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FFF

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

Wearing his "Cool Dude" glasses.

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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!

New Favorite Words-and fun at the Little Gym

• So a couple of weeks ago, Fisher started the pointing and whining "thing".  I wasn't ready to listen to that for the next how many years.  So it was my bright idea to teach Fisher how to say "please" when he wants something.  He caught on really quick!  Within a couple of days, he knew what to say when I asked, "What do you say?".  It is so cute-he points and says, "Peeees-peeees-peeees!"  That said, I think I've created a monster.  I'll give you a few examples.  When we were out to lunch/breakfast with my parents last Sunday, Fisher wouldn't stop looking at the father and small daughter (about Fisher's age) in the booth behind us-peeees-peeees-peeees!  He wanted some of her food!  The embarrassing part-it sounded like we never feed the kid!  When he wants to play with toys, its peees-toys-peees-peees!  And that sounds like we never let the kid play! {{sigh-lol}}.  I guess he gets it.

• Fisher also uses the word help appropriately now-it sounds more like "hup", but you definitely get the idea.  He uses it mostly when there is a book or toy out out of reach or if it is too heavy.  He also has a handle on the words open and on-and uses them often!  
  

• It's really fun to watch not only his motor growth, but his social, emotional, and intellectual growth.  These new words show that he really understands that he can use his words to make requests.
  

I love the journey this little guy is taking us on!!

• Fisher got to go to the Little Gym last Saturday for a friend's birthday party.  He had a fun time once he realized there were balls to play with and stuff to climb on!  He is still a little young for the organized activities that were planned-but he was fine exploring on his own!  Here are a few pictures...
  

     

     

   

He had so much fun!

18 month check up & check-in and Wii FFF

Fisher had his 18 month check up today. He has finally (officially written in the doctor's charts) broken the 20 pound mark (20 pounds, 5 ounces to be exact). And as the nurse practitioner put it, he's almost back on the curve! He is 29 and 3/4 inches "tall". At his 15 month check up, the doctor was concerned at his lack of adequate weight gain. Blah blah blah!! They got me all concerned-I watched like a hawk what he would eat (or didn't eat). Dave and I would question whether or not he got enough to eat that day. We would even resort to maybe giving him ice cream a little more than we should have-just to get extra calories in him for the day. When we shared the doctor's concerns with our Parent's as Teachers lady in December, she reassured us that Fisher was fine-just looking at him you could tell that he was healthy and proportioned. She was actually frustrated because she had heard parents making this comment from doctors before. Today's check up went fine-except for the fact that Fisher is going through a HORRIBLE separation/stranger anxiety stage right now. He was pretty much screaming the whole time except before we were called in and when we were in the exam room alone and he got to read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" or play in the mini-sink. He screamed for the weigh-in/height/head circ/temperature check. He screamed when the nurse practitioner checked him over and talked to me about his development. And of course he screamed when it was time for the SHOTS! The best that I can say is that he won't have to go back (knock on wood he stays healthy) until he is 2 years old. {{big sigh}}

And on the topic of the separation/stranger anxiety stage-YIKES!! If I'm not in the room, he wants me. If Daddy is not in the room, he wants him. When we were at my parents the other night, if "Mawmaw" wasn't in the room, he wanted her-and vice-versa for "Papaw". I've had to leave for school this week with my last vision of Fisher moving towards the door screaming "Mommy!!!" Wow-those were some rough days. I'm sure this is just a phase that will pass-hopefully much sooner than later!

The weight issue-maybe this kid is lucky to have been born with a high metabolism because sometimes I can't believe how much he eats! We went to breakfast/lunch with my parents last Sunday. Papaw ordered vegetable beef soup with his lunch-Fisher ate most all of the veggies and broth. He LOVED it. I ordered the kids spaghetti with green beans for him. He ate a lot of that-along with some of Mawmaw's pancakes. **Funny story about the week before when we met them for breakfast-while no one was really paying attention, Fisher reached over a grabbed a whole pancake off of Mawmaw's plate and started eating it-oh how I wish we had the camera for that one!! Dave made steamed broccoli-Fisher ate his portion AND mine. He loves cheese and strawberries and green beans and apples and the fruit cocktail cups Papaw got for him.

now for the FFF
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This picture of Luke and Fisher is one of my absolute favorites of the 2 of them together. The looks on each of their faces is so cute. And it almost seems that this is the time that Luke realized that he could PLAY with Fisher.



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Den, Missy and Luke came over last Saturday for a little Wii action. We all bowled, but since I was the photographer, you don't get to see me and my "form" ;). Den and Dave like to get fancy and put "curve" on the ball.




Missy and I throw like girls-straight on with no fancy stuff. But hey-it works-we kept up with the guys just fine!!


Luke even got in on the action.


But he had to take a cupcake break.

I love this face!!


Have a great weekend everyone!

FFF

LAST YEAR

For the first year of Fisher's life, I dragged him to JC Penney to have his picture taken once a month. Some months were better than others (i.e. stranger anxiety/needed a nap/hungry/or just plain crabby). This is one of the pics from January.

...yes...same outfit. These pics with Grandma and Grandpa were taken later that day. Seeing these pictures from last year have really made me realize how much Fisher's relationship with them has grown. He loves them so much! If they are coming over, he can't wait and says their name until they arrive. And when they get here, they better put down whatever they are doing and pick him up! And now when I'm on the phone (with whoever), Fisher thinks I'm talking to "mama" and wants to talk too! When Grandpa is here, he carries Fisher around in circles and sings "nonsense" tunes that Fisher just LOVES! He has a constant smile on his face when Grandpa is doing this.


THIS YEAR







and some fun with Photo Booth on the Mac...










Fisher thought it was pretty funny to see himself on the computer.

Congratulations Katy & Brian!

My cousin Katy (and her husband Brian) gave birth to their first child-a baby girl-Madeleine Christine on Wednesday.  She is so cute with her chubby cheeks!  You should check out my Aunt Brenda's blog and see the fun pictures she posted of the baby and also of Katy herself when she was born.

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...said Fisher. He gets so jealous when we are on the 'pooter. He'll reach up and tap the keys, and sometimes we even pick him up and let him go to town. Here is the result of tonight's fun. He was doing things that I've never seen. How did he get those Greek letters anyway? He was closing and opening windows, searching for gibberish on the internet, and who knows what else. He was having FUN!