Mr. Liam 19 months (almost)

Oh my Liam is such a little ham.

He is 31 pounds, 35 inches tall.  BIG BOY!  He is the size of a 3 year old!

He is a climber, runner, high stepper, crazy boy.

He loves playing with everything.  He likes balls the most and he is really into puzzles right now.

He likes to play outside.  Wait.  He LOVES to play outside.  Every time we have to go inside he starts crying.  It's so sad.

His favorite position to sleep in and sit in is with his hands behind his head.  Totally relaxed.

He likes to eat graham crackers, goldfish, freeze dried yogurt drops, cheerios, cheese, nutri-grain bars, soft paw cookies, grilled cheese sandwiches, pop tarts and chocolate!

He likes our cat a lot now.  He always goes up to him and tries to pet him, but of course his rubs his fur backwards!

He still isn't talking much.  I'm going to get him evaluated.  He does say some stuff though.  He says "vuf vuf vuf" for a puppy sound, and "meeeep" for a cat.  He says "bap" for up, mama, "ta ta" for snack, snack, "bu bah" for open, "pu pu pu" for please.  He signs more.  He makes noises for cookie and poop.  I know, weird.  He points, grabs our hands to guide us to something or to have us do something (like clap or pick something up).

He loves bath time still.  He is a splashing fool.

He takes his monkey blanket everywhere.

He loves going to the park.

His favorite game to play is peek-a-boo.  If you try to do patty-cake with him, he will fight you.

He loves watching Bubble Guppies, Lalaloopsy Movie, Olivia, and Peppa Pig.  His new favorite is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

He is starting to color and he likes that, too.

He loves flipping through books.

He does really well helping getting dressed and undressed and putting on his shoes.

He still drinks about 15 ounces of a milk a day.

He likes to help with laundry and putting groceries away.

He is a strong little guy, too.  All of a sudden he is carrying around things bigger than he is!!

He loves dancing.

He is such a snuggle bug!!  Well, to me at least.  He loves to sit in my lap and curl up, or lay with me.
 
If I pretend I'm sleeping he find a way to turn my head and give me a kiss because he thinks that wakes me up.

He RUNS to me when I ask him for a hug.

I'm sure there is more, but at least that's a little big of a catch up!

House updates

As many of you know, or don't know because I never blog and no one reads it, we are in the midst of building a new house. We signed a contract in January and construction began in March so that we'd be moving in the summer and it wouldn't conflict with the school year. As of right now we are about to get all of the flooring installed. We are still missing a set of shutter on the front. I can hardly wait. Here are some photos to show you the progress. Enjoy!

Hey bank. FU

So Friday I made a deposit at my bank.  I made sure to go there before 2pm so that my check would clear for the next day.  I remembered that I hadn't received notification about my check being deposited yet (via email) so I checked my account and sure enough it hadn't.  Oh no it didn't even say pending.  It said nothing like my deposit ever even existed.  Seriously??  I must have had a feeling because I saved my deposit receipt and the check stub.  Of course I figured all of this out on Sunday so I had to wait until this morning to try and figure out where the hell my money was.  I went inside the branch office and they told me they'd call me.  Oh thanks.  When?  When the girl had time to call someone else she'd call me back.  Customers first...oh wait.  So anyways, the girl called me around 12:30 and told me that the system went down and that's why my deposit didn't go through.  Really?  So 1985028 people in the United States that use PNC didn't get their deposits and transactions didn't go through because the system was "down."  That's convenient.  You'd think they'd at least let people know.  Oh fyi, we have your money it's not lost, our bad.

Rant over.

Other random thought.  Liam is never going to talk.  Help me.

Bloggy blog blog - blog blog blog

...you know, in the tune of "dancey dance dance - dance dance dance" from Yo Gabba Gabba.

Clearly I suck at blogging.  That's the last time I'll say it, because I'm just being redundant.  Anyhoo.

My allergies suck hard.  Like real hard.  I can't wait until we move and these trees behind our house aren't ripping my eyes out.

Speaking of moving our house is moving along nicely.  We have a basement, a giant pile of dirt in the back yard.  Soon we will have walls (I only know, because the house that is ahead of us in the building process has walls, which means we will next) and I am so excited.

My friends are preggo ladies.  One is due in August with a baby girl (second baby)  The other is due in September with TWINS.  It's baby fever around here.  Well, except in the Marshall house.  We are fine and dandy in that area.

I got a new car.  Again.  I know.  Seriously.  Anyways, I'm excited.  It's a 2013 explorer and it has 3 rows instead of two, so it will be perfect for vacations, more children (but probably not happening), toting friends around, etc.

Sydni is almost done with first grade.  I can't even believe it.  She will be 8 this year.  EIGHT!  She's almost a double digit.  A pre-teen.  OMG.  I'm in so much trouble.

Liam is just being a crazy 16 month old boy.  Oh boys are so much different than little girls.  I'm constantly on the run.  Thanks for the workout Li!

Being as my life is so exciting that is all I have for now.  Probably all I'll have for the next 2 months because I don't even write that often.  Cool.

Oh Hello Blogger

Let's just discuss some random things that have been going through my mind and that have been going on in the Marshall household.

- One, my computer is so full that I can't upload any photos.  None.  That means I haven't been able to put new photos up anywhere since Liam turned 1 3 1/2 months ago.

- We all just got over the stomach flu and it sucked.  First Syd on a Friday, better on Sunday, then Liam on Monday better on Tuesday, then Jimmy on Tuesday better on Wednesday, then me on Sunday better on Wednesday (today).  GO AWAY FLU.

