Chomper #1

So as I was telling you, my first tooth broke through on Monday of last week (1/19). It's been slowly but surely making it's way out. Mommy tried to snap a picture yesterday. This was the best she could get.

EXTREME CLOSE-UP! WHOAAAAA!

Mommy bought me these fun crackers, too! They're great for biting. And if you bang them on the table, it's just like a drum!

Not What I Ordered

Mommy thought she'd play a little trick on me. This time when she cooked my carrots she mashed them up instead of pureeing them. Are you kidding me? It didn't take long for her to realize that I was not up to the challenge. Although I chew on just about everything, I am just not interested in chewing my food. Those little bits of carrot made me gag. Mommy got the point: the rest of the batch went into the Magic Bullet.





And speaking of chewing, Mommy says that soon I'll really be able to chew because my first tooth is on its way. Is that what this awful pain in my mouth is? I'd rather eat pureed food for the rest of my life then have to feel like this. Just the tip of it is out. I'll let you know when it comes out all the way.

Bouncing Baby Boy

Sleepy-saurus Rex

Lately, I've been seeing bright flashes of light in my sleep. Do you think that's related to these pictures I found on Mommy's camera?

"Auntie" Marisha

Mommy's friend, "Auntie" Marisha, came to visit me. She lives in a place called Arkansas. I had so much fun with her. She kept me company in the back seat of the car. She made up this awesome sign language song. And she's so pretty, I just couldn't stop staring at her. Don't tell my girlfriend that...and don't tell Auntie Marisha's husband, Tony, either!

Hey, Where'd It Go?

For a while now I've been contemplating how to get in the Guiness Book of World Records. Well, I decided I want to be named the first baby with a six-pack. I found the perfect place to do my abdominal workouts: my bouncy seat! I can do crunches and other calisthenics in it.

Folks, my bouncy seat is gone. I thought Mommy and Daddy would let me hang out in it today and I would get a good workout in, but it's nowhere to be found. Wait a minute. Come to think of it, I saw Daddy carting a suspicious looking bag into the attic along with the Christmas decorations. Rats!

A New Year, A New Perspective

As you may remember, Mommy was helping me practice my sitting up skills in hopes that I could sit up on my own to open my Christmas presents. Well, that didn't happen. No matter how hard I tried I would slide forward, lurch backward, or topple to the side. Don't worry...the Bumbo seat came to the rescue for Christmas.

Well I decided I was tired of being on my back or tummy all the time. And just in time for the new year, I finally figured out how to balance my big coconut (as Mommy calls it). Now I just love sitting down to play with my toys and just to look around at the world.

Penguin bowling is fun this way...

But it's even more fun like this!


Linus and I had a staring contest; I won.

Goofy face

Look how straight I can sit up!

Happy New Year!

Okay, okay, so it's a few days late. Listen, folks. I am still not feeling well, and I thought I would be nice and share my cold with Mommy. It turns out that maybe that's not such a nice thing to share. Anyway, here's my new year's blog...better late than never.

Actually, not much to blog about. When the clock struck midnight and 2009 began, I was fast asleep in my crib. Not even the fireworks could awake me from my deep slumber.

On New Year's Day, we went to see Grandma and Grandpa Marshall and Aunt Lindsey. Grandma said when I'm older I will have to eat cabbage each New Year's. Supposedly it will bring you money that year. I didn't have any this year, but I did have zucchini...yum!

I am looking forward to the new year. Mommy says all kinds of exciting things will happen this year. I'll get teeth. I'll learn to crawl and walk. I'll have my first birthday, too! How exciting! And I might actually get rid of this silly cold this year!

I get around...

...my crib, that is!

I'm continuing to entertain Mommy and Daddy with my crib antics. I thought I'd share some of them with you.

Oh, and can someone tell Mommy that the sleep positioner and crib pad are not really working anymore.

Merry Christmas! Part 2: The Un-Merry Part

Well folks, it's time for the not-so-good news. I'm pretty sick. I really never got over that cold I got last month. For the last 2 weeks, I've been feeling worse than ever. This cough keeps me up all night, and then I'm tired all day. Despite all the excitement and presents, I was pretty miserable yesterday. I had a fever. And for the last few days, I haven't even really felt much like eating.

It was back to the doctor today. She was not happy when she listened to my chest with the stethoscope. She said I was wheezing. No wonder I'm so exhausted. I'm having to work a lot harder to get the air in when I breathe. I got a breathing treatment at the office which made me feel a little better. Mommy and Daddy are going to keep giving the treatments to me until I feel better. I also had another RSV test which was negative. And I had to get an x-ray. I was very good and stayed still while they took the pictures of my chest.

As if that's not enough, I have another ear infection to top it all off!

So I guess you're wondering why? Why am I always sick? Well, it's just one of those things that goes with being a baby. Mommy said I have to get sick so that I can build up my immunities. Also, the doctor thinks that because I have reflux and spit up so often that it causes me to stay congested and more susceptible to these things.

I am trying hard to be a trooper through it all so that Mommy won't worry too much. I give her as many smiles and laughs as I can muster. I even ate all her homemade yellow squash for lunch.

Sigh...hopefully I'll have better news for you next time.

Merry Christmas!

Well folks, I made it through my very first Christmas! And what an eventful couple of days it has been. I have so much to tell you. Unfortunately, it's not all good. How about I split it up? This will be the good post and then I'll write a not-so-good post.

I guess I must be psychic. Somehow I just knew I was in for a lot of excitement so I took a rare 3-hour nap on Christmas Eve morning. After I woke up and had my lunch it was off to Aunt Alice's house. Caleigh helped me open some presents. I gave Aunt Alice some presents of my own...I spit up on her rug and kitchen counter. Sorry!


