new words, cute stuff, and FFSunday

I know...I know.  I started this series as a FFFriday, but I have been slacking!  First, the post would come LATE Friday night, then on Saturday, and now I'm to Sunday.  And as I sit here, it is now 9:00.  So even my earliest readers won't see this until Monday (Sylvie :).  Oh well.  For myself, if I get it in once a week, that will accomplish my goal of using this blog as my journal for Fisher.

First, the new words and cute stuff...
Fisher's favorite color seems to be yellow-or as he says it-wewow. If you ask him what color anything is, his answer is yellow. I think it's pretty great that he understands what the question is and it needs a color as an answer! **Mommy note: he might know blue (boooo) now too.  Just today, I went to get him up from a nap and he was holding a blue stuffed crayon saying, "boooo, boooo!".  I asked him a few times later what color it was, and he still said blue!!  So smart!!

Our favorite word to hear Fisher say is "baby".  It sounds more like "beebee" and "beebeesh" when it's plural.  We ask him things like-Are bananas good for babies? or any question where baby is the last word.  He responds with "beebeesh" because he is into repeating the last word you say.

Fisher knows most everyone's name in the family now.  Some cute variations are: Woocas or Wuke for Luke, Didi for Brandi, Ack for Jack, DenDen for Uncle Den, Dissy for Aunt Missy, Ecky for Aunt Becky, and Tent for Uncle Kent.  When we go to Aunt Becky's house, he knows where we are when we pull in the driveway and says "Didi".

I have been working on Love You for a LONGGGGG time now.  Fisher has been really good at saying 2 syllable words for a while, so I thought he would get it pretty quick since he hears it so much.  Nope.  Not until today...finally!!  We were playing what does the (insert animal) say game, and I asked him what does Mommy say?  My heart absolutely melted when he said, "wuvooo"!!  It also works for what does Daddy say and what does Fisher say!!  This will be his newest, cutest trick that I do as many times until he gets sick of it-because I know I never will  :).

And now for the pictures:

    

We signed Fisher up for the AquaTots class at the local pool last year.  He really liked it!

I know he will kill me later for posting this picture, but it's one of my favorites-and I'm the MOM, so (for now) I'm in charge ;).  On his head is one of those ponytail-fake-hair things that my Mom had.

reading Ralph the Rabbit with Grandma

Fisher can only have his pacifier (or as he calls it-sassy) when he sleeps.  But from time to time, he is able to reach in his bed and pull it out.  If we are in the living room when he does this, we hear him come down the hall giggling-because he knows he's not supposed to have it.  On this day, this is how I found him after I realized he was quiet for a while.

  

Swim class started again this Saturday.  Fisher spent the first few minutes in the pool crying.  And in an indoor pool, that sound was AMPLIFIED!  He finally calmed down once he realized how fun splashing was.  Hopefully next week will be better!

  

Dave's parents were able to come for a 4-day visit this weekend.  Fisher had a great time showing off ALL of his cuteness.  They were very impressed!

short video & pics from last year for FFSaturday

I remember this time last year.  Fisher really became aware that what we were eating was different than his mushy food.  He didn't actually get a bite of the pizza-we just thought it made for a funny picture.  :)

The next 2 pictures are from the monthly JC Penney photo shoot.

Our Little Cupid

My Handsome Valentine

I saw this little activity center in my parent's basement the other day.  It's hard to believe he used to fit in it!!

I love this one...

Fisher loves "Finding Nemo".  When the scene with the whale comes on, he yells at the top of his lungs, "WOLLLLLLLL!!!!".  I also got him to make his elephant sound.  He screeches like that every time and it cracks us up!!

Going Private...

I think I'm going to make my blog private. Others have done so recently, and it's just made me think...you never really know. I'm not even sure how many people actually read my blog. If you would like an invite, just leave me a comment and I'll invite you. Even if I don't know you, if you've "stumbled" across my blog, give me a little info and I'll probably :) invite you too! I will set it to private starting next week-February 18th.

FFF on Saturday

I was too tired last night to put together my FFF post seeing as how I stayed up past midnight Thursday night.  I participated in a market research study and didn't get home until after 8:00.  Then, of course, I had to watch Lost.  Then I had to watch the new Survivor premiere (see ya Jonny Rotten!!).  Then I had to watch Celebrity Apprentice-40 minutes of which was pre-empted with coverage of the shootings at Kirkwood City Hall.  What a SAD situation!!  By the time I finished watching my recorded TV, the local news was way over, so I had to search the internet for the latest information.  After seeing the interview that the shooter's brother gave THAT NIGHT, I just couldn't get my mind around any of it and could not get to sleep for the longest time.  I guess one can only hope that relations in that community will improve over time.  

and now for the fotos...

LAST YEAR:

     

      

  

    

no...we really didn't give him White Castle's-he really wanted some though!!

    

he looks so chunky in this picture!

THIS YEAR:

         

We had amazing snow last Thursday-so much so that I had a snow day on Friday!  And just in case you didn't know...teachers get just as excited for a snow day as the kids  :)!

       

This was really good building snow.  When I went to roll the first part of the snowman, the snow rolled up just like a carpet!  Yes-the snowman is wearing the Elmo hat and mittens.

   

Fisher did NOT want to come back in!!  He was having too much fun with the "no-ma".  You can't tell from this picture, but he is sobbing calling the snowman and saying please!!

And typical of our St. Louis weather, this was all that was left of the snowman just 2 days later.

check out the new blog I'm part of...

My Aunt Brenda started a Lost blog to discuss the ever-changing show.  There are 4 members of the team so far...Lost the TV Show...and we're on a roll with posting after the first new episode!

FFF

LAST YEAR:

Avacados were one of Fisher's first foods.  He liked them!

Wearing his "Cool Dude" glasses.

THIS YEAR:

Fisher inherited this pirate bathrobe from his cousin Jack.  I think he looks pretty cute...and then it was perfect that he wanted to play with his pirate ship!

    

A little reading time with Daddy.  He loves this animal pop-up book right now.

   

When he sees his sunglasses, he says "Doooo" and has to wear them.  On this night, he spotted them right before dinner and wore them throughout the whole meal  :).

  

There are times when Fisher goes back in his room by himself.  When we go back to check on him, he's usually reading himself a book!