One Year

Marshall turned one on July 28. And although it is cliche when people say, "the day you were born was the happiest day of my life," I do think back on that day fondly. It was all so exciting and special!

I haven't been as diligent as I should be about writing Marshall's milestones. So I'm going to do my best to re-capture some of them in rapid fire format.

• Marshall started taking his first steps at the end of June 2018. However, he reallly started walking FAST and consistently in early August, right after Cameron left for a five-week study program
• Marshall didn't get teeth till he was about 9 months old, I think. But They came in FAST! He has 6 teeth right now.
• I thought Marshall's first word was "dog." But I haven't heard him say it convincingly in quite a while so now I'm not so sure. He definitely knows the word "uh oh." And liked to drop things to show that he knows the word :)
• Some of his favorite foods are blueberries, string cheese, and black beans. He also likes straws, and stealing a sip of mom's sugar drinks  (milkshake, ICEE, you get the picture...) if he can get the chance.
• He often says "mmm" or "yum" after taking a bite.
• He is starting to watch everything I do and mimic me. I was making a salad last week, and dropped lettuce on the floor. I picked it up to throw it away, but I must have missed a piece, because I turned around and saw Marshall throwing lettuce in the trash. My heart! He spilled a baby food pouch on the carpet today, and I got some baby wipes to help clean it up. He grabbed one and started scrubbing too. He is such a good helper!
• Marshall is a fantastic sleeper, and has been a good sleeper for quite a while now (maybe since six months-ish? I can't remember completely). He can take two 2-hour naps AND sleeps 11-ish hours through the night.
• He likes to point at things and say "this." It's a good opportunity to teach words.
• Sometimes he will tug at the oven, and I know he's hungry. He likes to pick out his own food. And lately, he hasn't liked to stay in his high-chair.
• At the ned of August Marshall had a pretty bad fever. I took him to urgent care, and their thermometer read 104! The doctor sent us to the ER, which was kind of scary for mom. But after a few days of antibiotics (and wresting them into him) he was doing much better.
• He loves Sesame Street and screen time. (Bring on the mom guilt.)
• Church is a struggle. I get it now.
• He loves to play with Bizmark, read books, and go outside.
• He got a chocolate cake for his birthday, and some of my family came up to celebrate!