What Fox Does For Fun

He enjoys beans and rice, both as a meal and as a facial decoration:


He does "ET" with Daddy and Mommy and anyone else with an extended finger:


He tries to put on his own shoes (and also sometimes our big people shoes):


He hangs out in the sun:


He rides cool cars:


He pretends to fall off furniture to make us laugh (what a ham!):




He loves getting tickled (in this instance, by Justin) and laughing his big belly chuckles:



As Fox grows, he is really developing his own unique personality and interests. We are have a ball with him.

Look Who's Walking!

Spring is a fun time for babies. Fox has been growing so quickly it is hard to keep up to date on the blog. His newest venture is walking (captured on film below). He has gone up to 6 steps in a row. He loves walking--he'll go back and forth between Mommy and Daddy and just laugh the whole time. He gets a real kick out of it. Next step: dancing! Maybe Aunt Jacque and Uncle Jon can teach him swing...

Fox LOVES going outside. At daycare, he has been spending some time in the toddler room, which means he gets to go to the playground. The teacher puts him at the top of the slide, and he inches himself to it and goes down. You'd think a kid would get tired of that after a while, but not Fox!

He also really enjoys playing in our yard and going for walks. He finds little sticks and rock, and then he uses them to play a game of fetch with himself. I think he could do this for hours, but I usually get bored and find something else for him to do after a while.

Baths are another favorite pastime for Fox. He giggles and laughs and splashes like crazy. He gets kind of upset when I take him out. Actually, there are a few times lately where he has really had fits. I guess most people would call them tantrums. I like the word "fit" better than "tantrum." It isn't often that he does this, but every now and then I get a taste of what the two year old phase of life will be like. He's so cute, though, that I don't mind.

Fox also has been growing big, strong teeth. He has the front 8, and 3 or 4 molars way in the back. It is kind of odd, because it makes him look more like a kid than a baby, and yet his body is so small. He's pretty skinny and little still. His hair is also growing and getting a bit shaggy. We have been discussing a potential haircut in the next few weeks. I am not sure I am ready for that. I remember going with Wanda for Jackson's first haircut. She was sad that he would be losing his baby curls (he didn't, by the way). Well, maybe Fox's hair will gain some curls when he gets it cut! That would be crazy. Curls are ok, I suppose, but I like his hair the way it is. I will miss it when it is not as fluffy and fine.

Now, what you all have been waiting for: pictures! Lately, Fox has done many exciting things that we have photos of. He wore a hat:


He drew a picture in a Thank You card for his daycare teachers (Friday will be his last day). Please note use of left hand. Daddy must be so proud!


He stood up wearing cute jammies:


He enjoyed a meal of rice and beans (he is more of a bean man than a rice man):


And, most importantly, he is learning to walk. This video was shot earlier this week pretty late at night after a long day of using his muscles, so you will notice some plopping. Today, though, he took 6 steps in a row to walk to me. It was amazing!

Spring is here!

We have been enjoying spending some time outside in the sun. Here we are at GG's house:




Fox is working on standing, which we hope will result in walking. Hopefully, any day now he will take some steps--I have to teach him to dance by June 14, when Jacque and Jon get married! Look how much fun he is having standing up:

Fox sleeps with his little butt in the air sometimes, which is super cute. I think every kids does this at some point, and it is the most adorable position. Now I have it captured for everyone to see:

Fox had a playdate with cousin AJ. Here they are doing a favorite passtime of most tiny kids: looking out the window:




Not much else is new. We have been sick, but Fox and I are mostly healed. Joe is still sniffly, though. Fox turned 15 months old. What a big boy!! We are planning a trip to Salem, MA in June, so if anyone has advice about flying with a baby, we would love to hear it. And countdown to summer break is on! 6 weeks for me, 3 weeks for the boys. How exciting! I am sure we will post more often once we are on break.

Cousin Mania!

Today, Fox and I visited with a bunch of cousins at Ompah's house. Here is Fox with cousin Faith. They look like they could be siblings, though they are actually not blood related.
And here is Fox with Andy, who is holding Lily. Lily just turned one, but she can already walk. Fox is still working on that skill!

Here is Fox with newborn cousin Kat (that is her middle name, but that is what Ompah calls her!).

This is my favorite picture of the day: Fox with Carl. They love each other so much!

And here is Fox with Ompah. As you can see, he is getting sleepy!

Fox was pretending to be a lion. Or at least that is my best guess of what was going on here!

Fox reads the East Side Review. His method is chaotic.

We went to the zoo this week. Look how big Fox is now! I remember when he was a tiny little baby in that gorilla's arms. Now he's huge!

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.