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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Growing So Fast

On February 21 Marshall turned six months old. So hard to believe. We went to the doctor's and here's how everything measured out:

Weight: 21 lbs (92 percentile)
Length: 27 3/4 in (90 percentile)
Head: 17 3/8 in (54 percentile)

He is a great big kid; so funny and smiley all the time. We are just having a ball. He doesn't crawl yet, but is quite good at rolling from toy to toy.

He eats like a pig and wants to try everything that you are eating. I went to Sam's Club the other day and bought a hot dog for lunch. I covered it with mustard (the only way I like them) and sat down in the dining area. Marshall was sitting in the shopping cart, he rides like a big kid in the carts, and when he saw my hot dog he nearly fell out of the cart trying to grab it, got a hand FULL of mustard and thankfully I was able to grab his chubby little hand before mustard got onto everything. I let him have a few bites of my dog without mustard, and he loved it. Now that he is allowed to eat "real" food (in small samplings, of course) the grandparents on both sides are having a field day feeding him off of their plates. It's pretty cute.

He is taking after his cousin Bailey; he thinks it is great fun to take a big bite of food and then spit & splatter it out of his mouth and all over me. And he doesn't take me very seriously. I will lower my tone and furrow my brow and say "NO" very sternly and he just laughs! It's very frustrating, but very cute.