A Week At The Beach

We took Fischer for his first trip to the beach. We stayed on Anna Maria Island for a week of fun-in-the-sun (although we didn't let Fischer in the sun too much!). Unfortunately, daddy didn't get to go, so you won't see him in the pictures. But we had a lot of fun with Nana, Papa, and Auntie Kala!! Fischer LOVED the sand...he rubbed it all in his hair, ate fistfulls of it, and wiggled his toes in it. He also LOVES the water - both ocean and pool.

Playing in the waves with Papa.

Getting my feet wet with Auntie Kala.

I'm so tired from swimming, I had to take a nap. The ocean waves make it easy to sleep!

Mommy built me a sand castle while I played with the shovel!

Then I ate the sand! (He's not frowing, he's spitting out sand!!)

All ready for a swim in the pool!

So tired from my swim!

Mommy burried me in the sand (don't worry, he's sitting in his bumbo seat)!!

Another nap by the ocean...this beach stuff is tiring!

Here I am playing in my beach jammies!

My Favorite Thing on TV

I realized the other day that we hadn't listened to the Bad Boys song in a while, so I turned it on...as soon as I did, Fischer turned around in my lap to watch it! He's been doing that ever since...he doesn't watch other shows, just turns around for the song. So to prove that COPS really is Fischer's favorite song, I've recorded him watching it. Notice that he doesn't care anything about the soccer game at the beginning, and fusses a little when the song is over!

Happy Days!

As the books say, these are the glory days of babyhood...he laughs and plays and interacts with us all the time, but he still stays where we put him! That won't be for much longer...he's getting closer to crawling.

His Jumparoo is one of his favorite toys, as you can see in the video. It helps get that last bit of energy out before naptime!

My daddy is a funny guy!!!

GG had her 80th birthday on June 5th!

What a messy eater! We can't put clothes or a bib on him because they get splattered. The problem is not the actual eating - he's great at using a spoon - but he loves to blow rasberries after each bite! The messier the rasberry is, the more he laughs!

My First Big Pool

Wednesday we took Fischer to the big pool by GG's house (Great-Granny) for the first time. As usual, he took to it right away! He really loved his float, even though his face doesn't show it in the picture. He played with his boats and watched another little girl swim around. We're excited about going to the beach in a few weeks now that we know he'll like it!

Here I am lounging in my float!

I loved swimming with mommy!

My feet got all prune-y!

Click play to watch me swim!

Crawling Attempts

Fischer wants to crawl so bad...he gets very frustrated that he's not moving anywhere! Here's what he looks like when he attempts to get somewhere (click on the play button):

Don't most people have just one swirl of hair on the back of their heads? Looks like Fischer was double cow-licked!! (I think we have some crazy hair days ahead of us...the spot in the middle where the two swirls meet sticks straight up!)

A Week of Firsts

This has been a big week of "firsts" for Fischer. On Monday the very tip of his first tooth poked through! We don't think Fischer is too excited though...he's quite cranky about it. Also on Monday, Fischer went swimming for the first time. He absolutely loved it! The only thing he didn't like was getting water up his nose. The last "first" this week was that he started eating baby cereal before bed. He has been watching us eat for about 2 months now, and the past few nights has been waking up hungry at about 5:15 (he usually sleeps until 7:00). The very first spoonful went right into his mouth and was swallowed! He knew to open his mouth when the spoon was coming...and he didn't spit out much of it at all! He even got impatient when I took too long between a few bites. He's getting big so fast!

He LOVED the water!!

He liked to jump in head first after his toys (I held him, of course)!

First tastes of baby cereal!

Open wide!

Yum-Yum!!

5 months old!!!

As usual, I can't believe time has gone by so quickly. Fischer is still doing new things every day. He can almost sit up by himself (he has the strength, but not the balance), he easily grabs toys now, he knows his name, and he is trying to crawl (very unsuccessfully!). His crawling right now consists of pushing with his feet while laying on his face...the face scoot. Then he looks up at you as if to say, "Did I make it?" He gets really frustrated when he doesn't make it to his goal...but he's learning! Below you will see how his daddy is trying to teach him to play video games, how he likes to read books, and he got his first kiss from a girl in his Sunday School class named Annabelle (at Olive Garden - how romantic!)

This month was highlighted with a big trip to Texas...and Fischer's first flight! He did very well; no crying at all. We could see the looks on people's faces when we got on the plane with a baby, but by the end of the trip, they were all trying to play with him because he will smile at anyone! (he loves the ladies). Texas was a lot of fun...Fischer got to see all his relatives on Dustin's side of the family and some of our friends from college. Here are some pictures from the trip:

The Henry/Jones Boys

Grandpa and Grandma Jones

Grandpa Henry

MawMaw & PawPaw (Fischer is their first great-grandchild)

Playing with Uncle Solomon

At Lake Texoma with the Barry/Henry Family

Katelynn, our friend from college