Then it was off to Grandma and Grandpa Marshall's house. I had fun visiting, but got tired again as you can see here:


Before we went home, Mommy made me pose for a picture in my special Christmas outfit.


When we finally got home, it was way past my bedtime. I went right to sleep. Mommy told me that Santa Claus was going to come that night. I think I heard some rustling outside of my room around 6 in the morning. Maybe he was running late.

When I got out bed, Mommy was really excited. She told me Santa had left a bunch of presents for me. There were also presents from Mommy and Daddy as well as Nannie Toni too! Here are some highlights from the present-opening extravaganza.




Whoa, look at the size of this one!


Thanks Nannie Toni! I love my new stage. Here's my singing face.


Next we went to see G.G. and Grandpa Rick. Guess what? Santa Claus was at their house! He didn't have much to say, but he had lots of toys for me!




After visiting with everyone including Aunt Jackie, "Uncle" Harold, and Uncle Robbie, it was back to Grandma and Grandpa Marshall's. I had asked Grandpa to get me a pet dinosaur, and he did!


When we finally made it back home, Parrain and Aunt Kristi were waiting for me. Unfortunately I had fallen asleep in the car, so Mommy and Daddy opened up all my presents from them.

Boy, I loaded up this Christmas. I got tons of toys, books, and clothes. Mommy said in six months it will be my birthday and I'll get to do this all over again. Wow!

My Very Own Wheels!

Before I was even born, G.G. and Grandpa Rick bought me my first set of wheels. Up until now, I was too young to really enjoy it. Now, I just love my car. Maybe Mommy will let me try it out on the road soon!

Jekyll Hyde Marshall

Mommy calls me that a lot because I can go from very happy to very mad in a matter of seconds. Let me share these pictures and video with you to demonstrate:

12-17-2008 6:02PM

12-17-2008 6:11PM

Look people, it's hard work being this cute! When I get tired, I let everyone know how I feel.

My Magic Trick

Yesterday morning I made Mommy laugh. When she came in my room to get me, she saw that I had snuck into the bottom corner of my crib. And to top it off, I had my lovey which we keep in the top corner of the crib. Only I know how both me and my toy ended up at the bottom, and I'm not telling!

This morning I gave an encore performance. This time when she came in, I had rolled over and was pushing myself up with my arms.

Hmmm...I wonder what I'll do tomorrow. Any suggestions?

Tyrannosaurus Lex?

This past weekend I got to spend lots of time with my Nannie Toni and cousin, Alexa, who were in from Virginia. Boy, that Alexa sure likes to put on a show.

She even calmed me down from a crying spell with her wonderful Christmas songs.

My Half Birthday!

That's right folks: I'm officially half a year old! Yesterday I went to the doctor for my check-up. I was such a big boy; I hardly even cried for my shots...and there were THREE of them! Here are my latest stats: I'm 17 pounds and 14 ounces which is at the 50th percentile. I'm 27 1/2 inches long which is nearly at the 90th percentile! Mommy doesn't know where I got the tall genes from.

Here's a picture Mommy snapped on my half birthday. She wants me to be sitting up by myself by Christmas. I'm working on it!

Goodbye Aunt Kim

Yesterday, God decided to turn my Great Aunt Kim into an angel. She had been sick for a very long time. Mommy says that she will be my guardian angel and always look out for me from Heaven.

I'm glad I got to know Aunt Kim, even if it was only for six months. Wherever she is, I want to let her know I'm sorry that I was always grumpy every time we went to her house to visit.

Mommy says I may not remember her much when I'm older, but she promises to tell me lots of stories. She said she was an amazing person. She was generous and always thinking of others before herself. She was loved by many and will be missed greatly.

Rest peacefully Aunt Kim. I couldn't ask for a better angel to watch over me.

This is way better than bananas!

I'm a hungry litte dinosaur!

Hi guys! I know it's been a while since you heard from me...I was still recovering from that turkey leg. Just kidding! Honestly, I just haven't had much to tell you. But I figured I'd better not leave you hanging for too long.


I've come a long way since my first days into the world of solid foods. At first, I hated it (remember my poem). But now, I really like to eat. In fact, I'm up to three meals a day! When we sit down to eat, I have my mouth open and waiting even before Mommy has the food on the spoon!


Every day I have a bowl of rice cereal for breakfast. I just started eating lunch last week. I have a veggie at lunch. I really like Mommy's homemade veggies! So far I've tried acorn squash, butternut squash, pumpkin, carrots, sweet potatoes, avocados, peas, and green beans. They are all so yummy! At dinner time I was having cereal and veggies, but now we are trying something called fruit. On Friday, I had my first fruit...bananas. Whoa, they were really sweet. Mommy kept trying to sneak in bites of banana in between my spoonfuls of oatmeal. I wouldn't know what was coming next and whether I should open my mouth or not. I had bananas again on Saturday and Sunday, but I'm still not sure if I like them. Mommy says we'll give them one more try tonight.

Gobble Gobble Goo

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

So, today was my first Thanksgiving. I spent the day with Daddy's family. I had so much fun.

Grandpa and I played together, and he gave my toy turtle a name: Slowski.

Aunt Lindsey volunteered to change my stinky diaper. I don't think she's ever changed a diaper before....she put it on backwards. Next time, we'll have to label the front and back for her.

Grandma Mary gave me a big turkey leg to munch on:

Okay, that wasn't my real meal. After the photo-op, I got my real Thanksgiving dinner: green beans and sweet potatoes- yummy!

And, of course, I got to watch a lot of football. I just love watching football on TV!

All in all, it was a great day for everyone. Mommy says that we are very thankful to have family to share times like this with.