numbers

We have a routine of singing the ABC's when we brush teeth. Now I've started counting to 10 as I change his diaper. Both are a good distraction for him so I can get what I need done. Fisher will count with me now, and every so often he says the next number before I do!  And for some reason, he has to yell most of the numbers :).  I love the way he says 7, and I had to include the end where I try to get him to do it again-too funny!  thx for watchin'!

reasons being a mom is marvelous...

It was nights like tonight that I have envisioned motherhood to be like.

During our cuggle time before I put Fisher to bed, I sang a few songs to him.  I'll admit that I don't have the best singing voice (or even A singing voice), but he says YAY! after every song.  One of my favorites to sing is the Itsy Bitsy Spider and I do little hand motions.  Tonight was the first time he tried to imitate the movements.  

He also asked for my hand and held it close to him (while my heart was melting).  I sure do love that kid!!

a typical conversation

I feel like Fisher's first sentence is right around the corner.  He may not speak in full sentences yet, but he sure does know how to carry on a conversation.  Here is a pretty typical example:

F-'rari

Me-that's your Ferari (it's from the movie Cars)

F-red

Me-yes-it's red

F-open

Me-who let you open the ferari?

F-uh'den

Me-uncle Den let you open that ferari?

F-yah

F-eyes

Me-he has eyes

F-yah

aaaand...repeat this SAME conversation multiple times a day-just insert a different car/toy. If you aren't really paying attention or don't engage fast enough, he will repeat repeat repeat & REPEAT until you respond so he can move onto the next phase.  And if Dave and I are both in the room/area, he will repeat until we have both respoded.

And a little background on the ferari.  As I had posted back in April, my brother has this "thing" with not letting Luke open some of his Cars cars and other "Matchbox"-type cars-thinking they'll be worth something someday.  A few weeks ago, Fisher found this Cars ferari still in the package.  He asked me, Missy, anyone who would listen, to open it.  Everyone told him to ask Uncle Den-who actually said yes!  Fisher slept with the 'rari that night and it was "the" toy he had to have for the next few days-and so began the conversation dictated above...

new best friend

Here are a few pictures I just *had* to post of Fisher with his new best friend, Pablo.  Fisher got Pablo on our last trip to Toys-r-Us 2 days ago.  He literally has not let him out of his sight since.  Pablo came to Red Lobster for Papa's birthday last night.  Pablo came to Kohl's tonight.  I ran into a co-worker and her husband in the check out at Kohl's and I tried to get Fisher to say hi or give some acknowledgement.  He gave them nothing until they noticed he had Pablo. Their grandkids love Backyardigans too, so they asked Fisher who he had-"PAH-BO!!"  They talked with him about the other characters and Fisher totally opened up.  He loves  his Pah-bo!

   

TT

is for Temper Tantrums!  And Fisher has been having quite a few lately.  He seems to save them more for me-which usually includes him trying to bite me or hit me.  We're working through it-and I'm *hoping* it's just a phase.  And while on the topic of tantrums, Fisher is not the most fun to shop with lately.  Grocery shopping is okay-as long as we go to Schnucks because they let "babies" have a cookie while we shop.  What a great investment of 41 cents for Schnucks!  That 41 cent cookie has allowed me to spend so much more $$$ in that store since 1 cookie is pretty much able to occupy Fisher for our entire trip.  It's when we go to stores like Target where he tends to loose it.  I seem to remember posting back in December about how easy it still was to shop with him during Christmas time.  I also admitted that I knew a day would come when shopping would not be such a pleasant experience.  Here we are.  We went to Target the other day to go shopping for Lucas.  I didn't find what I was looking for, but I did find a few (Cars) things for Fisher's birthday.  Problem was-he wanted them all now.  Then we had to go to Toys-r-Us (and I found what I was looking for for Lucas), but we saw more Cars toys and books, and a stuffed Pablo (from the Backyardigans-if you didn't know).  We left with Pablo-of course!  I'm such a push-over...

new stuff

It's been too long (gee...I think I've blogged that before...).  I really need to do a better job with this blog-seeing as how my main purpose is to chronicle Fisher's development and goings-on.  Sooo-

~A few weeks ago, we went to Eliot's 2nd birthday party-which had a Backyardigans theme.  I had heard of this show, but never had seen it.  Katie made a very cute "Pablo" cake, and Eliot sent his guests home with a treat bag filled with Backyardigans loot.  I let Fisher play with the cards, and since I only knew Pablo, that's who I introduced him to.  The next time the show came on, I recorded it for him.  Fisher was hooked the very first time he watched it.  We have several episodes on the Moxi, and when we let him watch, he loves to dance to the theme song (and other songs in the show) and he is glued to the TV.  It actually makes me wonder what kind of subliminal messages Nickelodeon has put in the background.  Hmmmm. And here's a short video of Fisher as he dances to the show-opener.

~A few days ago, it wasn't insanely hot, so Dave and I took Fisher to our local park and I got some cute pictures to share.  Even though the temp wasn't too bad, the equipment was HOT!  So no tunnel, swing, or slide play-we just walked around the lake, talked to the geese, looked at the cannon (that Fisher insisted was a tractor), and played with some rocks.  

~Fisher loves his lawnmower.  When he asks to go outside, it's so he can play with his lawnmower.  Luke has one just like it, and the last time we were there, Fisher did laps around (the outside of) the pool.  It gets to the point at times where we have a mini-tantrum on our hands of he can't go outside-or has to come back inside.

~Fisher is obsessed with eyes right now.  He loves to point out my eyes, Daddy's eyes, the cats' eyes, the eyes on his Cars cars.  Weird.

~Fisher really likes watermelon

and pizza.

~A few nights ago there was another occupant in Fisher's bed when I went to put him down for the night.

Fisher thought it was great!  But Lucy soon got kicked out and it was time for bed.

and to end this post in one of Fisher's favorite phrases-Later Mater!!