Oh goodness. Two kids are each a year older. Marcus hit 2 on 1/9 and Lauren turned 1 on 3/12. Marcus had a REALLY lame birthday, as Lauren had RSV and we weren't letting anyone come over. So it was ice cream and yummy food with the 4 of us. Lauren got to celebrate twice, but was definitely more interested in the frosting than the cake both times. She much prefers the cake-pops I made. They are yummy, so I'm not faulting her there. Lately Marcus has:

1. stopped saying "thank you" but says "welcome" in place of either word. Sometimes I think he says it for sorry too.


2. out-grown almost all his 2T clothes and has graduated to 3T. He is also wearing a size 8-9 shoe. He's so tall, lots of people think he is older than he is. I have a feeling this will be how his life is from now on.


3. Loves, and I mean LOVES Monster's Inc, Finding Nemo and Cars. He also really likes "Go Go" (Go Diego Go), "Go-gwa" (Dora), "Gon-Gon" (Barney) and "Baba" (Yo Gabba Gabba).


4. He is getting speech therapy 4 times a month and while he is saying more, it sure is a challenge to figure out what exactly he is saying. I don't think speech will be ending any time soon.


5. He sings throughout the day. I just usually can't figure out what he's singing.


6. He has croup today. Sad for all of us

Lauren has recently (well, in the past 5 months)-

1. cut the top four teeth (with the fourth one coming in today)


2. gotten tall enough to need size 6-9 clothing, although she's still only 15 pounds


3. claps! She has such delicate little hands, it's awesome to see her clapping them


4. can turn her body around at almost quarter turns


5. says "dada" "bubbles" "ball" "clap" "more" "all done"


6. is a stubborn little monkey who won't drink from a bottle, cup or sippy cup. Apparently I'll be nursing for a while longer


7. started therapy in February to start getting better body strength. She has low muscle tone, so we're working on building that and getting her to strong to be able to crawl and eventually walk. I'm SO happy she's only 15 pounds

Will has

1. gone to New Mexico for the New Mexico bowl and see BYU play there


2. gone to both Ft Collins and Colorado Springs to see "the Jimmer" play basketball


3. gone to the Pepsi Center here in Denver to see Jimmer play in the NCAA tournament


4. gone to a Dodger/Rockies game with the whole family, kids were surprisingly good


5. worked hard and taken such good care of us


6. a trip to Alaska planned for the summer in which he will be gone for 9 days. 9 DAYS!! We'll see if the children are alive by the time he gets back

Alisha has

1. loved singing in the chorale I joined last August. Such a nice thing to get away once a week


2. read books (The Hunger Games finally)


3. finally got new pictures of the kiddos taken last Saturday. When they are done, you'd best be believing they will be gracing this blog.


4. booked her tickets for a trip to Chicago this summer. Hopefully Will will be able to handle the kids for the 4 days/3 nights.

All in all, that is what is happening in the Morrell household. Maybe I'll be better next time