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Marshall and Daddy went to Fredericton to see Gram and to go to the Fredericton Exhibition, where Marshall got to go on some rides for the first time.  Luckily Gram and Daddy didn’t tell Mommy that they took him on the ferris wheel until after they did it.  [Apparently he quite enjoyed it, but I would have freaked out if I had known!]

While they were having a blast at the fair, I was in St. Andrews staying at the Algonquin with my dad and got spoiled for the weekend with an early birthday gift of some spa services.  The massage was dreamy!  The body wrap wasn’t bad – relaxing – and then they had chocolate birthday truffles waiting for me when I was done.  I walked around town a bit and saw my grandparents’ old house, did some shopping, then had a delicious fancy dinner with the IBM crew.

Marshall woke up with a fever on Sunday (the 9th) so he was a bit cranky all day and missed his buddy Will’s 1st Birthday party     We still have to swing by and drop off his gift soon…

This week, Marshall got his first hair cut!  his bangs have been too long for a while, but I just couldn’t bring myself to cut those sweet baby-bangs.  They’ve been getting in his eyes, and he’s been getting food in them and everything, so we decided to trim the bangs.  I started by combing his wet hair while he was in the bathtub but he got really upset and it seemed like he was afraid of the black comb.  *L*  I tried the white one but he was too upset by that time.  We got him calmed down and dressed on his change table and Rick distracted him while I went ahead and tried again.  He still got really upset, but at least we got it done!

Cathy(Marshall’s daycare)’s mom passed away thursday night suddenly so he stayed home with me yesterday.  He learned how to open doors using doorknobs yesterday.  Rick bought some safety thingies today for them that seem to be working so far.

This week, he looked under the couch for a toy that rolled under there, and reached under to get it!  (sounds so easy, but he’s never done this before!)  He also had us laughing so hard that I thought I was going to pee on the couch.  He came up with some new funky dance moves, and he was dancing with himself in the reflection of the stereo cabinet.

He loves sucking on my apple and scraping his teeth on it to get some bits in his mouth.  He comes running over and his eyes look all around while he’s doing it.  So funny!  You really have to see it to appreciate it.

Tonight he had some chocolate cake.  Probably way too much of it, since Grampy was sneaking it to him    He was also practicing getting up (sometimes he needed a little help) and down (all by himself) from the couch!  I think he was having a sugar rush.  *giggle*

I’m writing my exam soon…can’t wait to get it over with!  Just 3 more days!  I’ll be studying tomorrow morning, then going to a fitness class with a friend.  Monday, I’ll be doing just a few more hours of studying and packing my stuff up, and Tuesday’s the first day of exams.  I shall reward myself with some shopping!