Marissa is Crawling!

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Well, I can't beleive it but I actually caught Marissa on video crawling for the first time yesterday. What are the odds?!?! For some reason I can't post a video so you will have to copy and paste the first link into your search box.

The second link is Marissa making a funny mad face. So Cute!

Happy Valentines Day 2009

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So sorry for taking so long to update our blog. Kids keep me busy. Hope you all had a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Well, I don't even know where to begin.

We had a good Christmas. We went to my brother James' house for breakfast and some rockband. It snowed a lot up there (Wilsonville). Ethan was teething so lots of drool. He is getting so big. Because of all the snow we decided to spend Christmas night at home together. For New Years day we had my mom over for turkey dinner.

Marissa is still teething we found another tooth last weekend, it's on the top. She is eating good. She sometimes acts like she's gagging when we try to feed her anything chunky. She is talking so much. She says mama, dada, baba, bye bye (and waves), when we give her something she says what sounds like "thank you", and today she learned uh-oh. She scoots on her butt, and is affraid of falling on her face when she gets to the crawl position so she leaves one foot in front of her.

Brody is doing good. He can't wait until summer so he can play outside more. He is growing like a weed. He keeps asking how many more months until he can go to school. He has learned to write and read all his letters. So everywhere we go if there is a word he will spell it. He doesn't always write from left to right though. He wrote all his valentine cards all by himself. I am so proud! :)



We hope to see you soon. TTFN

7 Months

Well, life is busy this time of year. Marissa is doing great eating solids we are now introducing 2nd foods and she is doing great. Her first tooth came in on the bottom at exactly 7 months old (December 2) Then 1 week later her second tooth came in right next to her first. She loves taking her teething medicine, but she is still a little fussier than usual. We had her 7 month well check on the 15th. She is off the charts still, but on the same track Brody was. She is 27" long and 25 pounds! Brody had his 4 year check up the same day and there were a lot of tears from both kids. Brody thought he was going to be brave for his sister and get his shots first. She gave him his first of four shots and he grabbed it from the nurse and pulled it out of his leg and screamed. I am so glad he doesn't have to have shots again until he is 12 years old. What a traumatic event. It is much easier to hear a baby cry than a 4 year old. :( Brody weighed in at 56 pounds and 47". The size of an average 5 year old. :) He says he'll play football when he grows up. On the 17th Brody "caught the pukes" he said. And Dave was ill soon after. Dave believes they got food poisoning at Costco while sampling luke warm shrimp wanton soup. :(

On the 16th of Nov. Dave's brother Roger came to visit after a long flight from Georgia. He stayed for lunch and played with the kids and headed to Washington for work. He and Traci will be flying in to visit on Dec. 26th. We can't wait!



My mom returned from her Caribbean cruise Nov 22. And brought lots of souvenirs for everyone. I can't wait to see the pictures. She said it was wonderful weather and had a great time with her parents and siblings.

We celebrated Thanksgiving with my dad and step mom at uncle Willie & Anne's house. My step brother Jeff let Brody turn on everything in his police car. Brody loved it. Dad had to return to Tillamook to work on Friday so he left early. We ate dinner, played some poker and visited with the family. Then the 29th was my birthday and Dave took me to Olive Garden, but was more interested in getting back to the car to hear the score of the civil war game. :) He was happy to hear the Ducks won, me, not so much!



Dec. 3rd Dave's mom Janis came to visit from MN. We had such a wonderful time with her. She stayed at friends' George and Keirnan's as our house has gotten smaller. :) We took her to Stayton to visit with Opal Leming and Patty stopped by to see us as well. Opal made some delicious peanut brittle and we visited for a couple hours.
To celebrate my and my mom's birthdays we went out for lunch Saturday. We took Jan with us to the pottery store and finished some pottery we had started and we had a great time. The next day Jan joined us as we walked through a "Christmas Story Book Land" and took pictures with Santa.



On the 13th Dave's work had a kids Christmas party and Brody got to see Santa again and Ronald McDonald and the Hamburgler. Then the snow kept us home for a couple days. A couple days ago Brody was walking around the living room looking at the presents under the tree and he says, "Mom, I just got a case of the can't waits". LOL! We have "Rock Band" for our Wii and Brody is our Wonderful lead singer! He knows all the words for one of the songs and he is so proud he's in our band and doesn't get us kicked off stage anymore! LOL!



We hope to hear how some of you are doing. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love, The Hamilton's

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!