Baby Viking's First Christmas

Fox enjoyed looking at and playing with the big pile of presents, most of which were for him. Mischke enjoyed mutilating the mini-tree we got this year, after she destroyed the regular sized tree we had last year. She is on the naughty list.


Fox had an ear infection (again!) over Christmas. He had a very high fever and was tired and a bit out of sorts when it was time to open presents. So, here he is half clothed, way less interested in his gifts than the rest of us. He got the pictured ornament, clothes, and nativity set, among many other fantastic things.



I think he was humiliated by these antlers, because he really didn't want to hold still for the picture. But mommy was unrelenting, and eventually successful.


Fox had lots of fun hugging cousin Josh Fischer. It was really cute. He didn't want to let go. It was like watching Titanic, except without a boat. And without Leonardo Dicaprio. And I guess lots of other things were different, too.

Then, Fox met Santa. We had to wake him up for this event, so he looks really bored, but he is really just confused.


Fun times with Great Grampa and Great Grandma:


The gift opening was spread out over several days. This was another day when Fox had a fever, so he is stripped down to a onesie. He did have lots of special Christmas outfits, I swear.


Fox eats lefse.


Here we are opening gifts at home. Fox had no fever, and was very interested in all his presents.




These are not holiday related. Fox went on a wagon ride through his room:


And he took a bath:


And he hung out in his crib for a bit:


And he took another bath:


And he hung out in his crib some more:


And he ate cheerios in his new Viking outfit that he got from cousin Anthony. Anthony is 6 months old, and he is giving hand-me-downs to Fox, who is 11 months old. How crazy is that! But we don't mind, because AJ has pretty sweet taste in clothing.

November in Review

Fox had a big month. This past weekend was Fox's 1st Thanksgiving. We spent some time afterward decorating Grama and Grampa Fischer's house for Christmas:




Here is a picture of our family having Thanksgiving dinner at GG Meissner's house:



Fox and Mommy:

Fox got to eat one of Grampa's famous M&M cookies:


Hugging Grama:

Wearing Grampa's cool hat:



Playing in the crib:
Fox has a new hobby: looking out the window. Now he can pull himself up to standing, so he enjoys this a lot:



Another hobby: climbing on and chasing the cat:


Here's Fox's spiffy Thanksgiving outfit:



Playing in the crib while wearing a pooh hat:

All set for winter:


fox has been battling sicknesses. He has pinkeye and an ear infection in this picture, but he is still adorable:

Pumpkin Time

Here is Fox helping us carve the pumpkin:

Tiny Baby

We went to the doctor's office today. Fox weighs a whopping 17 lbs 14 oz. He has gained only like 2 pounds in the last 3 months. That's ok, though. He is burning lots of calories crawling around.
He is also 27 inches long--the nurse said he is going to be tall and skinny. He got a flu shot and took it like a champ--I think Daddy and I were more upset about our shots than Fox was about his.

Parties, crawling, and wiggly faces

Today, we went to a Halloween party at Fox's daycare. He was a kangaroo.

Here is Fox scooting around like a little madman:

And here is Fox playing with grampa:

October Update

Here is Fox wearing a Halloween outfit with ears. He is some kind of animal, but I don't know what...

Fox is playing with some toys, including part of a plastic football:


Fox had lots of fun playing with grampa.


Here is Fox hanging out with cousin Anthony. Anthony was born at the end of June, and he is almost as big as Fox (born in January).




Here is Fox playing in his crib. He is learning all sorts of new skills, like pulling himself up and bouncing.

There will be more videos to follow, but blogger is taking more than a half hour to upload each one, so I am going to bed. But I will post more again soon.