Quality Brother / Sister time

Luke is WONDERFUL with his little sister.... He says "Hi baby girrrrrl" in a sing-song voice, just like he hears Mommy and Daddy do a dozen times a day. He likes to tell her "it's okay" when she cries. He loves to make her laugh and it doesn't take much! She loves him, too!

At work with Mommy

Look who came to visit me in my office? Okay, so it was on the way to her room... I'm blessed to be able to work from my home office often - especially during tax season when the hours are a little ridiculous. It lets me maximize the work time so that, in turn, my family time is maximized. Marissa's favorite office activities are pounding my calculator and shaking my keys.

Sunny days......

Sweet Marissa's hair.... or lack thereof....


Thank God for sunny days!! We've taken the kids to the park a couple of times this spring. Luke is re-familiarizing himself with the playground equipment. He loves the slide. He's becoming more brave with tunnels and swings, too. We all enjoy the park!

Play-doh adventures

I'll admit - we've had Play-doh since Christmas, but we're just now getting it out and of course, Luke loves it! Scott has been giving him ideas of things to make. (No, he didn't make these letters himself.... he may have had *some* help).

Little Miss Personality

Marissa's hair cracks us all up! One small tuft on the top that usually sticks straight up, but of course, it's too fine for a bow or clip or anything girly. I love her little bald head!

Of course, the grandmas get a kick out of this shirt... and it's true.

Look what I did to my baby....

The toddler version of mug shots....


Yes, there's a reason why places like 'Cookie Cutters' exist. It's because crazy moms like me get ahold of clippers and say "Oh, how hard could it be to give my 2 year old a haircut?"

We answered that question when I decided to give Luke a trim, and ended up buzzing the poor baby. I don't know what came over me, but all of a sudden I was shaving those bangs off his head and he was a bald little guy. Scott swooped in and at least helped fade it (a little), but I was mortified at what I had done!!

Scott told Luke that he looked like Curious George. Anytime someone made a comment about his haircut, he would tell them "I like George!" - and was excited about it!

Before the haircut.....

we call these shots "BEFORE the haircut"....

Five Month Pics - Luke & Marissa

(L) Marissa - 5 months (02/28/09)
(R) Luke - 5 months (03/09/07)

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!)