heidi's blog

nothing really new going on here! i'm just having a little mommy break while listening to marshall's lullaby music in the monitor as he's taking a nap. that music makes me want to take a nap:) no new pics to post but my sister just updated her blog so you should check out all the pics of marshall and deakan! click on the heidi and deakan blog on the right hand side of my blog!
we have a busy weekend ahead as i have two weddings this weekend. one on saturday and another on sunday! fun fun fun! i'm loving this job! wish the sun was shining today...

A Major Blog Update:)

Where oh where have I been these last three weeks! So much has happened and I just keep procrastinating updating the blog! Which is not great since more things keep happening and now I have a ton of pictures that need to be put up! Oh well so here goes...Matt and I had the opportunity to go to the American Idol concert! You might not think that's a big deal but we are huge fans of the show and the seats were right next to the stage and three rows up from the floor! Also the tickets were free! It was such an great treat for us!

Also my college roommate and dear friend Chelsea came to visit with her 19 month old son Asher. We hadn't seen each other since my wedding which was over two years ago, and had obviously never met each others little guys either! She was here for a week and it was such a blast. We spent a few days in Portland and a few days here in Salem. You could check her blog to see some other pics of the trip. It's the "Garner" link. We also had a playdate here and "Kesha" has those pics on her blog! So much fun! Marshall and Asher LOVED each other! They would crack themselves up playing peek a boo in their carseats and Marshall loved to give Asher hugs. Asher didn't like the hugs because they sometimes ended with Marshall trying to pull him down to the ground. My child is a little aggressive apparently:)

We also got to visit Chelsea's uncle who is a Portland firefighter...my dad was on vacation! Enjoy!

Nothing Runs Like A Deere!

Okay so our landlords brought out this awesome John Deere electrical tractor the other night! Marshall being a 15 month old was not expected to really drive the thing so Matt started to help push him around the yard! Well much to our surprise Marshall figured out how to push the gas pedal and started tearing around the yard! It was so funny. My parents were down for the day yesterday so we brought it out again to show them! This time Marshall had more confidence than the day before and was fearless and laughing his head off and he was riding around the yard. He ran over some toys and put the whole front of the tractor up in the air before I could get the toys out of his way! The two videos are a little bit of our experiene. The first one you'll see me on the ground because I had just grabbed Marshall off the tractor because he stepped up on one side, pushed the gas pedal, and started riding around the yard standing up on one side! I was nervous that he was going to fall off so I grabbed him. As you'll see this is now his favorite way to ride the tractor!



At the end of a long day of tractor riding Marshall enjoyed his entire popsicle sitting on his new tractor friend!