Fisher Magoo

Fisher still is a fan of his blankie or "Deega" as it is known around our house. His are starting to tear and shred along the edges- pretty soon they will catch up with his Mommy's.

Lately he has been waking up a lot earlier, resisting going to bed on time and for one week was climbing into our bed in the middle of night seeing how long he could get away with sleeping in our bed. Unfortunately for him, the kid is the most restless sleeper and so his excursions don't last all that long. This all leads to him being tired during the day but heaven forbid him consider taking a nap.


The weather is fluctuating like crazy. Thankfully there have been a few warm days scattered in between the freezing cold so we can get out a little every now and then. We are going stir crazy!

Are we ready for another one of these???

Fisher has had a lot of queries regarding the baby and my body. I finally told him that my chest was for feeding the baby and his was response was "So the baby swims up there to eat? Does it eat little food (since it is a baby)?"

One day Fisher told me it was time to take the baby out. I told him all he needs to do is look at the condition of the spare bedroom and he will know that it is not time.

Fisher and I took a last minute trip to Cinci (Mom & Dad Church- I promise I will put pictures up one of these days) and we stopped by the Gap outlet. Grandma Church bought Fisher these cute little shoes. Thank you!

We are still working on the whole potty training thing. I put it of forever- one excuse after another- until all excuses were gone and I was tired of changing diapers. I think babies/kids should come potty trained...that is my feeling on the matter. I just want to know if anyone has tips on how to get your kid to go poo on the toilet? We have no problem with #1 but he has yet to do a real #2. I have tried every encouragement, bribe, story time on the potty, getting frustrated & doing the time out thing and all to no avail. I can't wait to go through this all again in a few years.

Ultrasound results...only 9 days after the fact.

We are having another boy! It has taken me a while to officially post this news because I planned on scanning some pictures of the ultrasounds but due to some computer issues we've had as of late it just hasn't happened.

The little guy didn't feel like cooperating much during the ultrasound. He had his hands up in front of his face the entire time and it almost was inconclusive as to the sex because he stayed curled up in a ball even after much poking and prodding. Finally he decided to show us the love. Fisher was much more excited about different items in the room than watching his little brother.

We are so excited for another little boy although we won't mind if this one is a little more laid back than Fisher who has enough personality packed into his little body for three kids. :) We have no idea on what the final name is going to be.

More Snow and Ice

If you enlarge this picture you can see our little cardinal friend sitting in a tree right in the middle of the picture. They are such skittish little birds- I never am able to get very close before they fly off.

Ice everywhere.


Everything is coated in ice such as this.


This is another one you can see better when enlarged. There is ice, just like the picture above, on all of the trees behind our house. It was a little eerie listening to them creak and groan under the weight of the ice- especially when the wind was blowing.

More ice. It is really beautiful as long as it stays away from our house. Some of our friends have not had such luck and are without power.

The following are just more random pictures.

Icicles.

At least Todd was able to take the day off again today. Now I only hope I will still have my ultrasound appointment tomorrow. If it was any other apointment and I would be thrilled if it was cancelled and I was able to stay home.

Ice Storm

Today pretty much everything in Louisville shut down due to snow and ice. Although our end of town did not receive as much snow as other areas, we now have plenty of ice over the little snow that we do have thanks to the non-stop drizzle all afternoon that proceeded to freeze. The freezing rain and sleet is supposed to continue through the night and tomorrow afternoon. We are crossing our fingers Todd won't have school tomorrow. Right now it is looking promising.

Our yard is basically one big skating rink.

Good times

I've been a bad, bad boy....

So not only has Fisher been waking up numerous times throughout the night (and crawling into our bed) and then waking up at 6:30 instead of 8:00 but he also has figured out how to pull a chair around the house to reach whatever high place he is not supposed to reach. One morning I came out to discover that he had found my permanent markers (which were in a place that should not have been accessible to him) and decided to decorate the floor and his face. His face took a long time to wipe off but it finally came off. I was too angry at the time to think about taking any pictures. This picture came from a few hours later after I had tackled the floor with rubbing alcohol for the first time. It didn't help very much. The second time around I drowned the marker and now it only looks like a faint bruise on the floor, thank goodness.

Due to the recent lack of sleep we're dealing with Fisher being tired all day but he absolutely refuses to take a nap. I am used to the no nap thing but I don't like early mornings and a tired little boy as the day progresses. Later I put him into his room for some quiet time. Things became a little too quiet and when I went to peek in on him it was only to discover that he had torn his room apart. Every thing was off his shelves- even the high shelves that he shouldn't be able to reach. We still have no clue how he is getting to some of these places, but he is. He got a hold of his lotions, etc. and this was only a small part of the mess that I found when I opened the door.

