Cricket Invasion

We've had a slight problem sleeping around here and it's not because of a baby! Somehow we have been inundated with crickets in our house and they chirp constantly all freaking night long! And don't bother catching them and killing them, they are multiplying faster than we can contain. Every single night it is like a cricket symphony and we're in the front row. We find them everywhere in the house, mostly half wounded ones because the dogs try to play with them and end up rendering them severely injured, but not quite dead. I had to take some pictures.

The Joy of Dogs

I looked out the window and what did I see? Titan sleeping in my garden. He dug out the vegetables and decided that my whiskey barrels would be better suited for his napping place. Although it was frustrating, it was really funny. I couldn't scold him, though I should have.

"...Can I help you?..."



Naturally, if Titan is doing it, Lola will join in.

Random Cuteness

Enjoy the following photos of our super cute baby!

Marshall and Daddy enjoying some time together.

Dad decided to "style" Marshall's hair...a little too ethnic for me.

This is one of his "crazy baby" faces. He has many.

I'm pretty proud of myself, he sleeps in his crib without any trouble.


He'll pretty much sleep anywhere.

These were taken on Sunday the 21st (one month old!). We were hanging out together.



It's hard to believe that he is almost six weeks old. I will say that the first month was a total and complete sleepless blur (for me anyway; he sleeps just fine). It can only get better, right?

A Little More Awake This Time

Today was bath day and he was slightly more interactive afterwards. You may think it's cute, but I don't know what you people find entertaining.

To Grandmother's House We Go

On Saturday we drove down to Delta with Marshall for the first time. Unlike the song, we did not go "over the river and through the woods," rather we went through the desert...any how. He is such a good baby; just slept in the car the whole way.

It was nice to be out of the house and visit with my parents. Kreat and my dad went golfing (yeah, my dad went golfing!) and mom and I stayed at home with Marshall. We introduced him to Sunny, mom's horse, he was super excited, can you tell?


He loved being outside with grandma.


And mom loved having her grandson over. She watched Marshall while I went to the grocery store and was happy to have some one-on-one time with him. She rocked him in her rocking chair that she's had since we were kids. The last baby she rocked in that chair was ME...hard to believe.



When grandpa got home from golfing he hung out with Marshall on the couch. They enjoyed a little bonding time.


It was a fun day.

The First Tub Bath

Yesterday Marshall experienced his first bath in which he was placed in the tub of water. He pretty much slept through it. The photos speak for themselves.




After his bath, he was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.




Enjoy the following post-bath video; it's pretty boring:


As a side note: every night Kreat and I put Marshall in his stroller and take the dogs on a big walk around our neighborhood. It is so refreshing to get outside and stretch my legs after being cooped up in the house all day, and it's doing good things for my weight - I'm down 32 lbs! Anyway, Marshall loves going for rides in the stroller.



Hope all is well across the globe! Give all my nieces and nephews kisses from us.

Go To Sleep Marshall

Took this video tonight. It's kind of long but thought you all would like a little live action of the Lewis household, dogs included.

After this video was filmed, we were successful in getting Marshmellow to go to sleep - finally!