The Breakfast Club...Todd's way

Steve took us down to see where he goes to school and to see the Breakfast Club while Katrina stayed at home with Fisher. You may remember Steve and Katrina showing a few pictures from one of their visits to see all of the college students who dress up in costumes and start filling the bars at 6:00 AM before football games. All I can say is that their pictures did not do the experience justice :)

When we first drove up the street one of the first things we saw was Batman smoking and looking a little down. That was the first of many costumes we were going to see. Not 30 seconds after this picture we saw two people fall drunk over a rail. One second you saw them and next they were gone!

A Banana, "Peyton Manning", the devil wearing a blue dress, Todd, and a big ol' woopie cushion.

And the award for best costume goes to.......the Transformer! It was a pretty elaborate costume. Wario had a good one as well!

My knight in shining armor.

Todd and "Dude" Lebowski from The Big Lebowski. (I personally like the guy in the background.)

The blind referee and his woman who, like so many of the girls, used this as a chance to not wear very much even though it was only 40 degrees out at that point in time.

Todd making sure he still has "skills" as his brother-in-law takes the picture and his wife stands by :) They were supposed to be female boxers.

Fart man. The cone on his head said "Caution: Gas Leak Below." It was funny to see that there were more than just college students hanging around getting drunk at 9:00 in the morning.

There were groups of people like this up and down both sides of the street going from one bar to the next. Not all of the girls were dressed skimpily. I personally like the "Amish" girls with their beer mugs in tact.

Fisher's current phases...

- Climbing up on anything and everything possible

- Waking up with bed head

-He loves making this face with his lips

-Fisher discovered a new teething toy. I had a nipple for a bottle that came from the hospital in a plastic wrap. He is attracted to anything plastic (and cords, torch lamps, and sharp corners...anything he shouldn't be near.) I unwrapped it and now he chews on it like crazy. It is pretty funny.

He loves it!

A side view of his new favorite past time.

Smiles

This is a good shot of Fisher's two bottom teeth.

If you enlarge this picture you can see his two top teeth that have broken through...just don't be looking for them in the two front spots. His "fangs" are the third and fourth to arrive. Strange kid :)

Cute boy with bed head.

Big smile!

The wedding

The plane trip out. Fisher still suffering with a beanie being put on his head, by the flight attendant, in a funny position.

Fat little boy playing in the sun and grass.

Fisher had a lot of fun playing in the grass while we waited for Robbie and Erin to come out.

Fisher and Daddy.

Our little family. (Not a fan of my hair in this picture but it was one of the only family pictures we had.)

Fisher and his keys. It was warm in the sun so we took off his sweater. That was okay though because then we could see his cute little tie that took forever for us to find! Thanks Katrina!

The bride and groom.

All of the boys.

Katrina, Aunt Carol, and Uncle Dave.

Mark, Kim, and Aunt Jeanne.

I don't know why this picture showed up twice.

The boys.

Although Todd is included in this photo we seem to be having a hard time identifying the other culprits...Ken??? Nope, not Ken. Steve? Nope, not Steve.....hmmmmmmm....who could they be? (Two words: Todd's exoneration.) hee hee.

This is what happens when people:
1. don't tell us which camera to look at.
2. forget to count to three.

Too bad I didn't wear my red shoes to the reception.

(Todd& Meagan, Ken& Alicia, Erin& Robbie, Grandma Lund, Steve& Katrina)

My THREE sisters. It has taken a long time for me to be able to say that!

(Alicia, Katrina, Erin, Meagan)

Fisher's Hall of Fame Picture

On our flight out to Washington for Robbie's wedding we had Fisher decked out in his Bengals gear. It just so happened that Anthony Munoz (http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=158), a Cincinnati Bengals NFL Hall of Famer, was on the same flight to SLC. Todd asked him if he would take a picture with Fisher and he obliged. He was very nice.
The only thing I don't like about this picture is that the flight attendant put Fisher's beanie on in a very awkward position on his head. He kind of reminds me of having ear muffs on or even a little bit like Princess Leia.

The apartment saga continues....

When we got back from the wedding we were absolutely exhausted and ready to be home in our own bed...that is until we saw the apartment across from ours and the many bags (four to be exact) of trash, two vacuum cleaners, and the table top that had been adorning the hallway for weeks now. Not too long after the previous picture had been taken a giant plant was added to give the hallway more of a jungle feel. It is hard to see how big this plant really is. It is BIG- pretty much the size of a full black garbage bag.

Fisher Magoo

Fisher loves when Todd throws him up over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

Fisher sprawled out in his crib.

Our big boy is not as big as we thought!

Fisher went in for his 9 month check up yesterday. Everyone is always making comments on how big he is for his age and saying things like "My what a big boy he is!" It turns out he only weighed 19 lbs. 13 oz. and was 27 1/4 inches. Those figures put him in in the 35% for weight and only the 25% in height. Everything looked good and Todd was the lucky guy to hold him while Fisher had to have blood drawn from his finger. He (Fisher not Todd) cried until he had the bright yellow band-aid on his finger which he then proceeded to suck off his finger. We had to get a second on the band-aid.

The "big boy" in his high chair smiling for the camera.

Playing with the remote that is off limits to him.

He still enjoys taking baths in the baby bath tub. Recently he has started sitting up in it even though it puts him at an awkward angle. He has been sitting up for a long time now but would normally lean back and relax during bath time. Not anymore! It is about time to move to the big tub.
Giving Mommy a sad look. He is always hungry and tired after church. We thought for sure he had grown out of his carrier but he still "officially" fits for at least another 2 lbs and 3 inches. Whoo hoo!

Per Request....Before and After

I had a recommendation to do a before and after photo so here goes:

Our first family photo. As you can see (and by the picture in the post previous to this one) I put on weight everywhere when pregnant, especially in my face. You can just call me "Big Momma" and I will not be offended one bit. I was a big girl!

I don't have a whole bunch of pictures of me and I don't have any that are profile tummy shots so this is the best one I have. It does show that I have lost some of the weight in my face...thank goodness!

Nine months ago...

It is so weird to think that nine months ago tomorrow (actually today since it is now early morning on Saturday) we were on the way to the hospital for me to give birth to Fisher. The time has flown by and with both of my sisters-in-law expecting in the next few months it has made me think back on our Christmas of 2005 when Fisher was our big Christmas present. I wanted to share some of the photos from the first few days of Fisher's life since it makes me happy to look back at them.

The picture above was one day after my due date. I went to the hospital at 2:30 AM that night (or the 23rd).

Exactly 15 minutes after Fisher was born. He was born at 5:55 PM on Dec. 23rd. Dad was the first one to hold him and what a proud dad he was!

I love both of the pictures above. It was a smooth transition for Todd into fatherhood and the whole experience made me love him more than I ever thought possible. We couldn't get over Fisher's blonde hair.

Our little conehead swaddled and content on the morning we were to go home. It was Christmas day.

It is so hard to believe he was this little at one time. He has pretty much outgrown the carrier. We are going to squeeze him into it until our trip to Washington for Robbie's wedding and then it is into a bigger car seat!