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!!

This really was not my intent-I swear!

My husband Dave has changed his appearance quite a bit since we've been together-but the most dramatic changes have happened within the last 9 months (of the over 9 years that we have been together).

Here we are in November of 2oo5.  I know I said we've been together for over 9 years, but this was the quickest pic I could find to illustrate the transformation.  When we got together, Dave's hair actually went to about the middle of his back. 

And here we are at our wedding in March of 2oo6.  He had it cut to shoulder length.

Then in September of last year, he shocked me with this one...

We got up one morning, and he said he was going to run an errand.  He was being really secretive and wouldn't tell me what he was doing.  When he came back, I was SHOCKED!  Dave had been saying for weeks that he was going to get his hair chopped, but he kept chickening out.  I would tease him every time.  I never thought I would see his neck like this.  It might be hard to tell, but in the picture above, he is holding his senior picture-where he had the exact same hair cut!

And then when I came home on Wednesday...he walked out of the front door looking like this

WOAH!!  He had been saying for a week or two that he was just going to buzz his hair.  I begged him not to-I just couldn't imagine it!!  But you know what?  I really like it.  I think he looks about 10 years younger!  SO-as for the title of this post-when we got together, my intent was never to "tame" him by taming the hair.  Actually, before each transformation I would almost DIScourage him because I was worried about the end result.  But I ended up liking each one.

By the way...I was thinking that I need a haircut now.  I really liked the way my hair looked in the November of 'o5 picture above.  What do you think-should I go for it?

And also-Dave got me the Wii Fit for Mother's Day and it came yesterday...I'll be posting about it soon.  But for now, it's so much FUN!!

Re-post of Pics

In my last post, I said I was playing around with "slideshows". That one really bothered me because the layout of blogger was cutting off the right side of the pictures. I used One True Media again and made a "montage" (I don't like that word for some reason) of the same pics. If you a ready saw them once, ignore this post...

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

How do they learn these things?

So Fisher is already a comedian.  His joke of choice?  Poo-poo jokes!  Anytime he randomly says HEAVY, HIDING, or UCKY and you ask, "What's HEAVY/HIDING/UCKY, Fisher?"  His response-"Poo-poo!" with this silly grin on his face!!  Seriously-I do NOT know where he got this from.  The "ucky" probably comes from diaper changing-as best as I can guess.  But the heavy and hiding-no clue.  He's already a "boy telling poo-poo jokes"!

7 for Fisher

This is a hard one...It seems like more of an update on 7 new things Fisher is doing right now.

1~Lemons.  He loves them.  When we go to a restaurant, I order ice water with lemon.  As SOON as he sees the lemon, he has to have it!   He will try to put the whole thing in his mouth, which usually means his tries to eat the peel too.  Rather than try to fish the peeling out of his mouth (and risk getting bit by a screaming toddler), I peel the section like and orange and just give it to him.  He eats the whole thing with hardly a pucker!  Anyone at the table puckers-but he just wants more :-).

2~Fisher's bedtime is SO easy.  I hope this doesn't come off as bragging, but he truly is amazing in this department!  He is usually in bed ASLEEP by no later than 7:45 (when we are at home).  At 7:30, we brush teeth (while singing the ABC's-me, not him), change the diaper, get on jams, say night-night to Daddy and Mommy, then to bed**.  Rarely do we even hear a PEEP after that!  Sometimes we let him stay up a little later, but Fisher has this "switch" and when it's flipped we know he's had enough.  He starts to get frustrated with his toys and throws temper tantrums.  He's ready for bed, and goes willingly.  He has always been like this.  I attribute this to getting him on a regular feeding and sleeping schedule by 2 months old.  So by my count, we've been doing good for about 20 months.  I'm just keeping my fingers crossed for this to continue well into childhood-how naive am I???

3~Fisher's "stinker" sense of humor is starting to come through.  He got a Sarge jeep (from the movie Cars) for Easter.  By default, any vehicle that is not a car is a truck (or "kuk") to Fisher.  Sarge is his first jeep.  When he first got it, I tried to teach him the difference.  I would say jeep-he would say kuk...back and forth-back and forth.  A few days later, he showed me Sarge and said, "beep!".  I was so excited-yeah bud!  that's a jeep!!  He looked at me, smiled, and said "kuk" then laughed!!  Stinker!!  Now it's a game.  Every time he finds Sarge, we have the same beep/kuk exchange :o).  Fisher has had (Taco Bell) soft tacos twice.  I cut it up and he really likes it.  Now, if we ask him what he wants for dinner, he says "caco!".  Oh-you want a taco?  He then smiles an says "NO!"

4~I'm sure this next one is a stage that all kids go through, but it CRACKS ME UP!!  Fisher is Mr. Pete-Repeat.  He will say the last word of whatever you say.  And speaking of repeating, it's really funny when he says things that you know he's picked up from you on his own.  Like the other morning, Dave was still in bed, but Fisher thought he was in the basement.  He sat at the top of the steps saying "Oney!" over and over again.  It took me a few minutes to realize he was doing what I do-I stand at the top of the stairs and say "Honey!" when I need Dave and don't feel like going downstairs.  Too cute, right??

5~Right now, Fisher could live on chicken nuggets and oatmeal.  Don't get me wrong, he eats other things-loves **vegetables, as a matter of fact-but "ah-tum" is his FAVORITE breakfast, and "kah-kin" is his favorite lunch/dinner.  This could change as quickly as tomorrow, though.  He definitely goes through food phases.  Strawberries were a real hit for a while, now he acts like he never wants them.  Same thing with blueberries and grilled cheese.  One day I made him a whole grilled cheese for lunch (thinking I would eat what he didn't) and he ate the WHOLE thing.  Two days later, he wouldn't even eat 1/4 of it.  Go figure!

**edited to add**Fisher stayed overnight with my parents a while ago and they took him to our "Sunday breakfast place"-which Fisher loves.  My Mom had to call me to say that Fisher was loving the vegetable soup and SALAD!  Yes-the kid loves salad.  I never knew a not-yet-2-year-old would even try salad, much less love it!!

**6~Fisher's new thing is to cuggle-a combination of the words cuddle and snuggle.  Our new bedtime routine is to cuggle after brushing teeth.  We read books and wind down from the day.  He's such a little schemer though!  Fisher uses cuggle if he gets in "trouble" or as an excuse to not take a nap.  Sometimes when we cuggle, Fisher gets a little rowdy and likes to run around and jump on the bed.  As soon as I say it's time to go to bed, he rushes back over to lay on the pillow saying, "cuggle cuggle cuggle".  I love that kid!

7~Fisher still uses a pacifier.  Only when he sleeps.  I don't like it.  I hope this isn't a hard habit to get rid of.  I plan on phasing it out at nap time-"reasoning" with him that he will only get the "caci" at night time when the moon is out.  He's pretty smart (I must say), so I hope this first step works.  My goal is to have it gone completely by the time he's 2 (July 19)-or at the LATEST, by the time I go back to school in August.  If anyone out there has any advice-please let me know!!