Marshall's Baptism and Daddy's Birthday Weekend

Its been a while...but my goal is once school is out to blog once a week...I am really going to try! The weekend of May 20th we headed to southern Illinois to celebrate Marshall's baptism. While we were down there, we enjoyed seeing our family and friends...we even headed to Eckerts and Brayden did a looking cooking class...and had some animal fun! Little Marshall was just happy as ever...as you can tell in his pictures. Our great friends Erin and Mike made the drive down...and we are so glad that they agreed to be Marshall's godparents. Here are some pictures from the weekend...

Me and the boys...

This weekend, Memorial Day weekend, was a great and VERY BUSY weekend... Little Marshall is a man on the go...he is crawling---belly up now---although he goes faster if he goes back to the army crawl. But he can now crawl up the stairs...watch out world! We also celebrate Aaron's birthday this weekend---we got him a MAN fridge for the garage. We did a TON of yard work...thank goodness the Jeffords were here to help...I am pretty sure we have filled 35 plus yard bags...and we still have more to do..... Aaron and his dad built a huge sandbox for the kids....Brayden LOVES it...Marshall is not sure yet...but I am sure it won't be long. We had a great weekend....even though--both---yes, BOTH kids are fighting Hand foot Mouth---I really HATE that stinkin' virus!

Happy half birthday to Brayden--April 14th...he turned 2 1/2 -weighs 36 pounds and is 38 inches -LOVES TO TALK---he is a bit of a motor mouth...and CRACKS us up with what he says -LOVES diggers, dirt, trains, cars---really anything with wheels....also would love to LIVE outside....he loves. loves to be outside -so active...runs, jumps, does summer saults...he is a mover! -completely potty trained----no pull ups---even at night! -Has a strong personality---good at times...and even harder at other times -so stinkin cute and smiley! -And LOVES cake...as you will tell from numerous photos!

Just some fun shots...

Happy Half-Birthday Marshall!!!! April 26th at 6 months...he is 20 1/2 pounds and 28 inches...a BIG boy (Never posted 5 month stats...but they were 19 pounds 26 inches...its been a while since I was on here :) -army crawling, up on all fours ready to take off any day -sitting...and sometimes can even get up to sitting on his own -LOVES to eat! -trying to hold his bottles -loves to make this "clearing his throat" noise to get our attention -IS SO HAPPY!!!!!! Seriously he is all smiles, except when he is hungry or tired...and who wouldn't be!

Big Trucks...Brayden was in HEAVEN!!!!

While I was getting ready for work one day...this is how they were entertaining each other---so cute!

Happy Mother's Day...the boys really took good care of me!

Happy Easter!!!!
Its been a while since I have updated our blog...so I have quite a few pictures to share. Figure while I am on here, I need to do as much as possible...it may be a while until I am updating again!
My mom visited us over Spring Break...its always fun when grandparents come to visit....we painted a birdhouse for grandpa Bo, made Easter cookies...and little Marshall turned 5 months! Where has time gone?!?!?
At 5 months Marshall is...
-rolling both ways...and basically army crawling, or rolling to get where he wants to be
-has a HUGE belly laugh---so cute!
-loves eating solids....I was starting so slow with them, but the boy just LOVES to eat!
-Still drinks about 6oz except before bed, he takes more...and like a champ he sleeps through the night
-He is a HAPPY HAPPY baby (very different from the colicky baby he was in the beginning) he just goes with the flow and only cries when he is tired or hungry








We went to 2 Easter Egg Hunts---Brayden was a little frightened by the Big easter bunny, so I had to go with him. He had fun at the hunt...and as you can see he was most excited about the awesome sunglasses





Just having some fun...






We had our friends over to dye eggs...Brayden and I got a little MESSY...but they sure did have fun and turn out cute!



We hosted Easter today! It was our first holiday at our new house...and it was a success! Both kiddos napped through Easter lunch....but of course Brayden woke up in time for carrot cake! Brayden hunted for eggs---but before they could go in the basket...he had to open then to make sure he wanted what was inside! Funny guy! Marshall was as happy as ever. We had a great time visiting with the family and celebrating the day. We tried to capture a few family shots...but you will see how those went..(its hard with 2!)