order :)

Markus, Katrin and Isol

Markus spent some quality time with his cousins Katrin and Isol while we were in Iceland. While Isol is just 6 months old and not really interested in getting her play on yet (although she is super, super cute as evidenced by the photo below), Katrin and Markus had a great time tearing it up (or, um, screeching, in Markus' case). Unfortunately, most of the photos of them together were taken on my mother's camera and are only available on ofoto, so I can't post more now. I am going to try and figure out my new Mac (it is so pretty!) and do some cutting and pasting soon, but until then there is one good one of them here...

Markus is on a Private Jet to Paris!

There are likely not very many times that a girl gets the chance to fly off to Paris in a private jet for 48 hours...

Does it change things a bit when she is accompanied by her 23 month old son? Sorta, kinda, but in a good way. Although I was slightly nervous about taking off on this family adventure with Markus (as was the rest of the family!) he ended up being, for the most part, an angel. Apart from some slight misbehaving, which any boy his age would partake in, he did an extremely good job. We hung out a little bit in our hotel room, but it was pretty much good times all around. Here are some photos: