Marshall Happenings

Enjoy this video of Marshall. I still have been bad about taking pictures with all of the construction taking place. Scott took some time to put some of our videos together. You will even get a quick glimpse of Marshall's walking skills. He is really getting better at this new skill!

(Ignore the loud noise in the background during some of the video, the men are mudding and sanding the walls, the noise is the industrial sander they use.)

Happy Boy

I caught some BIG smiles on camera while Marshall was playing on the floor with Scott the other night. He loves this giant ball that Scott bought him one night while we were out shopping.



















I have been terrible about blogging. The main reason is I am home so infrequently due to the construction project taking place here. Hopefully this will be completed in the next couple of weeks and I will be better about blogging more consistently.

Father's Day Weekend

We were at the pool all afternoon on Saturday, this is pretty much where we live in the summertime, especially when it's in the 90's. Marshall loves being in the water and when daddy is at the pool with us he gets even happier. Scott and Marshall spent some time splashing, dunking, and tossing. That tired him out and he was ready to take a great nap. The pool and sun has the same effect on me (and Scott,he was asleep before Marshall was last night-by 7:20).

We wrapped up the day with a relaxing boat ride before heading home to get ready for bed. I love summer!




















patiently waiting to head to the pool






















clapping for himself after daddy dunked him



























toss the baby-this is his favorite game to play with his daddy

Helper

He was just helping me get the spoon clean. He doesn't seem to mind!

I Just Love Him!

Marshall's Best Daddy

Marshall LOVES his daddy. His face lights up when Scott walks in the room, when Scott walks out of the room he says, "dada, dada, dada?" Dada was most definitely his first word and continues to be his favorite. Nobody can get Marshall to giggle quite like his daddy can. I so appreciate that Scott is hands-on in every aspect of life with a baby. When Scott gives Marshall his nighttime bottle I like to stand right outside the door and listen to him sing to him and pray for him, those are some of the sweetest sounds.

I have got two of the best boys!

Happy Father's Day, Scott. We love you.

a post about nothing with old pictures

Nothing too exciting happening around here, I haven't been taking very many pictures since we are by the pool most of the day. The basement is coming along pretty well, hopefully it should be finished in the next couple of weeks.

Marshall is taking more and more steps each day. He loves it when we cheer for him and if by chance we don't, he sits down and cheers for himself. This is his big motivation to walk. We tried holding out a treat to see if he would walk to it. He got really excited when he saw it but decided it's much quicker to drop to his knees and crawl to it.

He has really caught on to sign language. I have been working on this since he was six months old, he just never really seemed interested. I was about ready to give it up and then wouldn't you know it, he signed "more" after he had a small taste of a french fry! He hasn't stopped since. He now signs "more" all the time, even when I had been singing "If You're Happy and You Know It" and stopped, he signed "more." I sang it to him again and he was happy. He has also started signing "eat" and "all done." I am working really hard on "please." I would like the little guy to have some manners. Hopefully he will continue to pick up more simple signs as we teach him. I had forgotten just how cute a baby signing is. It really is precious.

This is random, but I gave him a small taste of lemon and his face was hysterical. I couldn't help but give him a few (or maybe 12, I can't say for sure) more tastes. We plan to get this on video, we seriously cracked up every time. He is such a little ham.

On another random note, Marshall has found his "goods." Without missing a beat, Scott taught him the correct name for it and when asked, "Marshall where's your p****?" He can correctly identify that body part. I'm just glad that's not the first body part he learned. I can honestly say, he learned nose before p****. (I just feel wrong writing that word on the blog.)

Enjoy the old pics. Hopefully we will have some updated ones soon. I do realize a lot of his pictures are taken while he is in his highchair. That is the only place where he will sit long enough for me to get some pictures. He is constant motion.