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First Sentence

At just about 17 months old Marshall has spoken his first sentence.
"It's a Y!"
Richard is pleased.

A Hodge-Podge of Events

For those of you who follow this blog, sorry for the hiatus, time has just gotten away from me. But, no worries, I am back and ready for a huge update...

Betty Brinn Children's Museum

A few weeks ago I took Marshall to the children's museum for playgroup. Marshall was fascinated with this little bridge; he played on it for about 20 minutes. He loved walking up it, but at first was very hesitant to go down, so he would just crawl down backwards. Eventually he got the hang of it though and cried when we had to leave. :(

Date Night/Kids Night

We have a deal with two other families in our cul-de-sac. One Friday a month each couple takes all the kids for 2 1/2 hours while the other two couples get a night out. We have been doing this since September and we LOVE it! Sure, Richard isn't a huge fan of our night to baby-sit, but its all worth it to get two date nights a month! The kids always have a great time together, and although it can be a little chaotic with four kids running around, we haven't had any major injuries yet!

The ever-popular slide. This gift has now made our house the cool place for the kids to play!


The Big Backyard

A couple of weeks ago I took Marshall to "The Big Backyard". It is a huge indoor playground for kids 0-8. Marshall loved it; we will definitely have to go again!


I think this picture is so cute! We have taught Marshall how to dunk on his little basketball hoop at home and he just wanted to do the same thing on this big one. He would just stare up at the hoop and wonder how in the world he was going to get the ball up there. I lifted him up for a few dunks, but my arms had had their workout after about ten repitions. Fortunately he found these trikes and they quickly captured his attention.


Playin' in the house...


A Night With Some Dancers

A couple of weeks ago my work hosted a dance convention, Project: DANCE. The three guest artists were Joshua Allen and Katee Shean from the last SYTYCD season and Cedric Gardner a top ten finalist from 2007. They had a reception the evening before the workshop so we went to socialize and meet the stars. Marshall ended up being just about as popular as the three guest artists; he sure is an adorable kid! Katee immediately fell in love with Marshall and he spent a good chunk of time with her.

Once Marshall warmed up to the crowd he started dancing around a little bit. Richard was a little worried about the whole thing, but Marshall definitely has some dancing genes in him!


A Visit From Grandpa Toney

My dad had some business in Ohio a couple of weeks ago so he made the drive up to Milwaukee. He was only with us for about 24 hours, but we still had a great time with him. He mostly watched Marshall run around the living room and throw balls, but they did get in some good Grandpa cuddle and reading time. Thanks for the visit dad-can't wait for another one!

Cute Faces

Better Days to Come...

Marshall here...my mom can read my thoughts and I told her I wanted this written down. I have had a rough month. Its been a lot of fun too, but I just keep getting sick. In the last month I have had two ear infections, two bouts with pink eye, the stomach flu, and now I have another cold, and to make things worse, I slipped on the tile by the front door to our building and now I have a fat lip. Being one can be rough. I hope better days are ahead!

Christmas Day

Well I'm finally getting around to documenting our Christmas day! It was a wonderful day and very relaxing! Richard and I slept in until 8:00 and then played Bananagrams until Marshall woke up at 8:45-I'm guessing this will probably be our last Christmas sleeping in for a long time, so it was great to take advantage of it!

When Marshall woke up all he wanted to do was play in his closet; he had no desire to come out to the living room. It probably took us ten minutes to get him to the end of the hallway so he could see his new slide. But, once he finally saw what was in the living room he was hooked! He LOVES his slide!

After Marshall had some time on his slide we moved on to the stockings. Richard was pleasantly surprised when he opened this classy BYU jacket-it was all he wanted for Christmas!

Marshall got his favorite cereal in his stocking, Trix, yummy!








And a fun ABC book; he loves it!







After the stockings we took a break for breakfast and then moved onto the presents under the tree. Marshall helped to open a couple of his presents, but then lost interest. He opened this doctor kit from Corey and Bekky first and then that was all he wanted to play with!

When all was said and done this is what Marshall walked away with! Richard and I have since decided that next year we probably only need to get this little tike one gift for Christmas and everybody will take care of the rest; he sure is loved...and spoiled!

Well, we sure had a fantastic day-so relaxing, and it was so great to just spend the day as a family! Can't wait for next year!

Happy New Year!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Just Some Thoughts...

One of the gifts Richard gave me for Christmas was our blog made into a book! I was very excited about it and once again realized that this blog is really a great journal for our family. So, I just wanted to spend a few minutes and document the cute things that Marshall is currently doing. Yes, he does have a baby book, but I must admit I have not written much in there, so here's to the blog, and to Marshall!

Marshall will be 16 months old on the 5th; I cannot believe how fast time passes by! He is such a good little boy and we are so blessed to have him in our family. He brings us so much joy, much laughter, and great entertainment. So, here's little Marshall at almost 16 months...

*He can say daddy, happy, and apple. He still doesn't realize what all these words mean, but it just melts my heart to hear him say "happy"!
*Today he learned his first alphabet letter, can you all guess what the letter would be?! If you guessed "Y" you are correct my friends! He says it every time we point to BYU's stretch Y; he doesn't recognize it in any other form, but who cares, Richard is thrilled! He's probably said "Y' about 100 times today; it is just adorable.
*When he wants us to pick him up he will raise his hands up to us. Once we've acknowledged him he will turn around and with his back to us will inch backwards until we've picked him up. He just started doing this yesterday; it is hilarious!
*His recent, and surprising food likes, are grapefruit and blue cheese-both of which disgust me.

Well, those are just some Marshall-tidbits that I will always want to remember. We just love him dearly and we're so glad he's ours!