Marissa - Five Months Old!

Crusty nose and all.... Here's Marissa at 5 months!

She was just getting over her first cold - poor thing coughed all night for a week straight.... Never ran a fever, but thankfully, her well-baby checkup was during this time and we found out that she didn't have any ear infections or anything. That was good at least!

Marissa has started to be more wary of strangers - she'll still warm up to just about anyone after a little while, but she questions who is holding her at first! She loves to chew on her fists and is slobbering all over the place! She giggles at brother, and has really started to show interest in TV. The lights are fascinating! She is still no good at eating cereal from a spoon, but we're working on it.

As you can see from the picture, she is starting to enjoy her exersaucer. In just a couple of week's time, she's gone from needing a dictionary to stand on to being able to reach the floor! She's standing on our laps with ease now - I'm amazed at the strength she has all of a sudden.

She still continues to be the sweetest little baby - we're so proud of her!

5th Anniversary

Views of downtown.... a bit blurry since I couldn't use flash.


Scott & I celebrated 5 years of marriage on 2/21! We went out for dinner at The Eagle's Nest in downtown Indy, which is a revolving restaurant in the middle of downtown. The views were wonderful, the food was delicious, and of course the company was perfect!

Ahhhhhhhhh...........

Family Pics

with Grandma and Papa on the 2nd (colder) night.

Miniature Golf(er)

Putt-Putt was a huge hit! No kidding - he hit a hole-in-one on the first hole he stepped up to! It was a riot! He hit another hole in one the next night on #8... Yep, we went 2 nights in a row, it was such a success!



The theme of the putt-putt place was "Jungle Golf". This was one of the animals on the course.

On the beach

Marissa enjoyed the fresh sea air naps.




Luke had more sand toys than a boy needs and made good use of them! We spent alot of time walking from our beach chairs to the ocean to fill up buckets of water. This was the only documented time that Luke sat still for 5 minutes.

Swimming

Luke really enjoyed his arm floaty things... what are those actually called? Anyway, he was unstoppable. Every kid that joined him in the pool became an instant buddy in a conversation that usually happened something like this:
Luke: "Hey Boy!"
Boy (or girl): "Hi"
Luke: "I LUKE!" (Extra emphasis on LUKE)




Marissa had about 30 seconds in the water, but she seemed to like it.



Swimsuit modeling at its finest......

Quality Brother / Sissy Time

Four Month Pics - Luke & Marissa

(L) Marissa - 4 months (01/30/09)
(R) Luke - 4 months (02/09/07)

Marissa - Four Months Old!!

While we were in Florida, Miss Marissa turned 4 months old!!!

Handy "man"

Scott is getting ready to tackle another home project.... This is a rare indoor project, so Luke is right there to "help" all the time. I came downstairs today to see Luke with safety glasses on and dustbuster in hand.... looking like some kind of cleaning Rambo. Of course, I wish I could add sound to the picture because whenever he has glasses on, he says "I cool". Okay, if you think so.

L*O*V*E

!!!MUSH ALERT!!!



I'm going to get mushy here people.... I just love this picture and it so wonderfully captures the things I love about my husband. He's so gentle and patient and sweet and funny.... my little girl apparently thinks so, too. This is my favorite photo of all time (so far, anyway!)

Kenworthy Christmas

We had Kenworthy Christmas on New Year's Eve.... it was a rough afternoon for Luke... opening presents during what should have been nap time, so I don't have very many pictures of him. But here he is with one of the big hits of the day - his Colts helmet!

Marissa made out like a bandit - even got a piece of furniture for her room. Here's cousin Nicole helping her sit in it.

Three Month Pics - Luke & Marissa

(L) Marissa - 3 months (12/30/08)

(R) Luke - 3 months (01/09/07 )

Marissa - Three Months Old!

I have been thinking about the past three months alot today. I don't know what it is about this second baby that makes me stop and think about what Luke was doing when he was this age... It makes me realize how fast time with Marissa is going.... I'm more sentimental for some reason. (hard to believe, I know!)

Marissa has really developed a sweet little personality in three months. As you can see in the picture, she's laughing and smiling all the time - she just melts everyone instantly! I'm truly blessed to have two great kids! What a joy......

My family at Christmas

I think Luke has had this look on his face in every family picture we've had since Marissa has been here.... Cracks me up! It's the anti-Luke. Oh well, it's the best we could do.....

Christmas Dinner with Landsdowns

My mom's family came over for a big dinner.... her 3 siblings, their kids, their grandkids.... 30'ish people in all.


Here's all the great-grandkids... (And Annie making sure Cade didn't take a nosedive off the pool table! )


This is all the grandkids.... first time this picture was taken since Chad's wedding in Dec. 2004, I think.


Grandkids with spouses

And here's the Ellis chunk of that crew

Christmas

We were at my mom & dad's for Christmas this year...

Christmas Eve....


Lots of stockings, cookies, etc.... all the essentials.


Post-Santa


Luke's new "computer"


Luke doing the robot (?).... seriously, I don't know what was going on here. I didn't take as many pictures as I thought, so I'm posting what I have!

Christmas Picture Attempts

This is the first year I haven't had 10 good pictures to choose from.... trying to photograph 2 children is significantly more challenging than just 1 child... and this is the first Christmas where Luke's stubborn streak factors in.

Check out Marissa's mohawk.....

Marissa's Christmas Dress

I love buying dresses!! I would've never thought I'd enjoy the frilly, girly stuff so much!