January Pictures of Marshall!

Here is a picture Marshall took all by himself.

He is eating my cell phone. This is a favorite hobby of his.

Here we are after he ate the cell phone. I am posting a picture of myself without my make up on ir doing my hair. Do I get a prize for that, or is that just what motherhood is?

This is Marshall on his favorite blanket that Grandma D made for him. He is getting SO BIG. When he was new, he only covered up a few squares! We took all these pictures on Jan 14th for those who like to know exact dates. (Grandmas mostly! Hello! We should webcam soon!)

On the 15th Marshall was feeling cranky. This crinkled up ad from a magazine finally made him happy. Now I know what the ads in magazines are really for!

This is Marshall on the 16th. If you couldn't tell, he LOVES to be naked. He also loves his toes. Isn't he adorable?

Speaking of moms thinking their kids are adorable, my wedding planner took some photos of Marshall for us when I was home for a visit at the begining of the month. She did a great job. Really, if you'll be in Western Washington and want to get some photos done, I'll give you her number. Anyhow, I guess she asked my mom yesterday if we would consider signing a model relase form for Marshall. She wanted to enter some of the pictures in a contest or sell them to a company or something. So I think, "Wow. My kid is CUTE. I bet he'll be adorable in a magazine ad or something!" Then I get rational. He'll probably be on a greeting card about getting old, crying, or poop. Oh well.

Marshall has started saying mom. But only when he's mad and wants my attention. Sigh. He giggles now, though. This is fun.

So, I've decided the life of a new stay at home mom is a little strange. I only talk to the baby. All day. I had thought it strange when my mom wanted to get me connected with another Washingtonian living in the desert who recently became a mommy. Now I think I'll score that girl's info. I'm getting cabin fever, I swear. Might have something to do with the current eternal inversion and inhaling copious amounts of pollution.

And Austin FINALLY has his big fancy TV! Everyone be happy for him! Come over and watch a movie on it with us sometime. Good news is the Blu Ray turns DVDs high def. Bad news is it'll probably be Disney or Sesame Street.

Merry Christmas!

Ok, not the most original title for a blog, but this mommy gets tired.
We took this pic today in a hat from Aunt Ashley. Way cute, huh? We made him wear that hat for like, hours. He doesn't like putting a hat on, but once its there, he doesn't really care. We had a way fun day. Last night I cooked Christmas dinner. My first turkey and everything! Then he got really cranky at Grandma Macs. He cried for a couple hours. But Santa still came. Big softie.
This is our boy yesterday morning. He can put his whole fist in his mouth. Takes after Uncle KK. Good thing we named him after him!

Marsahll eating prunes. The kid loves food. We're still looking for a food he doesn't like!
He got so spoiled this year. Good thing he's too little to know he's spoiled. He has so many toys! I'm going to have to buy him another toy bin. He was pretty jolly today at Grandma Becky's. He loved lots of his gifts and also thought the HUGE snow fort Daddy built was cool too. Seriously, this fort is as high as I am tall. Lots of snow made for lots of fun! Hope you all had GREAT Christmases! And we're so excited Trevor and Michelle are having an Atticus! Marshall needs a Butchart buddy. And someone to use all the hand-me-downs.

Christmas Fun with Baby!

Ok, so the real reason I'm posting these is beecause I need a reminder that Marshall is a cute little guy. He's been in a bad mood due to a tendancy to want to get up and play in the middle of the night. If it were all gumdrops and rainbows, Lindsay Lohan would get pregnant, right?

Here's Marshall Claus! We have Austin's family party tonight and Austin will be Santa, so we decided to make Marshall his little helper. I couldn't pick a favorite shot, so you get all three. Good for Grandmas, a little boring for you. I'm sorry.

Here's Marshall on the 17th. One of his favorite parts of the day is to get the mail with mom. It's cold here now, so Marshall has to wear his snow bear suit. Putting it on is not his favorite part, but he does enjoy wearing it, especially if he manages to eat some snow.

