Mt. Airy Grandparents in Town

     On Saturday, Marcus' Mt. Airy grandparents came for a visit and boy did they bless us!  They arrived right after Marcus woke up from his morning nap and was eating.  The two of them ooed and ahhed at him for a few minutes, then Daddy and Papa John went to work on the basement.  They had the whole thing trimmed and painted in NO TIME!  It was awesome!
     As they were painting, Grandma and I were cooking and playing with Marcus.  He was his charming self and put on quite the cute show.  He thought Papa John was HILARIOUS and just laughed and laughed at him when we went downstairs to check on their progress.  It was adorable.  Speaking of adorable.... we tried on his tuxedo that they gave him at Christmas.  It's his Easter outfit, but we took it upon ourselves to see if it fit and he's almost the perfect size for it.  It should be exactly right by Easter. 
     When he took his afternoon nap, Grandma and I finished the mac-n-cheese (favorite food of all time) and chicken pot pie.  She also brought sausage balls and lemon pound cake, so needless to say, we ate well this weekend.  After he woke up, the three of us went to Wal-Mart and got Marcus his first walker.  I'm not sure if there's a huge difference between a walker and exersaucer other than one moves and one doesn't, but we went ahead and got him a walker.  His legs don't quite touch the ground yet, but we've put him in it a few times and he seems to like it.  He likes sitting up more and more, but hasn't mastered it yet.  He can sit up when tilted back, but once vertical, he face plants and heads for his toes.  So he's working on it...just not there yet.  And there's no hurry because I know that once that starts, everything else will happen faster, too. 
     It was a good visit and we were thankful for all they brought, did, cooked, and bought.  We look forward to seeing more family this week as Mark's cousins are coming down Thursday night and there's a possibility we may see more family afterward, too.  Until then, have a great last week in February!  Spring is JUST AROUND THE CORNER!  (By the way, there's just over a month until baseball begins!!!!!!!!!!!)

Grandma got a chance to feed Marcus and he grabbed her fingers as he ate.

I was cracking up during this whole photo shoot.  He had a ball and we did, too.

Mark and I laugh at his picture because my mom read the directions the whole time and John was always a step or two ahead of her, putting it together on his own, not listening to the directions at all.

Ignore the crazy mama in this video.  She's loco for her boys (and it shows).