A little bit of catch up...

I knew I had some other pictures that I had forgotten to post so here they are! Marshall has been helping push the cart at the store lately which is fun, a little slow, but fun. Also my cousin got married up at the Benson Hotel in Portland and Marshall and I went together. Matt had to work but it was really fun to get all dressed up! The pics are mostly of Marshall cruising across the dance floor. He was a hit at the wedding with everyone including their photographer! I tell you what though, I have a very busy boy. I was so exhausted by the end of the night just trying to keep up with him. He's energized by being around a lot of people and all I can say is praise the Lord they had high chair at the reception. I would have left an hour earlier than I did if not. It was so great to finally tie him down for a minute! And then to have to clear a 2 foot radius on the table so he can't knock any of the nice glasses or china off the table. I can't believe we made it through that night without him breaking anything:)
So for those of you others moms...I feel like I'm probably going overboard with Marshall's party but I'm so excited. I'm trying to keep it simple as I'm sure I'm going to feel like I have to go above and beyond every year! But I think about it all the time...I'm always thinking of other things I can do! I'll have the party pics on Thursday so be on the lookout!

Easter part 1

So sorry this has taken a while to get these pics up! I can't believe my last post was 3 weeks ago! I'm the worst. Anyways this is actually only part one of our Easter pics because my camera batteries died mid-morning and I didn't get a family shot until church with one of my friends cameras! So...our morning went like this...Marshall opened his Easter basket, eggs with kix and goldfish in them plus some cool Cars socks! He just wanted the kix and when he was done with the egg he chucked it behind him. Then we went to my mother in laws house for lunch. We had our little easter egg hunt which went like this...I showed Marshall the egg, shook it so he knew there was something inside it, I threw it across the room, he went crawling after it. End of Easter egg hunt! Life is fun with an almost one year old!
By the way Marshall started walking last week! He's doing it on his own this week moving from the coffee table to the couch or from the table to me in the middle of the living room floor! It's so fun and exciting! His first birthday is this coming Wednesday and I can' t wait to give him his presents. I bought him a kids sized guitar!
Hope everyone is well and I'll put those family Easter pics up when I get them!

Day at the Beach!

Sunday morning we headed off to Pacific City for our first trip to the coast with Marshall. Matt had to be at the church all day so Marshall and I went with Matt's mom, brothers, and cousin Lisa who was in town for a few days! It was sooo much fun! It was beautiful at the coast and such a relaxing day. We went to this cool brewery when we got there as we were all pretty hungry and had an awesome meal! You'll see the onion ring tower below! Marshall had chicken strips and fries and made a huge mess on the floor. Most of the meal he was turned side-ways in his high chair watching all the people in the restaurant. I have a very social child. Wonder where he gets that from....:)