Our Florida Trip

Happy Birthday Nona!!

We travelled to Naples for Nona's 60th Birthday a couple of weeks ago.  The weather was great and it was nice to see Steve and Phyllis, Tim and Krista.  Steve and Phyllis have been in sunny, warm FL since the day after Christmas and we've only seen Phyllis briefly in January so it was nice for Mason and Marlee to spend some time with Nona and Papaw.  We arrived Friday afternoon and left Monday afternoon; just enough time I'm sure for them to get a dose of a toddler and his baby sister!! Mason LOVED it there!  He had so much fun swimming and playing with all the fun things at their house and of course there isn't much cooler than the elevator!  It was a little harder on Marlee, as we assumed going into it, but we were glad we made the trip and I'm sure Phyllis loved having her whole family there to celebrate her big day!   The kids were both perfect for Nona's lovely birthday party.  It was early in the evening so Scott and I headed out as soon as the kids woke up from naps.  There was a wonderful dinner followed by a sweet toast to the birthday girl from her wonderful hubby.  Then we took a family picture outside at sunset for her birthday present and came in to enjoy yummy cake and lots of dancing!   It was a great evening and Mason was so excited the table centerpieces were balloons instead of flowers! He brought them all back to the condo!!  Daddy enjoyed sucking the helium for everyone!  

Here are some of the pictures from our trip.  Thanks for putting up with us Nona and Papaw, and for letting us get a few breaks too!!  We can't wait till you're back in Marion with us!

Here is Steve speaking and Phyllis with her gorgeous and yummy cake!

An action shot of me and Marlee dancing!

Lindsey, Samantha, me and Marlee.  We were so excited to see each other again; our last meeting Lindsey had a large tummy and I had a bump forming.  Next visit there will be one more baby added to the pic from Scott's other cousins wife Lita!!  Any day I'm guessing!!  The girls had fun playing together, and I'm told people enjoyed watching them interact!  We feel like we know each other so well because we keep up with each others blogs:)  So glad we do this! 

Here is Mason and Krista (Mason's a boob man!!)

Scottie and Steve.... such good buddies too!

Mason enjoyed giving Nona some early presents!

Yay!!! We can't wait to open our pool now!!  Mason did wonderful with his water wings and enjoyed "swimming" by himself!  Marlee loved the water and really liked laughing at big brother!

Her first bikini!!!

See you soon!!!!

Happy 7 month Baby Girl!!

Baby Girl is 7 months old today!! I can't believe it!  She has changed so much in one month; each week brings amazing accomplishments!  I know I've been through it once but it is equally amazing the second time around.  Marlee is so strong and is on the go constantly, not happy if she isn't!!  The downside is the constant supervision she requires!  She thinks she can walk so once she stands up to something she just lets go like she's coming, then "clunk," she falls down!  She has stood a few times for a few seconds and she loves to take your hands and "walk" with you.  She is in 9 month clothes now and they fit her perfect.  Maybe if she'd start skipping one of those night time feedings she'd slow down in that department too!  She is very pleasant and happy now and is loving her freedom.  Her favorite toy is any ball at the moment, she loves to chase!  Sometimes I feel like I have a new puppy, but she loves it!  She loves her dogs now and her daddy and of course, her bubba!!  She is still only saying "mama" but Scott and I both think we've heard a "dada" but it's not frequent yet.  I have to confess to you all... I LOVE that she said "mama" first!!!  And she says it all the time and it seems to be when she see's me or wants me--what a great feeling!!  I think she may be working on that first tooth currently (what fun:().  She is up to 3 meals a day.  Her fav's as of now are sweet potatoes, her cereal and applesauce and rice and lentils!!  Not a fan of peas just yet!

 We just had our first "vacation" last weekend to see Nona and Papaw to celebrate Phyllis's 60th Birthday!  While I have to say both kids were great at her actual party the trip was a bit rough on me and Miss Marlee (which in turn makes it a bit rough for daddy).  Mason had a blast!!!  I will post more soon but I managed to forget my camera so I'm without all those pics as we speak!  Luckily  I found my old camera so I took a few pics of the big girl today!  

Here is the happy 7 month old!

She's so awesome!

See you soon!  Happy Easter!

Mason is 2 1/2 years old!

Mason Stephen Moorehead is 2 and 1/2 years old today!  I can't believe I have a pre-schooler!  He is so much fun and such a smart little guy.  He is a sponge and repeats everything he hears.  He loves robots right now, especially Wall-E and Eve.  He loves that movie and insists we watch it every day!  He says the lines before the characters do now.  Usually while he watches it he wanders back to his playroom where he makes Wall-E, Eve and the other robots out of anything he can find.  He uses his imagination all the time and pretends we are all robots.  He always wants to play "I'm Wall-E, you're Eve, and Peanut is Mo!"  He loves to play outdoors, swinging is still his favorite activity but he is really getting into the big slides at the parks and playing in our woods now too.  He loves ATV rides with daddy on nice days.  He loves to have books read to him and can fill in most of the blanks if you stop reading his favorite books.  It's funny, he'll be walking around playing and out of no where he quotes a book or a line from his movie.  He is enjoying learning his letters now and is interested in the sounds they make.  We are trying to learn a few words too.  He likes to paint and draw and color; he can draw a circle now.  He is so much fun and a great kid and such a sweetie.   He loves his family and friends more than anything!  We are so lucky to have our Mason!

Here he is playing with his friend Reagan last week at Recreation Unlimited.  They had a blast there.

He loves to fling his long hair around!

Here he is today, 2.5!!! Wow, time flies!

My sweet, sweet baby boy!

See you soon!

First Word!!

