Saturday, February 24, 2007

Fisher's new phases

Fisher is starting to learn where some of his bodyparts are ie. head, ears, eyes, mouth etc. When he was trying to figure out where his nose was he came across his nostrils....and so it begins that when we ask where his nose is, his finger goes UP his nose instead on ON his nose!

Dad Lund recently sent Fisher a keyboard to play with so that he wouldn't always beg to play with ours. This picture is the first time Fisher played with his new toy.

Fisher playing with his keyboard looking very studious.

He also enjoys carrying around the keyboard.

Dad and Mom Church and Jedd came down last weekend to hang out with us. They came with a cute new church outfit for Fisher complete with shoes. He wore the shoes, sweater vest and tie to church the next day. This picture was taken when it was nap time. We had to snap a few pictures first which Fisher was not happy about.


Another bad little habit Fisher has gotten into (besides sticking his finger up his nose) is peeing either right before his bath or right after...and not in his diaper. This particular photo is an example of Fisher breaking free from us as he was dressed for his bath (in his birthday suit). He scampered back behind the ellipitical....no big deal, he always goes there. He then proceeded to mark his territory....not good. We no longer let him have his 30 seconds of being "free" from the diaper.


This may be part of the problem why Fisher is peeing everywhere...


Fisher has become much more picky about what he will eat from day to day. I caught him sneaking some of his crackers in this picture. What you can't tell is how full his mouth is as well as his hand.


Magoo has discovered how stepping up onto things helps him reach the desired object. He climbs onto everything...toy trucks, books, boxes, blankets, and as seen here, cd cases.


Forks and spoons are now a must have when feeding the boy. He loves attempting to use utensils. He has not mastered the skills to eat on his own but it is fun watching him learn.

Mission accomplished. He is very good about getting the food into his mouth once it is on the spoon or fork. It is getting it on there that he is working on.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

What's been going on with Magoo?

When Fisher becomes tired he starts crying over really miniscule things...like not being able to push the eliptical back and forth as fast as he would like to.

Baring his teeth. We realize he has entered into the "awkward" looking phase with all of his teeth coming in :)

I like to call this his "cousin impersonation" since Chandler and Abby both have much fuller lips than Fisher. He was making noises as he would blow his lips outs.


We can tell when Magoo is getting tired because he will grab onto one of his blankies (he has two of them) and will start sucking his thumb. I wonder if when he gets married he is going to have to tell his future wife that the blankie stays...just like his mom did.


This is what I was referring to above with his little lips!


Every time I look at this picture I can't help but think of the Judy Blume book "Are You There God? It's Me Margaret." I am not sure what he was looking at. He kept staring at the ceiling.


This was a couple of weekends ago up in Indiana at Steve & Katrina's. Fisher slept in their closet. When we awoke from his nap he proceeded to help organize Steve's side of the closet. This is him caught in the act.


The final damage. You sure have a nice asortment of dress shirts, Steve!


Fisher on the drive home from Indiana. We actually drove home through Indianapolis while the super bowl was going on. There was a lot less traffic than normal. Everyone must have been at home watching the game. There were a lot of cops out though and we think they were bitter they had to be working because there were a lot of people being pulled over.


Fisher Magoo.


Fisher learned how to turn the TV on and off manually. He loves to do it!


He also loves to sit at the computer, type on the keyboard, spin the dial and click on the mouse, and look up at the computer screen like he knows exactly what he is doing. (The pajama pants he has on in this picture are the ones that I hemmed. I am becoming so domestic!)


Our big belly boy.


He still is a very happy little boy.


Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The Novel of RITL 2007

Since Amy, Michele and BreAnn have already expressed so much of everything that I have to say about our past weekend I don't really know what to say. Bre & Nate, thanks for being such terrific hosts to us and showing us around. I had the best weekend. You girls are my best friends and I love you! I can't wait for next year!

A few additional memories to add: (I am feeling the pressure since you all came up with a list. I feel as thought I am scrounging around at the bottom of the barrel. )

*How clean Bre's apt was when we arrived and what a disaster it was when we left.

*Having Nate and Bre try to explain to Michele and me how to eat Mongolian BBQ...thanks guys! Good thing I found my spring roll before it went on the grill... Sorry Amy, you weren't there yet. J/K.

*Giving ourselves a two hour time limit to have four girls showered, make-up on, hair done, dressed and ready to walk out the door, all having been done with ONE bathroom!

*BreAnn being the only one to wear comfortable shoes for our day of shopping in San Francisco, but being the only one whose pants kept falling down. How many times did we have to block her as she would lift up her dress/top in public to pull up her black tights which kept falling down??

*Everyone looking very annoyed at the tables surrounding us at Red Robin due to the incessant talking from four friends who haven't been together in two years! (And Nate sitting there patiently the whole time.)

*Spooning on the air mattress.

*Amy continually trying to grab my hand on the boardwalk. Apparently she thought I looked like Justin?

*Michele's "salsa dancing" outfit. How'd that work out for you Caleb?

*"What goes up must come down..."

*BreAnn being ashamed at the three of us for acting like "tourists" in Santa Cruz... :) She loves us!

*Clearing out areas that were crowded with people when we arrived. Ie. the scenic overlook where we parked. TONS of people and by the time we needed someone to take our picture there seriously was NO ONE around except for people who were running by us. Same with every scenic area we went to.

*The girl that cut in front of me in line for the ride and then sitting right where Michele, Bre and I were sitting.

*Myself getting stuck in the seat after the ride was over and pitifully calling out for Amy to rescue me...followed by Michele and Amy making fun of me.


And now- prepare yourselves for pictures, pictures, and more pictures.

Can you guess which one of us this is?? Sorry _____________. I told you I was going to put this one up :)


The four of us our first night in San Jose getting ready to go out to eat...the first of many times.


Ready to do some shopping in San Francisco! First stop: Lunch at The Cheesecake Factory. At least we have our priorities straight, right?


After our day of shopping we had a little shower for Amy...we didn't get carried away at all!



Once Michele was able to break free from crazy lighthouse guy we were able to pose for another picture. This was from our day in Santa Cruz.

Me & Amy in the pre-bathroom primping area. This was just before I asked the lady who talked to herself to take our picture. She politely refused. Love this picture!


Awww, so cute! The crazy lady was off to our right....talking to herself.


Our Amy Poo is growing up! Hee hee.


Just another picture....it was so hard to choose which ones to put on here!


You guys are so cute!

The first of many "butt" pictures. It got so bad that Amy & Michele actually developed a certain "strut" to pose for these pictures :) Michele & Bre did not know this picture was being taken.



Our ride. The best picture, hands down, is on Bre & Nate's blog.



This picture, along with the next few are more for me so that I can put scenic pictures on my screen saver at work. It was a beautiful day in Santa Cruz, especially since it had been raining all day Friday and Saturday.


Yes Bre, I was a tourist!


Thanks for the memories! I can't wait until May. Oh- and I am sure that there are tons of typos but this thing has turned into a novel and it is now 2:30 a.m. Guess I am still stuck on Pacific Time.


San Francisco

I had fun.