I'm declaring ...

waving.

Marek waved bye bye to Dada this morning, and then later to the mail man truck. I have no video of this yet, so please accept the following instead.

The mail man delivered Marek birthday present from me today. I'm having a very hard time resisting opening it. 3 weeks until 1 year old.

Mountain Man and I are both amazed at the development of Marek while we were at the cabin for a few weeks:

First word.
Walks assisted for really long stretches of time when he wants to.
He shot upwards at can reach way more now.
Stands unassisted for moments, and thus cruises between objects,
Points at everything he wants.
Plays with cars and trucks now.
Dribbles ball with feet.
His understanding vocabulary has shot through the roof.
Everything in and out of their proper containers.
Stacks stacking cups a bit.

His cruising has developed so much. Through small spaces, along walls, from objects of different heights.

Yesterday he noticed an air plane while with Mountain Man, and keeps looking for them. Later in the bath he noticed a bee on the window. When Mountain Man squashed it, Marek kept demanding it's return to the window. Pointing and looking, want bee. We couldn't distract him from it. His memory is so good now.

We noticed in yesterdays bath he has a want sign. Looks a lot like the sign for milk, but it means "gimme".

Oh yeah, and as of yesterday he walks up and down the stairs with assistance.