"Alder the Barbarian"

This is my little barbarian. We threw this little nickname around when he was first born and now I am thinking of bringing it back. 

When he was born we quickly noticed this on the small of his back just above his bottom. We were told by both the doctors and Jared's mother that the Mongolian spot was completely normal....for dark-skinned children or ethnic babies. 

We assume that Alder inherited this from his great-grandfather's side of the family, the DeMoss family, who are Greek. In fact, Jared's grandfather was the first generation born in America after his mother and father fled from their homeland and immigrated to America through Ellis Island. Interesting story. 

Anyways, Alder has this spot and since it is "passed" down through Mediterranean blood, "Alder the Barbarian" just makes sense. I would like to take credit for the name except we have family friends who have a son with such a mark and came up with "Sumner the Barbarian" for him years ago. I am not quite sure if the spot has anything to how fearless, bold, intense, or wild Alder is but I like to think it does. Supposedly his Uncle Jackie had one when he was born. Enough said.

He runs ridiculously fast for being 2 (so we are told) and he is obsessed with exploring.

And climbing (which is so boy anyways) but we had to convince him to take the stick out of his mouth (looking like a dog) before he could run, jump, or climb the fallen trees.

My little barbarian, what will you be like when you grow-up?