Unicorn Power!

When bathing, Fox enjoys having his hair turned into a unicorn horn. If that is not possible, he will settle for a mohawk.



We think he is going to be smart. Maybe he will start some multi-billion dollar software company.

Lots of fun with Grama Fischer!


Fox and I had fun advantures. We met Becky and Kelly at MOA. We went to check the prices at Underwater world so that we could plan a family trip there sometime, and I learned that teachers get free memberships! And since kids under 2 are free, we took a spontaneous voyage into the deep sea. It was wild!!

I didn't take any pics inside (I wasn't sure if it was allowed), but here is Fox with a pretend turtle near the giftshop. Look how excited he is!

It was a fun trip. I am sure we will go back often, since it is free. MOA also has toddler Tuesdays, where there are functions and activities for free that would interest small kids. We will probably check some of those out too. Good times!

Easter and more

Fox has had lots of good meals lately. He is really loving potatoes (and grampa's cookies!). Here is a picture of him at GG Meissner's house Palm Sunday, getting quite involved with his food.




Fox tried to open and close doors and drawers all over grama and grampa Fischer's house over Easter weekend. Look how much fun he is having!


Family picture time! Fox had the cutest Easter outfit, but another kid was wearing the same thing at church--how embarrassing!! Fox was the cutest, of course. He looks good in orange!


Fox got a visit from the Easter bunny at grama and grampa's house, and then back home on Easter, Fox got to find another basket (or pile of stuff, rather). He made out pretty well. I am very excited about his pj's with foxes on them, but he seems to have more interest in his hippo ballpit.



Looking studious during playtime:

Static hair and big smile for Fox!


Fox made a funny face. I captured it. The result is below. You can see three big teeth in his mouth, but he had 8 now!! Crazy.

What a week!

Fox has been having a rough week. For those of you who haven't heard, Fox fell off his changing table Tuesday evening as I was getting him ready for bed. He freaked out, but he calmed down before too long. We thought everything was fine, so we put him to bed and brought him to daycare as usual the next day. He seemed sore, especially when we picked him up under his arms. I got a call from daycare at the end of the day that he was acting unusual--not moving much, crawling wierd, and crying if anyone went to pick him up. I left work early to take him to the doctor in Hudson. But the doctor was busy, so we went to the ER (Joe met us on his way home from work). Two hours and four xrays later, we learned he had a borken collarbone. Poor baby!

There isn't much we can do for him, other than not pick him up using his right armpit. We just have to be gentle with him and in 3-4 weeks he will be good as new. He is doing really well. The first couple days were hard for him, and he was in lots of pain, but now unless he moves certain ways or falls on his right side, he doesn't seem to notice he has a problem. He had adapted his crawling so he looks like he's doing a one-handed crab walk. It is very cute! And here is proof he is ok: this picture was taken today, and he is smiling big:


This one was also taken today, but I can't seem to make it rotate (I know how to rotate, it just isn't working).


The rest of these pictures are a little older, from the last month or so. Here is Fox pretending to talk on his bagel phones. He likes to pretend things are phones. He makes a sound that we think is "hello." We think he is practicing for being a teenager.


Is that a dirty sock? Nope! It's Fox, hanging out in the laundry basket!


Fox's new favorite toy: his potty chair! He doesn't use it for it's intended purpose yet, but he had lots of fun pretending and pushing it around like a walker.

Fox's 1 Year Pics

We got Fox's pictures done at JC Penney. We got digital versions of them for free this time around. Here are some of the best ones:












To see the entire collection or to download them for onto your own computer for free, visit this link and enter the customer name Sadie Fischer.

Happy Birthday to Fox!

Fox had his first birthday this week! It involved lots of good things, and a bad thing, too. The bad thing is that last Sunday Fox's grandma, Oma (mom's stepmom) passed away. It was very sad, but that is all I am going to say about it right now. Meanwhile, Fox got to have lots of fun. Here he is, having his birthday dinner at Luigi's with mommy and daddy:



Here we are, after Fox's birthday party, posing for our family Christmas picture that we forgot to take on Christmas:


Here is Fox in his birthday suit on his birthday:



And here he is grabbing a book to read.


Here is Fox eating his own personal birthday cake. At first, he wanted to remain neat and clean while eating. Then, Andy got involved (as did Carl, though he isn't in the picture). From there, it was on.





Here is Fox, the birthday prince, wearing his crown:




Fun with ballons:
And fun with presents:



All in all, it was a good birthday for Fox. He had lots of fun and got tons of attention. He also finally said Mama today--yay! He's been saying Dada and Ball for a while now, but this is a big step!

Winter Adventures

Fox has been having lots of wintertime adventures. We spent a day (more like ten minutes of a day) playing in the yard, where Fox's had his first purposeful encounter with snow. He liked it, until he tipped over and went face first into it. I think he expected it to be like a white blanket. The coldness seemed to surprise and scare him. I don't have photos of that, because I'm not a mean mommy. But here he is having fun before the spill. If you squint, you can see the tiny snowman Daddy built for him.

Fox has been practicing making a cute scrunched up face. I tried to capture it, but this is the best I could do. It's like half scrunched, which is also cute.


Since it is too cold to hang out outside every day, Fox and Daddy have all sorts of indoor adventures, too. Here is Fox riding around in his wagon with all his stuffed friends:


Fox's birthday is coming in just a few days. Because my dad can't be at the party, we had a dinner this past Saturday, where Fox got to have some cake ahead of time. At first, he wasn't sure what to think of the cake. He just played with it with his hands:


Then, he took his first tentative bites:



Before long, there was no stopping him. There was cake everywhere: his hair, the floor, his clothing, and all over his face.


After a while, though, he began to slow down. He'd had enough sugar to last another year. And his real birthday party hasn't even happened yet! Stay tuned for more fun times!