Thank you, Staci! Thank you!

They say something about revenge being sweet. I think this may be payback for all the years of treats and sweets I gave Sam and Jack.

What's Christmas without a little fun in a box?

all this excitement...

for his new shopping cart! He quickly started saying, "riye" (ride). He had a blast with his daddy being pushed around Pop and Loni's house in his new cart.

3 cute and crazy cousins...

in matching Christmas jammies.

Just gotta love these sweet boys.








they are crazy...I especially like how Sam is trying to push Marshall's face so that he looks at the camera yet he is looking in the wrong direction. :)

Christmas at the Crawfords

We had our family Christmas yesterday morning. I thought it was going to be a total bust when Marshall started to heave at the breakfast table. He only threw up the tiniest bit and we realized it was because a piece of his cinnamon roll got stuck on the roof of his mouth. What can I say, the kid has got my gag reflex. Anyway, the day turned out great and we had so much fun watching the little guy open his presents. We could have stopped after his first stocking stuffer. It was a bath toy and he loved it. We seriously could have spent the five dollars on that one toy and called it a Christmas. I had to hide it so that he would open a few more things.

I have included a few pictures of our "Christmas morning."

Getting ready to open presents. Scott told him to smile, this is the best we could get!


His favorite toy. The net with bugs to catch in the tub.


This was his next favorite. He calls it a "tar." His cousin has this guitar and Marsh has always loved it. When he opened it he kept signing "thank you" to us. So sweet.


lookin' like a true rock star!

Color Color Color

Our little guy asks to color everyday. One of my favorite things he does is say, "cula, cula, cula." I think the way he says it is precious. Scott was able to get a good video of this today. He does seem a bit bi-polar about coloring in the video. He answered "yes" he likes coloring, only to answer "no" shortly after answering "yes." I assure you, he does like to color.

Make sure you pause the music below.

He's pretty much my favorite kid on the planet!

I'm biased, but he's beautiful. :)

love these boys.

These two are the best! It's so sweet watching Scott read to Marshall and Marshall loves this time with his daddy.

My sister purchased this particular book for Marshall because it's about a crocodile. Marshall has a slight, or some might say a major obsession with "crocs." He literally asks about "crocs" several times throughout the day. You can imagine how popular this book has become at our house. There is a "croc" on every page! Thanks for the "croc" book sis. He LOVES it.

For Nana

Marshall's Nana has a slight, or some might say a major obsession with Elvis.

Hey Nana! He's got that Elvis lip curl down, don't you think?

obviously we care THAT much about dental hygiene...

who doesn't?

Happy Thanksgiving

I am so thankful for this little guy!

we're just classy like that...

At what age will he understand that it is not polite to eat with a foot on the table? Clearly we aren't there yet!

Picture of the Day

There are no words.

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big boy...but still my baby

Not so much a baby anymore...more like a big boy. A real live big boy.
Marshall turned 15 months old over the weekend and I am just now getting around to blogging about it (at least I'm getting to it now). Marshall has changed so much since I last did a month birthday blog (last one was at 12 months...oops)!

We took Marshall to the doctor on Friday.

weight: 27 pounds 9 ounces (90th percentile)
length: 31 inches (75th percentile)
head: still "off the charts big" (They literally don't give us any numbers when it comes to his head circumference, that's how big it is.)

What's Marshall up to these days?
-into everything cars, trucks, boats, and planes
-loves books, I mean LOVES them (most days I can't even get breakfast cleaned up and he is pulling me into the living room with a book in his hand)
-saying more words than I can count, he is quite verbal!
-sleeping late (oh, how I have waited for this day to come)
-going on an eating strike... so that weight should continue to "trend down" as the doctor says
-still loves his loveys (we have to wave and say "bye-bye" to them every morning and drop them back in the crib, otherwise he would carry them around all day...and that's just not okay)
-fascinated by the moon and stars
-"side" (outside) is his most favorite place to be
-he is non-stop motion all the time, which causes him to completely crash at nap time and bedtime

Marshie-Moo we love you! I told Aunt Sis today that you are more than I ever prayed for. I've thought about that more and I have come to realize that you are more than I even ever knew to pray for. You are the most precious gift and I am so thankful for you. You are my sweet sweet boy and I can't remember what life was like without you. I imagine it was pretty boring. Little buddy, you're the best! And even though you are becoming such a big boy, in a way... you'll always be my baby.

Picture of the Day

I think this smile looks a bit more natural than the ones I posted yesterday.

Smile

We've been trying to teach Marsh to smile on command. This might have been a mistake! Whenever we say, "Hey Marsh, can you smile?" He tilts his chin up and gives us this goofy smile. Man oh man, I love this kid!