"a little behind" (pun completely intended)

We've been a little behind here at the Crawford Family blog. The computer has been broken and we FINALLY got it back from the Geek Squad. I sure am glad we bought the service plan. I'll be trying to get caught up this week. It's a big job since we've been gone for about 3 months. I'll do my best to get this thing caught up. For now, I've posted a few of the exciting and some not so exciting events we've experienced.

he was so proud

He put it together all by himself. And he was very proud.

Build-a-Bear

We took Marshall to Build-a-Bear for the first time a couple weeks ago. He was a bit overwhelmed with all of his choices at first. He first picked a pink teddy bear. Scott was not going to allow that, so he narrowed down his options. Marshall finally selected a very manly puppy dog (at least it wasn't pink). He had a great time filling his dog with stuffing, washing, brushing, and dressing his dog. When it came time to fill out his dog's birth certificate we asked him what he wanted his name to be. He responded, "Sott." If you ask him what his daddy's name is he says, "Sott." I think it's sweet that he named his Build-a-Bear after his daddy.

While Build-a-Bear was a big hit, the jelly beans from the candy store were an even bigger hit and he has not stopped talking about going downstairs at the mall to get jelly beans. It would have been a whole lot cheaper to just get the kid jelly beans and skip Build-a Bear altogether!






the final selection

denim diaper

Have you seen the Huggies commercials for the "jorts?" Basically, it is a jean/short/diaper. Really it's just a diaper made to look like a jean short. The commercial is hilarious and the tag line is, "You've never looked so cool pooping your pants." Marshall went to Target with Sis (my sister). They came home with a box of these denim diapers.

They look pretty redneck, don't they?

just sweet

Some of my favorite times to take pictures of Marshall is when he is eating breakfast. There are two reasons: 1. he is so happy and playful in the morning. 2. He is stuck in his high chair and I can actually get a picture of his face rather than the back of his head.

Thanking Jesus for food. His prayer goes like this, "Dear Jesus, Thank you for my food. Bless it to my body. Amen"



Apparently, not too impressed with the menu!

haircut in a major way

As the weather warmed up, Marshall's hair seemed to be making him very hot. He was getting so sweaty and his hair would just stick to his face. We decided maybe it was time to cut his sweet baby hair. I admit, I was very unsure going in, but I think he looks adorable and we are able to see so much more of his cute face. Some days he asks for a mohawk and other days he tells me, "no, mohawk." It just depends on his mood.

before


after

myrtle beach

Scott had a business trip to Myrtle Beach and we decided to make it a mini family vacation. We were able to stay in a great hotel on the beach that also had a sand bottom children's pool. Marshall didn't like the feel of the sand at first, but quickly got used to it. It was a great little get-away for our family.




This is the smile he now gives whenever he sees a camera. We have to try really hard to get a natural smile on camera.