Absent

I've been a bit absent from the blog lately for a couple of reasons.

1. We are finishing our basement and the workers are at our house from 8:30-5:30. I have had to put Marshall down for both naps at my parent's house so that he is able to get a nap at all. There is no way he would sleep through all of the construction taking place at our house. It actually works pretty well since our summer schedule includes so much time at the pool. It just makes it harder to find the time to blog. I have also been bad about remembering to bring the camera. In fact, I haven't brought the camera down at all this summer. I guess I need to remember to do that.

2. Marshall has not been in any type of picture taking condition. He has been pretty sick the last few days. I thought he was just teething when he started running a fever on Saturday night. The fever was then accompanied with runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, and tugging on his ears. We went to see the doctor today and it is the start of an ear infection. We got some antibiotics and we're hoping we can get this taken care of quickly.

These pictures were taken a couple weeks ago, since I didn't have any new ones I thought I would let you enjoy a few "oldies."

Do you love summer?

We do! Marshall has transitioned into the laid back approach we take during the summer months. Things just seem to slow down a bit. The boy loves swimming, especially when his cousins are in the pool (you can actually see Sam swimming under his float in this picture). Marshall's favorite thing to do: just sit and watch Sam.

I am so happy Marshall loves being in the water. I grew up playing in the pool every summer and I want the same for him. Living in South Carolina it only makes sense to spend the majority of our day in the pool. Our summer schedule consists of going to Pop and Loni's to swing for a little bit after breakfast, then swim, nap, lunch, swim, nap, swim, dinner, and sometimes we will even take an evening dip before bed. Summer is the best! Naps are even better in the summer because all of the outdoor activity completely drains him and he takes awesome naps. Gotta love that!

There are a bunch more pictures to be posted from our weekend by the pool. You'll have to be patient on that though. They aren't on my camera so they are being e-mailed to me, then I'll post those.

Refreshed

Scott and I were able to have a quick little getaway together on Thursday night. We left Marshall overnight for the first time with my mom and dad. Scott had an appointment for work in Hilton Head and thought it would be great to go together and spend some time on the beach once he finished working. It was great to sleep in a little bit and just relax with one another. We didn't have to rush through a single meal and we were able to have an uninterrupted conversation. We missed our little buddy but a night away was very refreshing for us both.

Thank you Mom and Dad for being so willing to keep him. He loves his Pop and Loni!!!

*No pictures because we didn't even think to bring the camera.