It is hard to stay too mad at him though because then he will say something that makes me like him again :) That same day he started having major meltdowns and I kept telling him he needed to stop crying and screaming or else he was going to have to take a nap whether he wanted to or not. Eventually he did calm down but was still so tired so I told him to go get ready to lay down. His response?

Fisher: "But Mommy, look at my eyes!"

Mommy: "What about them?"

Fisher: "They're not crying anymore!"

Fisher is in desperate need of a haircut. I have let it grown out longer than normal and this is the result. Nothing tames the hair. Even if I completely wet it down and put mousse in it, the hair will still find a way to stick out every which way. So yes- he does go to church looking like a little chia pet with bad cowlicks. Another big event is that Fisher is now a Sunbeam at church- or "Sun beemp" as he likes to call it. So far he loves it although I am not quite sure if the teachers feel the same way :)

I had my birthday last week and Fisher and his friend Savanna decided to take care of the opening of birthday packages for me. Thanks to everyone for the cards, calls and gifts. It was a nice relaxing 27th birthday.

Todd and Fisher have spent a lot of time playing with this little car ramp. Todd had one when he was a kid and had such fond memories he couldn't resist buying one for Fisher. Our floor is perfect for racing cars. They fly off the track.

Even though Fisher has been difficult with the sleeping lately he is much improved from how horrible he was for about six months. He talks like crazy and I love hearing his little insights on life.

No wonder he is having troubles sleeping. That can't be comfortable.

Modeling Mom's slippers.

More play time with Daddy.

And last but not least we had two little cardinals that visited our back yard one afternoon. If you enlarge the picture you can see one in the bottom right hand corner and the other is in the upper left. They looked so pretty with their vibrant red against the ugly winter background.

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One last note is that we have the ultrasound appointment on Thursday! Whoo hoo! I am going into my 20th week. It is hard to believe we're at the half way point already.

Fire Trucks and Gingerbread Wars

This is post #2 for the day, Mom, so I don't want to hear anything else for a little while about me not updating :)

One of the first nights we were in town some family friends had invited us to go caroling while riding on their vintage fire truck. Thank you Jeff & Zan!

Even though it was so cold, Fisher loved it! He played on it for a while before everyone else arrived and then convinced us to go caroling to a few houses because we couldn't bring ourselves to take him home since he was having so much fun.

We all piled into the back until the truck would pull up in front of a house with the lights and siren going. Fisher was smiling and laughing like crazy while we drove along and loved it when everyone started singing. All in all it was a very fun evening and not something you experience every day.

Todd and my Dad took fisher out for a little sledding.

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The next section is mostly for Seve & Katrina who requested pics...
The beginning of the battle of the gingerbread wars. I don't think that is where the frosting was supposed to go Roberto!

Mom and Dad took the challenge quite seriously. Mom was in charge of the trees & landscape.

Ken whistling while he works. (Alicia...someone you managed to work your way out of almost all my pictures...sorry about that!)

Todd and I hate looking at pictures of ourselves these days but this is motivation to lose the weight, right? I figured I should document that we were on this trip.

Every one's houses looked fantastic. Ken & Alicia had one of my favorite features...the cemetery. So detailed.

And then there was ours :) The candy by the house was all the junk in our yard...

It was a fun time for everyone. Abby and Fisher woke up at the very end of the decorating and had a fun time eating all of the candy.

Happy (belated) Birthday to Fisher

It is hard to believe that Fisher is already three years old. Time sure does fly.

Fisher's third birthday occurred while we were in Reno and my Grandma and my Aunt Kathy & Aunt Jeanne came to celebrate with us along with my brother Ken, his wife Alicia and Fisher's cousin, Abby. Of course, G & G Lund were there as well :) Thanks to everyone for making Fisher's birthday a fun time for him. Uncle Robbie & Aunt Erin were in the process of flying so they didn't quite make it.


Bring on the presents.


Who's ready to open presents? ME!!

Abby was also very enthusiastic :)

You have my full attention Aunt Kathy.

Every card was read...

The wrapping paper didn't stand a chance of being salvaged.

He acted surprised and happy at everything he opened- even the presents that he had already seen and used on the flight out.

The recorder was definitely a hit. Thanks Ken & Alicia! Since he has been home it has also become a drum stick. We are trying to curb that one.

It is not everyday that I get a picture like this. Thanks to everyone for being such good sports!

The close up: Aunt Jeanne AKA Spiderwoman.

Spiderman cake #2 . (The first was with G & G Church in Cinci.)

Blowing out all of the candles.

After cake & ice cream Fisher and Abby wore off the sugar by sprinting up and down the hall chasing after each other.

And then they made Grandpa work off some of his sugar.

Later that night, Cousin Erin stopped by before she had to go in to work. She is the only one who could convince Fisher to wear the Spiderman mask. Thanks for dropping by, Erin!

Q: "How old are you Fisher?

A: "I'm fweeyeawsowd."