One Month Old

Marshall turned one month old on Saturday August 29th.

Here are a few pictures from that day:

Snuggling with his new guys from Nana and Pop-PopMolly took all her "monthly" photos with her frog Fiona, so Marshall will take all of his with his doggie that Molly made for him:

Three of Molly's Favorite Things

Molly had me put them in order of her "most favorite" to "almost most favorite" to "sorta favorite"

Sorry Daddy, I know you are cringing at the Jonas Brothers picture.
Molly told me to go ahead and put it on the blog even though you think they aren't "appropriate for her age."

Let's Talk Kid

Paul was explaining how the current economic climate could affect Halloween sales this year...

Marshall said he's been talking to the e*trade baby and they both agree that retail sales should rebound soon.

Yesterday I stopped in at Molly's school to introduce Marshall to one of Molly's favorite teachers, Ms. Bonnie. While Bonnie and I were talking Molly kept herself busy at the "Welcome Table" by making name tags for everyone. Here is a picture of my favorite one:

Molly said this is a picture of what her brother will look like when he's older:

PawPaw's Fishing Buddy

Back in June Molly spent the weekend with PawPaw while Paul and I went to Colorado for Hugh and Kristi's wedding. As usual, they went fishing in the bay and this time Molly caught her first flounder! I wish I could have been there to see her proud little face! When Paul and I got home it's all she could talk about. Mimi even cooked her fish for dinner and Molly said it was delicious!

I just got these pictures from Paul's dad and had to include them in a post!

Fun with the Fullers & Miranda!

Thursday the Fullers came over for a play date - while they were here I hired Miranda to come over and play with Molly and Camden while Star and I hung out with Knox and Marshall.

Hiring a 12 year old to entertain two four year-olds is one of the best ideas I've had in a long time. Miranda is so energetic and fun - the kids just LOVED her!!

Slumber Party!

On Monday night sweet Alyssa came over to have a slumber party and give me an extra set of hands with the kids. Molly LOVED having a "big girl" to play with. Alyssa read Molly her bedtime stories and Molly was so excited to share her room with Alyssa. The next day I took the girls to Chuck E Cheese for some pizza and games. After a quick trip to CostCo where Molly enjoyed running the samples circuit as Alyssa's side-kick, we headed home for a nap and a few hours of swimming before we sadly had to take Alyssa home. I didn't get any pictures of it, but at Alyssa's house the girls dressed up in go-go boots and Molly enjoyed her first make-over. Let me tell you it was so weird to see my sweet 4 year old with mascara, blush and lip-stick on, she just looked too grown-up! I still remember Alyssa as a sweet little baby and she's already 10!!! They grow up so stinking fast... It's just amazing that in the last two years Molly has gone from being an Elmo junkie to being obsessed with the Jonas Brothers and now makeup! Ugggghhh!!

Marshall and Aunt Margaret
Alyssa holding Marshall for the first time!
The girls reading bedtime stories togetherAlyssa helping me with Marshall - she is sooo good with him!My little mermaids

Marshall's visitors

The last few weeks we've had friends coming over to meet our little man... unfortunately I've forgotten to take pictures of all our visitors, but here are some of Marshall's adoring fans and future play-mates!

Aunt Star and Marshall (he really does love his Aunt Star despite this face)
Sweet Ms. Molly
Hannah and Davis - just had to get a shot in their matching outfits!Lindsay and Brent
Nona TaltyAnastasia and Ernie (Kiera was not in the mood to have her picture taken!)
Sweet Avery swinging Marshall to sleep, she is very protective of the Quin babies!Jamie and MichaelThe Tinsleys and Marshall

This weekend Mimi came in once again to help us while Paul is busy getting the Halloween stores up and running. Molly always has so much fun with her Mimi and every time she leaves, Molly tells me it's boring without her! This coming weekend is going to be our first weekend without Mimi since Marshall arived and we're sure going to miss her!

Molly and MiMi sewing a sleeping bag for her stuffed animals

Bath Time!

After Marshall's stump fell off he was able to get his first bath. I didn't get many pictures of the actual bath, but here are Molly and Marshall at the start of it!

Two Week Check-Up

We went to the doctor yesterday for Marshall's two week check-up and the nurse was shocked when he weighed in at 9lbs - usually at the 2 week check-up they want the baby to at least be back up to their birth weight and Marshall blew past that and packed on an extra half pound! She told me I no longer need to wake him up to eat and that at this rate he might start sleeping through the night pretty soon. I'm not really holding out hope for that one. The last several days he's been up until 2 or 3am, not fussing or crying, just wide awake, sweet as can be. He sleeps like a champ during the day, so I am hoping that very soon he'll get his days and nights straight!

Two Weeks Have Just Flown By

Today our little man is two weeks old! He has brought us absolute joy since the second he was born. Now, you know we just adore Molly and always have, but let's just say she was quite a difficult baby. She screamed bloody murder for the first three months of her life. Seriously, all day and all night, there was very little you could do to soothe her short of constant motion and not sweet rocking either, but bouncing, swinging, rough stroller rides, driving over pot-holes and speed bumps kind of motion. Marshall could not be more different. He is such a content little guy and even when he's awake at all hours of the night, he's just so sweet. He cranks a little, but he's very easy to soothe and when he's awake he usually just looks around and makes some adorable faces. While Molly is super sweet with her new little brother, she is having some jealousy issues, which is to be expected... she's asked me if I love the baby more than her and she asked Paul if he thinks the baby is cuter than she is.

Here are some pictures from the last week:
One week old:My little boy is a genius... he's already signing "Mommy!"

Little Man loves to have his feet rubbed!Chillin' on the changing table (he's not actually crying in the picture above, he was just squirming around making funny faces)

Working on Marshall's mohawkTwo Week Pictures:Marshall was so comfortable during his week two photo shoot that he fell asleep:Oh and Marshall's belly button stump, which Molly says looks like a piece of mulch, fell off today! Now it's time for a REAL bath!