My name is Mark. I was born in Walnut Creek, California, and I am the youngest of the nine Hockel children. My hobbies are to eat, sleep, cry, poo, sit, stare, and jump in this weird bouncy thing. I also like to wake Mommy up in the middle of the night. I love my sister Therese (especially pulling off her glasses, to her dismay), and I am a little scared of this big loud freckly thing who says his name is John. Bernadette, who is nice to me and feeds me sometimes, is okay, but often dumps me in Therese's lap when Therese is busy doing her math or something. Sometimes I sit in Therese's lap while she is looking at a big square thing, and letters move on it, and pictures appear. She just sits and stares at it for a long time, and gets annoyed when I try to bang on a board with buttons all over it. Well, anyway, I have another sister who I believe is related to the freckled thing. They say her name is Claire, and she is very strange. She says "Hiiiiii, Maaarrrrrrrkkkk!", like I can't understand when she says it any faster!! I agree with my Grandma Daly, who says to talk to me in a normal manner, not this weird "baby talk" where they say "baba" instead of bottle. I have many younger brothers who talk to me in the same manner, but Therese says she thinks I'm rambling, and anyone who reads this probably won't even get this far, so I'll stop here.
- Mark (AKA That Baby)
P.S. I am really cute!
P.P.S. Cuter than you!
P.P.P.S. To prove it look at the pictures of me.
All photos taken by Therese Hockel
