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Fisher showing some love for UNR.

Random Fisher pics

He has decided this week that he is capable of feeding himself. Go ahead, kid! I was getting tired of feeding you anyway! ( j/k)

This is one of Fisher's "pay attention to me" looks. I was sitting at the computer and when I looked down at him he was staring at me. He is learning how to get our attention. It is not as though he has to go looking for it very often considering everything in our lives revolves around him. When we take a second to not revolve around him he finds a way to change the focus back onto him. Clever little fella.





Hanging out with Daddy (who was talking on the phone) and giving the camera some more of his smiles.


Fisher has this little tuft of hair on the top of his head that always sticks straight up. This was his first Fourth of July which we celebrated by going to Walmart while everyone else was watching fireworks.

What's a pacifier???

Fisher has never taken a pacifier. He started sucking his thumb when he was around 4-5 weeks old and only sucks it when he is tired or hungry.
We have recently entered the realm of teething. Unfortunately, Fisher has not been one of those babies who do not seem to notice when they are teething. Granted, he is not as bad as some that I have heard about but we are well aware of the little white terrors waiting to emerge from his gums.
Yesterday, as he was have a screaming fit that was not related to being tired or hungry, I tried to give him a pacifier to suck on. Sucking is supposed to soothe and since he was choosing not to soothe himself with his thumb I figured I could try baiting him with a pacifier. It was quite obvious, two seconds into me having given it to him, that Fisher had no clue what to do with it. He pulled it out of his mouth and started to chew on the side. A few minutes later I found him trying to gag himself with the pacifier and chewing on it every way except for the right way. I eventually took it away without the slightest fuss from him, apparently no love being lost.
I guess I should feel lucky that I won't have a three year old screaming "Where's my paci?!?!?! I want my paci!!" For this I am grateful.

Louisville in the summer

I thought I would post a picture of the view from our apartment during the summer since it looks a lot different from what most of you have seen when you have visited in the past. It has been stormy the past few days complete with lots of heat and humidity! My idea of going outside on days like this are to open the blinds. I hate the humidity!

Fisher's day at the pool

Fisher and I went to the pool with our friends, Leslie and her 10 mo. old son, Daniel. We went over to her place to keep them company since her husband was busy with Youth Conference and Todd was up on campus. Fisher enjoyed going in Daniel's floatie. At first he did not like the cold water but once he sat with me in it for a little while he was happy as could be.

Sitting up

Fisher has been sitting up a lot more these days. He still has his moments where he will shoot over (we never know which way he is going to go) but for the most part is getting a lot more stable on his own.

This past weekend

This picture should be below the next picture because this is what happened AFTER blowing bubbles. This was Fisher's first day of applesauce.

He kept making this face and blowing bubbles while eating cereal with applesauce.

Fisher looking like a fat boy in his little outfit that reminds us of Jimmy Buffitt. He had just eaten and was hanging out on his Grandma & Grandpa Churchs' bed while letting his food settle.

First time dipping his feet into the pool. We visited Todd's parents in Cincinnati this past weekend and weren't prepared to take him to the pool. We literally stuck his feet in the water, posed for a picture and took him back into the shade.

Chew, Chew, Chew

Fisher loves to chew on everything he can get his hands on. He loves fingers, cameras, paper, clothing, remotes and pretty much anything his little hands can grasp and then can fit into his mouth. If it doesn't fit at first he continues trying until it does.

I like this picture because it shows Fisher's blue eyes. Hopefully he will learn something from these little educational blocks one day. As of right now the only look he gets at them is on the journey to his mouth.


Caught in the act. His favorite toys are completely forgotten if there is a water bottle present to chew on.

Our little Fish will not go to sleep

Fisher will not go to sleep tonight which is why there are about a gazillion new pictures of Fisher on here. Instead of this being the blog for Todd & Meagan Church, we should change the name to Fisher's life story and photo album.

Thumb sucking

Fisher's first thumb suck. He likes to suck his thumb a lot. It is cute at this point in time so we take pictures of it. It will not be cute when he is 13 and still sucking his thumb when he is hungry or tired. Because of this, we hope that it will only be a comfort for him while he is a baby. Here are some of the the ways Fisher likes to suck his thumb:













In Reno... (Sorry this one is blurry.)














With Daddy...
















Sitting up on the couch...

















On the changing table...
Why suck just the thumb when you can do the whole fist??






In the carrier during his nap...














On his tummy...














