He Can Crawl!!!

Well, he finally did it! He has started crawling! It took him a little longer than we expected, but that's because he was so busy grabbing toys that he would fall over when trying to crawl. He's still slow, but he can go across the room all by himself now! Sometimes I have to entice him. He can also pull up to standing using my knees or arms, which he'd much rather do. Crawling is such a hassle for him!

He loves to get in his tunnel now that he can go by himself.

He loves his new big-boy bath!

So sleepy...

Here's his VBS picture...his shirt says "Surfer Dude"

Mommy Is Funny!

Here's the sweetest baby laugh! (I'm not even really tickling him...he just loves the attention!)

My Little Ham!

This week was Vacation Bible School at our church, and Fischer had a blast!! It was a Hawaiian theme (Outrigger Island), so he dressed up for the occasion. He learned many things this week while mommy was teaching a 4th grade class...such as how to sit up real good, how to talk, and how to dance to music! There are several videos here...one of him talking and two of him at the Friday night kids presentation...he's hamming it up while the pre-schoolers sing!

Here I am ready to go in my Hawaiian shirt and cutoffs!

Look how good I can sit up by myself!

Yak...Yak...Yak

The star of the show!

I love to do the motions and dance!

Family Portraits

We had family portraits taken back at the end of April. Fischer is 4 months old in these pictures...I know they are late but I wanted to share them because they are great!! (On my computer, I look orange in some of them...must be how they scanned because I'm not orange!)

Also, Fischer had his 6 month check-up last week...he weighed 19 lbs 12 oz!!! To us, he is a very big boy, but the doctor will not say that. He says he is right on track with growth in weight, length, and head size. He got another "A" for health from the doctor!

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!