6 Months Old!

Well, Marissa is doing great! She is eating very well now, silly girl doesn't care for bananas, but loves all her veggies. :) She can roll over from her back to stomach, but not the other way. She, for the most part, can sit up by herself. Once in a while she falls over though. Brody likes sharing his toys with her and cheering her up if she starts to cry. She loves to watch him be silly. She is sleeping in her own room now and wakes up at 6:00am for a bottle then up at 8:00am.

We went to a pumpkin patch and bought a couple pumpkins you can see our creations in the pictures. She had her first Halloween and she was a pink kitty. Brody was Batman. We trick or treated our neighborhood for an hour. Jason's kids and my mom went with us and we didn't get but a few sprinkles of rain so it was nice.

Albany has a "learn something new day" so we invited my mom and Jason's kids down (Dave watched Marissa) and learned a few new things. Brody learned how to make his own beaded zipper pull. I learned how to sew a pumpkin pot holder. Then we both painted some pottery tree ornaments using our finger prints. We had so much fun and can't wait to keep up our learning of beading and pottery painting.

We went to visit my dad a couple weeks ago. He and my step mom are doing good. Brody and Papa went to the neighbors and picked apples together. Dave made apple crisp that night and it was delicious. (Dave doesn't bake very often and it was nice for a change.) My mom made us some applesauce and a special batch for Marissa (no sugar).

Today we went to our friends' wedding, Chris and Cindy Whiteaker. It was beautiful, we had a great time and now Marissa is napping after a long day so it gave me a few minutes to give you an update. Well, we love you all and hope to hear how you are doing.

4 Month Doctor Visit (21 weeks)

Well, She is off "the charts" just like Brody was. She is 20 pounds. So now we have to find a bigger car seat for our little chunk! She is doing everything normal following objects, grabbing objects, etc... We are now introducing food on a spoon, she doesn't quite get it. She still has the tongue thrust so it just comes right back out. But we try a little every night, she'll get it soon. Well, she is teething, but the Dr. said a tooth might not come through for a month or two. But I recommend you keep your fingers away from her mouth! LOL! She grabs them and pulls them right in to her mouth.


My dad is doing much better and back to work. We went to see him last weekend and let Marissa chew on her papa's hands. :) Then Sunday we went to the casino, while my mom watched the kids. Dave just had to go, and of course, we lost. Brody and I are still making crafts together. Brody told me today, "mom, you can't fight fire with fire" and a couple days ago, "mom, what is Barack Obama?" LOL! (I was nice and just said, "he's a man running for president".) Dave always teases Brody about liking Hannah Montana and Brody gets so mad. Sooooo, being the loving dad he is, he bought Brody a Bag with her on it and lets just say it didn't go to well, next time you talk to Brody ask him about his Hannah Montana bag. See the video below.

September - 20 weeks (4 Months)

She is growing so fast! She is such a kicker, when she starts kicking then we know she wants in her jumperoo. We bought her a bright pink hippo that laughs when you push it and she thinks it is soooo funny. We have discovered that we can't take her out of her car seat until she wakes up all the way, or she will just scream. Other than that she is still such a good baby. I don't know how we got so lucky with two good kids?? :) Brody and I have been making crafts together we have a lot of fun. He can spell his name now and snap his fingers and we are learning to write his name now.


Well we were all sick except Dave at the beginning of the month, now all better. Then on the 5th my dad went to the ER with a infection in his leg. We know its bad when my dad goes to see a doctor! LOL. They kept him for 4 days on antibiotics then he had to stay at home for the next 5 days. We went to see him at the Tillamook hospital on Saturday and then we went to the cheese factory and stopped at the casino for dinner. We haven't been there for awhile and didn't know they had a new buffet. It was good, but $20 each. Brody and I played in the arcade for a little bit then we left.

The kids and I went to visit my friend Kaesi I haven't seen her in about a year. Our schedules never meshed, but I was glad to finally get to see her. Then we went to my dad's house and visited with him and Nancy for a few hours. He was doing much better. Marissa would only sit with her papa she didn't want anyone else. :)



We went to the fish hatchery again.



Yesterday we went to the Oldham family reunion in McMinnville. We had a good time, saw lots of family that we haven't seen for awhile.

State Fair

We went to the state fair to take Brody to see the Doodlebops. He had a great time, we got him a CD and a color book of the Doodlebops. We had such a good time that we went again on Wednesday. Brody went "Mutton Bustin" (he rode a sheep) It was the funniest thing I ever saw! I can't believe he wanted to do it, they gave him a first place ribbon and he proudly displays it in his room. Then he chased pigs with a bunch of kids and got a wood working kit to make a football stand. Dave will help him put that together tomorrow. Enjoy all the pictures. Love you all!

Marissa's Baptism

Today was Marissa's baptism. We had a wonderful time. Thanks to all who came to join us in "putting Jesus in her heart". That's what brody says. We took lots of pictures for you to enjoy.

Dave's brother Roger and his wife Traci flew in from Georgia and Our nephew Tyler came up from California. It was a great surprise to see Tyler we were not expecting to see him! He has grown so much since Christmas! He is now taller than me. :()

My grandpa and grandma Oldham came from McMinnville. My mom brought my neices and nephew too.

Love you all,
Kari

Oops. I missed some things

Brody took a ride on Joe's Moped

So, I forgot some things in the last blog. In July we had David's company picnic. We didn't win anything this year. :( We took our neighbor Korie with us so Brody would have someone to go on the toys with. He had a great time!

Brody went to Vacation Bible School the last week of July we missed Wednesday of course because of Joe and Kristin's fire. But he had so much fun! Joe and Kristen were the leaders of the 4 year olds and Gavin (Brody's friend) was there as well. It was their church that had the VBS.

It looks like the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but they have a suspect they keep questioning and are asking the neighborhood kids about this boy. Sooo... We'll see.

Brody and Korie on the
rock wall.


Waiting in Line.

8/5/08 Video of Marissa