Marlee said her first word yesterday, March 28th .....   "Mama"

I'm so happy she said "mama"; Masons first word was "Daddy" at the exact same age (14 days shy of 7 months)!!!

I was so happy when she said it last night.  She said it while we were playing and my friend Lisa witnessed it!  When she woke up to eat last night I said, "Mama's here" and she said, "Mama".  Then this morning she was chanting it over and over!  Here's a clip for you to hear!

See you soon!

March Birthdays!

The past two weekends we have been celebrating like crazy!  Mason has been so happy and just loves going to his friends Birthday Parties!  Marlee started out a little overwhelmed by all the people at Wyatt's party but once we made it to Noah's she was an old pro and loved being around everyone. 

Wyatt Kuckartz turned 1, which just seems crazy!  He is 6 months exactly older than Marlee and by far puts her into perspective most--- 6 more months and that will be her.  Time goes so fast.  Wyatt is a very happy one year old who was really starting to walk on his big day.  I bet he's almost running now!   His party was in Noblesville a couple days after we returned from vacation.  I think both kids were pretty tired but overall they did good. 

Next was cousin Jackson Buck's 7th Birthday.  We travelled to Selma for his party which was very much a football theme!  Mason just loves being around his cousins and Marlee was very pleasant and happy to see everyone.

And we ended with a blast at Noah Bank's 2nd Birthday Party.  This was a party!!  We had so much fun at Bounce Planet, a perfect place for toddler and pre-school kiddo's --even for their parents!!  We had so much fun!

Thanks everyone for having us---We love to see our friends!

Here are a few pictures, of course I have loaded them backwards!

Mommy and Marlee at Noah's party.

Daddy going down one of the slides!

Mason loving the slides!

Here's Birthday Boy Noah!

The cousins, Mason, Marlee, Avery, Anna and Jackson

Birthday Boy Jackson!

I can't believe we were able to get this picture... These are all the kids who were at Wyatt's party!

And here is Birthday Boy Wyatt with Daddy Joe and Mommy Amanda!

Thanks again everyone, and Happy Birthday!

See you soon!

Marion Mall....

I knew that title would capture your attention!  For those of you who are not from here the "Five Point Mall" should not have the title "mall" at all!!  It's such a joke, but with a new name and new management it is getting a little better.  They have made some nice improvements and best of all they added this really fun and soft play area.  Tricia and I met today along with the kids for a little play time.  The kids all loved the area.  Mason kept running around in circles yelling, "this is so much fun!"  Stella, Norah and Ryan were huge fans of the stairs and Marlee enjoyed crawling on the bright floor.  After playing we took the troops to Applebee's...... Tricia and Myself, 4 highchairs and a booster!  When people came in and asked where they wanted to sit I'm sure they looked at us and said, "not there!!!!"  The kids were all really well behaved and you could tell Tricia and I were no rookies, we were in and out with boxes in hand with-in 20 minutes!  We didn't have a nice relaxing conversation, more like "no, you can't have that knife" 20 time's!!  It was an adventure and it was a success.  Mason wanted to hit the play area one more time before we left so we had a little more fun then came home to a wonderful afternoon nap!  Here are some pictures......

Ryan and Stella going under the school, in Boiler attire---BOILER UP!

The girls; Norah, Stella and Marlee

I just loved this picture of those 3 on the stairs!

Mason having tons of fun!

Marlee liked the tunnels too!

Here we are at Applebee's!

Back for more!

Mason is such a big boy now!  He's pointing at me telling me what to do!

See you soon!

Atlantis

Scott and I left early Sunday morning to arrive in the sunny, perfect Bahamas in the middle of the afternoon!  It was a breath of fresh air!  We had a wonderful time together.  It was a work trip but the other couples were awesome and the only "work" was a meeting that Scott had to attend for a long morning-- which I spent in the spa!  Shucks!  We had great meals, perfect weather and time to regroup and reconnect with each other and no baby or pre-schooler in between.  We missed the kids terribly but not too terribly until Wednesday, by Thursday all I wanted was to hold them!  I think they missed us to, and poor Mimi and Poppy really missed us but did an excellent job holding up the fort!  Thanks again "you guys" (as Mason would say)!  Our busy days in the Bahamas were great, it was those nights in bed and early morning I missed the kids.  Some highlights were swimming with the dolphins--soooooo fun!!  We actually got a ride from them.  We went out in the water with a boogie board and held our legs out and they came up behind us and pushed us, fast, through the water with their noses in our feet!  It was so awesome!  Scott and I took decided to go down a waterslide through some sharks sight unseen-- come to find out it's the steepest waterslide in the world!!!  It was scary and I do have a nice bruise on my leg but it was fun!  Then we rode in the not-so "lazy" river.  I had fun but it made Scottie a little sea sick!  We also spent a ton of time at the "adult pool" (I had to attach a picture) sipping on Pina Coladas!  I did some shopping while Scott golfed one day but mostly we were together checking out the Islands!  Atlantis is so awesome, I can't wait to take the kids when they are older.  But save up--it ain't a cheap trip!!  Especially when your lucks down at the Casino!!!!

Here we are going out to a dinner cruise, beautiful full moon behind us.

This was the Cove tower, where we stayed.  All rooms have ocean views!

Scott on the Palm...

Me lovin' the palm...

Out on some rocks, those are all the buildings of Atlantis behind us.

The "adult" pool.  The family pools were awesome too, but it wasn't a "family" trip for us!

View from our room.

We saw the sunrise.

I wish we could put some of the photos taken with us and the dolphins.  We'll get them hopefully next week to share on the blog!

BTW... for all you who don't live here, it's 30 degrees in Marion today!! Ouch!

Check out Marlee's 6 month below for her big week!

See you soon!