The Playground

Marc absolutely loves going to the park so he can play on all the toys. Today we went and everything was wet, but I decided to let him play anyway. He loved it, but we were both filthy by the time we were done. Marc loves going down the slide and he goes head first. He has no fear and one day it is going to get him in trouble. These videos show to a small degree how crazy he is. Just as a disclaimer: No child was injured in the filming of these videos!!

Pumpkins

We went to a pumpkin patch with Matt's PT class. I have never seen so many pumpkins in my life. They also had a straw maze and a big pile of straw for the kids to play on, which Marc loved. I think the highlight was the pumpkin cannon. It was a 500 gallon propane tank filled with air hooked to a big pipe. It shot the pumpkin 900 ft per second in the air. The pumpkin was just a speck in the sky and we didn't see it land because it was too far away. It really was amazing. After that we went and carved the pumpkins. It was a fun day together!!

Another Wedding!!!

Marianne is getting married!!! She is marrying Nathan Dalling. He is from Sugar and Marianne played basketball against his sister in high school. His dad was also our high counselor in our ward in Rexburg. Anyway they are getting married on December 19th. I am excited because now we have to go to Firth for Christmas!!!

Marc is One

Marc is now officially one. We didn't really do anything too big today, but Marc got a cupcake and opened a few presents. Matt's parents got to participate via Skype which was fun. I cannot believe that Marc has been apart of our family for a whole year. The time has flown and it has been wonderful. Marc changes more and more each day. He has decided that he can walk, but he is not very steady and falls very often. His record is around 10 steps, and hopefully he will keep setting new records.

Seeing how this is a special day for Marc I thought that I would just share a few special things about him.

Marc loves to share and is very good at it, the problem is that he doesn't know when it is not ok to share. He shared some apple with one of our friends, the problem was he took a chunk out of his mouth and put it into hers. Nevertheless, we are happy that he is so willing to share with others, and hope that it continues.

Marc is very good at giving hugs and cuddling. In the morning or anytime we come home he will give very good hugs to us. It is so nice to feel like he has really missed us and is happy to see us. Lots of times when we play with Marc he will just lay his head down on us just to be close for a second. It is so cute and I love that he wants to be close to us. I hope that as he gets older he still wants to be close to us and will listen to the things that we try to teach him.

Marc is so happy. Everywhere we go Marc attracts attention because he is constantly jabbering and reaching out to people. He is not shy and warms up to people very quickly. He really is a good boy most of the time, and his only fault is that he is so busy and wears his mom out as she tries to rescue everything that comes into his path. He really does bring much happiness and joy into our home. He has a way of making a mess, but looking up so innocently that I can't help but laugh at him and just want to hug him. I am so lucky to be Marc's mom and love him so much. I hope this year is just as full of happy and fun times as the last one has been!!

Marc is all boy. He loves cars and trucks and will play with them for hours (which I love!!)


Here are some attempts at walking, not the best yet, but practice makes perfect.

General Relief Society Meeting

I just got back from the Relief Society Broadcast and I absolutely loved it. I feel uplifted and inspired to be a better woman. I love that there is an organization in the church that is for women and is run by inspiration. The music from the broadcast was amazing and I felt the spirit so strong. If you missed the broadcast you should watch it. Here is the link:

New Apartment

Well we are still working on getting boxes put away, so I will put pictures up when things are a little more organized!

Peek-a-boo and Chase

Marc loves to crawl into his room and close the door. Then he waits for us to come and open the door and say boo. He laughs and laughs. He also loves to be chased. I try to crawl but he is way too fast and it hurts my knees, so i end up pretending to crawl. Either way he seems to like it,