So, yesterday it rained the majority of the morning but the sun finally came out and dried up things a bit before it started to rain again! I'm not complaining about the rain because we need it but outside time for Marshall is a must and we luckily got to sneak it in. We went outside around 5:15 and played for almost a whole hour. Marshall loves to play in all of my flower pots full of just dirt but this was the first time the dirt was mud. One of the pots was hardly full so it was easy for Marshall to tip over and dive right in and boy did he!!! He eventualy sat on the ground and started dripping muddy water and mud on his legs. You can see in one of the pictures that he is thinking really hard about what he is doing. Marshall has also started giving stuff to me if I ask "Can I have it?" You can see him giving me some dirt in one of the pictures. If we could stay outside all day it would be awesome, but we had to come inside and eat dinner, whick never fares well with him. It is hard sometimes to let him get dirty especially right before dinner, but a little dirt never hurt anyone and I get a kick out of watching him.

On another note, Grammy (Nick's mom) is coming in town today and we are so excited to see her. She has not seen Marshall since December and she is definitely in for a nice surprise to see how big he has gotten. She will be here for a few days before heading to see her family in San Antonio but she will be back for Marshall's big birthday party and the arrival of Tom and Jess' sweet baby girl, Leah, in May. We are looking forward to lots of play time with her during the next few months.

Hope everyone has an awesome week!