- Liam went to his 15 month well visit (late, but that's a whole other story) and he was 28lbs9oz!  34 inches long!  Such a big boy.  The doctor said he was the size of a 2 year old and will definitely be taking after his daddy.

- Sydni made the tri-county science fair!  YAY!  She won first place at school, and gets to go to the tri-county science fair this weekend.  She is super excited.  We are so proud!

- We finally picked out lighting for our new house.  What a pain in the ass that was, not to mention I feel like the lady we worked with hated my guts.  What's new.  I must give off a bitch vibe or something.

- It's almost my birthday.  Yes, 26.  For whatever reason that seems so far from 24.  When I was 24 I thought, oh yeah no big deal, I'm not even 25 yet.  Now I'm thinking, wait, I'm almost 30?!

- I don't get the blogging thing really...like how do people search random things and find blogs and how do the bloggers find out what people searched to find their blog?  I must be under a rock or something.

- I cannot wait for summer.  First, we will have a pool in our new subdivision, second I won't have to wait at school for 30 minutes 5 days a week to pick Sydni up, and third we won't be cooped up in our house all day because our yard will be play-worthy.

- Many of my gfs are pregnant and I can't wait for baby showers!!!

- I love CFA.  I've eaten there way past the budget I alloted myself.  Shame shame.

- I really try and tweet.  I just suck at it and suck at keeping up with everyone.

- It sucks that I only have 8 followers on blogger, 8 of which probably don't even read when I post.  But that's okay, I humor myself.

Okay, that's all for now.  I probably won't post for another 5 months because that's just how bad I suck at this.

I am copying this from Kodi who got it from FromMrstoMama.  

1.  How long have you and your significant other been together?

Jimmy and I started dating in November of 2002.  So we've been together for almost 9 1/2 years.  Wow. 

One of my senior pictures 2004

2.  How did you meet? {What's your "love" story?"}

Jimmy and I went to high school together.  When I was a junior, he was a sophomore, who happened to be dating one of my friends.  No big deal.  Wasn't into him anyways.  Well when they broke up we started talking because one of my other friends had a crush on his best friend and was always talking about him.  She had come over my my house, gotten on my computer and searched for Jimmy's screen name so that she could see if his best friend was at his house.  Well one day I decided, huh I guess I'll try and chat with Jimmy since he's the only person online right now.  We had never talked before.  I'm not even sure a "hi" was ever exchanged.  So we would talk every now and then online, and I kept giving him my number telling him to call me so we could hang out.  Desperate sounding, I know.  So finally we hung out.  We watched t.v in his basement (exciting I know).  Then we started hanging out more and more.  Before you know it, we're dating.  YAY!

                                                                  Homecoming 2004

3.  If married, how long have you been married?  If not, is this the guy you hope to marry? {do tell}

We got married on June 11, 2005.  So we've been married for a little over 6 1/2 years.  

4.  If you're married where did you get married at?  Big or small wedding?  If not, where would you like to get married?  ANd will it be big or small?

We got married at a church near by.  Nothing fancy.  Family and friends.  I would say it was a pretty small wedding...60-70 people I think.  We had a reception without alcohol.  Not because we're anti, it's just we were only little wee children.  18-19.  :-)

5.  Do you have any nick-names that you call one another?  Do share!

Ha!  Yes lots.  Some appropriate like, Kimbo, Mama, babe- others not so much like trick ass jabbawacci (sp?)  For him- Jimbo, Mim, Jam, J.

6.  Name 3 things you love most about your honey.

That he is an AWESOME dad.  Even at the bitty age of 18, he was amazing.  He provides for our family with pride, and does it oh so well.  He is a great husband.  None of that 75%-25% shit.  He is a whole 50%-50% guy.  That's right, waking up in the middle of the night, dishes.  He's a dream guy!

Vegas 2009

7.  Tell us how he proposed?  Or your ideal proposal?

He wrote me a note.  Fitting right?  Hey, I liked it, and now I can always show my kids instead of telling a story.

8.  Is he a flowers and teddy bear kind of guy for v-day or a strawberries, champagne and rose petals kind of guy?  

Well, probably all of the above.  We always go out for a nice dinner, and I have gotten flowers several times.  But he does like the jewelry/purse presents, too.

9.  Are you a sunset dinner on the beach kind of girl or pop a movie in and relax on the couch?

Well if there were a beach near, I'm sure we'd do that.  We do like a movie/couch night, too.  We really are up for anything.  

10.  Tell us one thing you'd like to do with your significant one day.  If you could do anything?  Go anywhere?

Well, I'm not really sure.  We aren't the best airplane people, but in an ideal situation I think we'd like to go to Europe or back to Hawaii (we went to Hawaii in high school together and it was ah-mazing).

Hawaii 2003

11.  Tell us what you plan on doing this Valentine's Day.

We actually don't have any plans.  We are moving in the summer and we are saving up most of our money for house stuff.  I'm sure we'll eat dinner somewhere or something and we will spend time with our kiddos.  He actually has off on Valentine's Day this year, but Syd has dance class that night!

12.  Are you asking for anything this Valentine's Day?

Generally I don't really ask for anything.  If I were to ask for something, I'm sure it'd be make up or clothes or a purse or something....maybe a spa day to get a massage!

13.  Give us one piece of advice of keeping a relationship strong and full of love.

Be honest.  Don't care about what other people say.  Just because someone is married at 18 or 55, doesn't mean they are doomed.  Focus on what's important, not on all the small stuff.  Have fun.  Being married doesn't mean you have to be a fart.  Show appreciation for your husband/wife.  It's nice hearing those things.

Junior Prom

14.  Show us a picture of what loves means to you.