Do You Know The Muffin Man?

Wednesday was my sister-in-laws birthday and for part of her present I baked her a loaf of my delicious pumpkin bread (one of her faves). With the extra batter I made mini-muffins, or "muffin poppers" as Kreat calls them, and since they dont contain any nuts, chocolate or honey I gave two to Marshall...He loved them.

Easter Sunday

We had a really enjoyable Easter. Dinner was great. Since we hosted, I felt obliged to cook a nice Easter dinner for the fam...it was a lot of work, but turned out pretty good. The menu: Honey Ham, Apricot-Rosemary Leg of Lamb, garlic mashed potatoes, asparagus, citrus salad (courtesy of Quinta), rolls and a Lemon Chiffon Cake with Lemon Glaze...delicious!

We had family over and I strongly urged everyone to participate in an adult egg hunt. Most of them were willing, although Kreat needed a little coercing. Friday night Quinta and I dyed eggs. I had forgotten how much fun it is! When I was just a little girl my parents banned the egg hunt due to unnecessary roughness, so it was nice to do it this year.

I put together a basket for every one (the Easter bunny still comes around this house!) It was nice. I look forward to next year when Marshall will be able to hunt for eggs!!

Rise and Shine!

To all you mothers out there:

Remember when you could awaken in the morning to the sun shining through the windows, birds singing...you could lay in your warm bed for a few minutes before you started the day?

Ah, the days of yester-year.

I was awakened at 0400 to a child covered in diarrhea. I cleaned him up and he went back to sleep for a few hours. At 0630, after finishing his milk, he came into bed with me for snuggle time. As the morning dawn began to creep in through the drapes, I heard a funny sound, like he was gagging. I quickly sat him up, and as soon as he was seated, he projectile vomitted directly into my face. Into my eyes. Into my mouth. My hair was saturated in bile and stomach content and partially digested formula.

Good Morning!

April Showers

It has been rainy and wet here lately, so I will take advantage of being indoors and update my blog. Sorry to all of you who have been checking it and thinking "still nothing new..."

Nothing exciting is going on with us. I continue to work on the weekends, giving Kreat time to be with Marshall alone. He truly enjoys his father-son time and I enjoy the opportunity to get out and do something for myself.

Marshall is not crawling yet, but I'm not concerned. He continues to be a very smiley, happy baby who loves to eat and play with my hair. He is a very sweet boy. Enough of the small talk, I'll get to the photos.

The other day I was driving home from the grocery store and heard Marshall start fussing. I knew that he wanted to take a nap, and after a few minutes of mild crying he was out. When I opened the door this is what I saw.


Yep, he pulled his sock off to use as a binky to help him go to sleep.

He always has a smile for you.



Marshall has discovered that he has a tongue and leaves it out all of the time. We think he learned it from Lola.









Lola's been a bad influence.

Isn't he so sweet? I love these pics.







And this morning he snuggled me in bed.

The Duck

I decided today that I need to stop getting into the bath tub with Marshall. He sits up so well on his own, so I think it's time that he sit in the tub without me (I'm right next to him, of course).

As a shower gift we got this inflatable duck that is designed for babies that can sit up really well, but that are still a little too small to brave the open seas of the tub on their own. We blew it up in the living room and let Marshall play in it on dry land. Once we determined that he liked it, we sent them on their maiden voyage.

The pictures are pretty cute, I think and he had a great time (he spent 45 minutes in it, actually).

Already?

Today Marshall had to move from his infant car seat to a convertable car seat. It just seems like it has all happened so fast. At 22lbs & 28 inches he is squished into his infant seat; his shoulders have no room at all and his feet touch the seat that he faces.



When we bought the infant seat we were attracted to this particular one because it states that it can hold an infant up to 30lbs and 30 inches...you tell me if you think that Marshall could still be in that seat for another 8lbs and 2 inches. I don't think so. He just looks so uncomfortable. We loved our Peg Perego seat, but it is now time to make the move to something a little more comfortable.

The new seat will hold an infant rear facing up to 35lbs and forward facing up to 65lbs. It apparently has multiple settings to accomodate the varying weights. Any who. I thought it was cute and now we should be set. I just can't believe that my little guy is already in a new car seat. They really do grow so fast, don't they?

So cute... Enjoy!

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