Bedtime Stories

We have started including bedtime stories to our nightly routine. Marshall is getting to the point where he will sit for a short time while we read to him. He has a few favorite books: Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?, Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear?, Hello Lily, Bird Fly High, and Puppies and Kittens. We use mostly board books because I don't think any other book could withstand the destruction that is Marshall. :)

I think Marshall enjoys this quiet time with daddy. It's a good way to end the day.

9 Months (and a bunch of updates)

How is it possible that he is already nine months old? This little guy just makes my heart happy. If you ask his Pop, he makes his heart happy too! I think he makes a lot of hearts happy. He's changed so much in just 9 months, he is now into EVERYTHING. I don't think walking is too far off. I can barely keep up with him now, I am in some major trouble once he is on two feet and running.

What's he doing at nine months?

-waving to everyone (even his own pictures hanging on the wall)
-saying, "hi" (it is actually pretty clear too!)
-figuring out toys (he knows which buttons to push on which toys to get the music to play)
-eating table food almost exclusively (just trying to use up the baby food that's left in the pantry-he's ready to be DONE with that)
-understanding more words (when we say, "Where's baby?" he will look toward the pictures of himself-so cute)
-giving big wet kisses (this actually depends on his mood-most of the time I can count on him giving me a big juicy kiss)
-understands "no" (however, he does not always obey this command-we have some work to do on that)

We love you sweet Marsh-Man! You are getting to be such a big boy. Could you just slow down a little? I want you to stay my baby.

Mother's Day/Baby Dedication

I'm behind, I know. It's almost a week past Mother's Day and I am just now blogging about it. We've had a busy couple of weeks. I am glad I have the suitcases unpacked, that's success!

Anyway, I had my first Mother's Day with a baby in my arms this year. It was such a special day. We also dedicated Marshall at church on Sunday, what a great day to do that! Our desire is that Marshall will have a tender heart for the Lord. This was our way of publicly committing to raising him according to biblical principles.

We made sure we had some puffs just in case we needed to distract him. If you know him, you know he is ACTIVE! Being held for any length of time is not his idea of a good time. He would rather be down and exploring. He did pretty well, we only needed to use a few puffs to keep him in our arms. He seemed pretty excited to accept his first Bible (a tiny testament). He reached out and took it from the pastor when it was his turn.

After church we continued our family tradition of lunch at Five Guys. Love their burgers! Marshall was a total champ through lunch. Sunday's are typically hard days because of the lack of a schedule and missed naps. He got a little power nap on the way there and that was exactly what he needed to be a sweet and happy baby during lunch. My family tells me I don't know or appreciate just how good he is, I must admit, he is a good boy and he proved it on Mother's Day!












accepting his tiny testament and then eating it

Dedication Pics con.

cousins playing before the service-they love eachother!





he was leaning back to see the band-such a little animal!

Ready for Summer

Pop bought Marshall's life jacket and he is ready to go boating. I hope he isn't as bothered by it once we get out on the water. He wasn't a big fan of how restrictive it was. Safety First!

Happy Birthday to Aunt Katie

Happy Birthday!!! Marshall wanted to wish his Aunt Katie a Happy Birthday. The pictures might suggest he was interested in other things, but I know he really did want to send some birthday wishes. Happy Birthday Katie!




I think he found a piece of lint or something.







We gave him the remote to distract him.




The remote worked until...





he saw another piece of lint or something! :)

So Behind

I've been a bad blogger lately and I am totally okay with that. I posted some pictures to give the far away family a little Marshall fix. Hopefully this will do until I have the time to sit and blog about our life and sort through the pictures I've taken over the last few weeks.

Happy Birthday Meme

Scott's grandmother celebrated her birthday and Mother's Day yesterday. We hope it was a great day for you Meme!

Here's a little birthday wish from Marshall.