My 17 month old son, the little messer

My son is now 17 months old. We have many names for him, such as "the little messer" and "trouble." Basically, he finds any drawer, cabinet, item on the counter, clothing on the floor, or trashcan and tries to disassemble it, move it, flip it over, examine it, or place it somewhere that only he can find. Currently, his favorite vices are the spice drawer at my parents' house, spatulas, pots and lids, brooms, vacuums, and trashcans. He has become quite adept at operating electronic equipment and knows how to turn on the vacuum, the TV, the stereo system, the phone, and other electronic gadgets.

The hard part about watching my son is keeping him out of trouble. He has boundless energy and a mind of his own. For example, when we went to Disneyland yesterday, he insisted on walking himself, but didn't necessarily want to follow us. Further, even though we were right next door to a really cool ride, he wanted to climb up and down the same stairs. Mark is easily distracted, as he sometimes stops at the local planter box to pull leaves off the stems. He loves slides. At Toon Town, he went down the slide over a half dozen times. At lunch at the Blue Bayou, he insisted on playing with the salt and pepper shakers and, with a shaker in each hand, banged them on the table. When Daddy took the shakers away from him, Mark then began banging on the table with his spoon. Our neighbors were not too happy with the noise, so Daddy showed Mark how to pick up grapes with his spoon. Thereafter, Mark tried to pick up the grapes as Daddy showed him, but became frustrated when the grapes fell off onto his lap.

Mark tried his best to hold off napping. As soon as we got back to the car, he fell asleep, and we finally had a short reprieve from his rambunctiousness.

Kari Ann Hong, DDS
1000 Newbury Road, Suite 190
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
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It's a Boy!

We had an 18 week ultrasound this past Tuesday, election day, and found out we are having a boy! I can't believe I am soon going to have two little boys running the house.

Kari Ann Hong, DDS
1000 Newbury Road, Suite 190
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
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