He is being noisy right now and a little cranky. Maybe I'll cheer him up by putting him in the bear suit and tossing him in the snow while it isn't too cold.

If I don't post before the big day, Merry Christmas everyone! I'm excited to see your holiday photos on your blogs too!

More Marshall, Of Course . . .

Here's our little man again! For those of you not into babies, sorry. In a little while it'll be toddlers, though! At the end of the post, I promise to put in some big people news, ok? Alright. Well, every once in a while Marshall teeths. He uses his binkie as a teething ring. This is how he does it. On purpose. For real.
I'm working on Daddy going to work being less upsetting for Marshall, so this morning we talked about Dad having gone to work so Marshall could steal his chair. Apparently, this was a big hit with the little guy.

He proceeded to tip himself over and watch more Reading Rainbow.

For older news, our waterheater kept leaking. Water heaters are not supposed to do that, so we had a plumber come and fix it. How exciting. Ummm . . . we wish it were snowier here. If its going to be cold, it better be pretty! That's what I say, anyhow.

OH! Austin got me a REAL tree this year! It smells nice. We got a little one so it would fit in the little corner. I like it. It makes me feel all Christmasy. If that's even a word. It isn't, is it? Oh well.

We'r done Christmas shopping, which is exciting, and getting ready to fly to Seattle on the 30th for KK's reception. That should be interesting with the baby, since he doesn't especially enjoy laps for long periods of time. I think we might have to bring cookies for the passengers next to us. Or buy them alcohol.

Marshall the Little Angel!

We're getting closer to X-mas and the NFL playoffs look who's excited about both. The little guy is growing so fast. Grandma D and Grandpma Rick our hanging out with marshall and mom. Grandma D put up halloween decorations outside with santa hats on them will have to put pics of them. Other than tha everything is going great here in a snowless utah.

Marshall's Suit

Hi everybody were getting closer to Thanksgiving. With the new oven I think were set to have a good time. Here are some pictures of Marshall in his new dress clothes. He doesn't like the vest very much, but his tie is very interesting to him. Here we are getting ready to take family pictures with the mickey d family. Pictures were done in the evening so the boy was not a happy camper. These were some of the pics of him in an okay mood. His personal pics turned out cute. Same with his pic with mom and dad. Well will probably talk to most of you in a couple of days. But to everybody else. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

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Our Little Boy!!

Hi everybody I thought since I was stuck at work I'd throw some pics of Marshall on the blog.

Here's the little guy enjoying the day, loving his little hush puppy. He's probably watching his favorite show of late. (Seasame Street)

This picture has a story. Dad was at work and Mom (Monica) had to use the restroom and she left Marshall in the bed on his back watching country music videos. When Mom (Monica) returned she found him like this. He's getting so big. The debate is on Defensive Lineman or Kicker?

little one, lots of visitors

Just in case you needed birth control . . . he isn't exactly happy ALL the time. :) This is when he found out my parents and gradndparents left while he was asleep. Poor baby!

But sometimes he is very quiet, just not right now. :)
Now you can't be mad at me for never posting a picture of myself.

We loved our visit from grandma, grandpa, grumpy, and gigi.

Ozzy and I are having a quiet week keeping busy with Marshall and daddy's work. Lucky for us, he's the boss this week, so we'll get to see a bit more of him. hooray! I was loving stroller walks hunting for sidewalks, but the weather turned cool this weekend. We did get out today. Marshall liked scaring birds and cats by yelling at them. He is funny!

He also likes to look at Julia Roberts. She was on a movie I was watching when he woke up from his nap. Maybe it's the big mouth. He was not too impressed with Hugh Grant.

I found two more skirts I can fit in! I'm still afraid to try on the pants. I'm lucky they're lost in a box in the basement for now!

And I just discovered that Jack Johnson puts him to sleep. Seriously. Found out just now when he started playing from our playlist. I need to find that CD before bedtime tonight . . .