In his church clothes...
(One of my favorite pictures of Fisher. When he is hungry and tired this is what he looks like and it still makes us smile whenever we see it.)

I'm a boy! Before and After...

Before.

After.

Fisher goes in for his six month check-up on Tuesday. I can't believe how much he has grown when I look back at his pictures!

Pictures of Fisher

I just like this one.

Fisher laying claim on all of his toys!

Fisher (looking chunky) playing with his new toy.

Fisher's head looks all distorted in the mirror, which Todd and I found amusing.

Bath time!

Fisher is a baby who enjoys his baths. He discovered that he can make the water splash with his hands about a month ago. It is pretty cute watching him hit the water over and over and over...


We can't give him enough kisses after he has had his bath! Here is Dad giving him some love.

First time on the golf course

Here is a picture from right outside of Louisville. It is so green and makes Louisville much more enjoyable to look at. The golf course we went to last night was beautiful!


Last night we went to a beautiful golf course where we hit balls at their driving range. We didn't go until about 8:00 so the sun was going down and we (along with our friends) were the only people there. It was a lot of fun. Fisher played on his stomach, while on a blanket, for over an hour and was completely happy feeling his toes in the grass and chewing on his toys. The couple we went with have a little boy just over a year old who enjoyed collecting the golf balls like they were easter eggs. He was pretty cute. It was the perfect environment for me to hit balls because I get intimidated easily if too many people are around. It has been almost two years since I have pulled out my clubs so I was bound to miss a few.


Fisher wore his little golf outfit and looked so cute! These pictures were from a different day but he is in "the" outfit so I thought I would put them on here.

Todd is not "the whale"

Todd pointed it out to me that it looked as though I had called him a whale when the first picture I had on the entry was Fisher with Todd with the headline of "Fish and the whale". I was actually referring to Fisher's little outfit. I will be more careful in the future. I happen to think Todd is cute as can be and does not look like a whale :) I hurt my husband's feelings, and for that I am sorry. :(

Birth control

It is hard to see but the "stuff" on the onesie is really thick and disgusting. We wound up tossing it in the garbage and Fisher into the bathtub :) I say we, but Todd (lucky for him) was away at school.


Fisher may have been funny last night but today was a different story. We started him on rice cereal a little over a month ago and with that comes a change in his daily "schedule". What used to be 4-5 cute little poops every day (I can call them cute now that we are dealing with something on a whole new level of NOT cute) has now turned into massive blowouts every few days. Today happened to be one of those days.
These pictures were taken after I had already started to clean up his bum and back.

Fish and the whale

Last night Fisher was being so funny!! He had both of us laughing so hard we were almost in tears. His little personality is definitely starting to come out and we love it! He had a huge burst of energy and we were able to get some of it on camera so we will be sending videos to those who like to receive them :)

Here he is with his daddy looking pretty cute in his little whale outfit. I am pretty sure it came from Steve & Katrina? I love it because he is starting to fit into a bunch of new clothes and we do little "dress up" days where I put him in a bunch of different outfits and take pictures. Fisher does not enjoy this at all but he is little and won't remember it when he is older (I hope) so I will continue on! When he becomes a left handed pitcher he can pay for therapy if it is needed.

New Fisher pic

This is the first time I have put a picture on here before sending it via email to everyone! Today Fisher enjoyed playing on his tummy. Most days he whines and cries after a few minutes of being there but has been improving on this over the past few days. This has puzzled Todd and me since Fisher is the one who rolls from his back to his tummy as soon as we put him down! He actually rolled from his stomach to back first, but seems to have forgotten how to do this and will only roll the other way.

Little sports fan

Hopefully Fisher will enjoy sports when he is older. As of right now, he seems to favor his left hand. Todd has said that Fisher will have to become a pitcher if he does turn out to be a leftie. That way he can send us on trips around the world. I remind Todd that Fisher could wind up being his Momma's height...in that case he will have to become a male gymnast instead. We may have to finance our trip around the world in a differenct way since there is not much money in gymnastics.

Excuse me, would you mind taking a picture?

Today I was searching through some old pictures when I came across this one. Last year we went with Todd's parents to Nauvoo over Memorial weekend. We had asked an older gentleman to take a family picture of us with the oxen. Thank goodness for digital cameras! After viewing this picture I asked him if he would mind taking one more hoping he would be able to get the top half in. We learned our lesson not to ask strangers to take pictures with our camera; at least not those who are over a certain age limit and have an eye sight deficiency.