Impromptu First Haircut

I had to give in...I thought I could make it, but this kid's hair has grown at an exponential rate lately. Especially around his ears! Gavin and I went into see Lindsey on Friday morning, and she got rid of the ducktail, the crazy overgrown sideburns, and made Gavin look like a little handsome clean-cut gentleman!

I was worried about how he would feel about those scissors being near him, and he was definitely watching Lindsey with the eagle eye!

BEFORE

Grandma came to take Gavin with her while I got my hair cut, so she got to see the finished product!

No smiles today, but I think he was thanking me in his own way!

Don't worry, I saved some hair, and it's going in the baby book! :)

9 Month Update!

My little crazy kid is 9 month old! 3/4 of a year down in this world and I'd say we're doing pretty great! Eric and I are so blessed to have such a little happy boy in our lives every day! We wake up to him standing in his crib smiling and reaching for us, we lay him down each night together, and say our goodnights, able to walk out of the room with a wide awake baby who will put himself to sleep! And every hour in between, we are amazed at the things he learns and tries to do every day. He is a very busy crawler, a proud furniture surfer, who also collects DVDs (see video below).

We're working on introducing some new foods each day, since you are now allowed to have plenty of non-baby food items! You aren't a fan of blueberries, but you are a huge fan of bananas. We're working on grapes, slow and steady. And you love any kind of noodles or cracker. Other than that, you haven't been to keen on picking up your veggies to eat them. I think you like them mushed instead!

Stats:

Weight: 21lbs 4oz (77%)

Length: 29 1/4" (85%)

Noggin: 18 3/4" (98%) - just means you're smart!

Keep growing little man!! Before you know it, you'll be as tall as Daddy!

Family Pics

We have a great photographer...her name is Amy! :) We kinda love her

Amy took some pictures of our family Saturday morning on OU's Campus. We went as early as the sun would allow, so as to avoid some of the heat. Eric and I loved being back on campus and we talked so much about how awesome it would be to send our children here one day! For now, we're happy just to walk around the ovals, take him to football games, and capture our little family of 4 in pictures, thanks to my favorite photographer!

Fun Night Out!

I feel like it has been forever since we've had a big night out with our friends! 2 weekends ago, we got a big group together to celebrate 3 great friends' birthdays! Liz, Grant and Jonathan. We had dinner at Redrock, then went out afterwards.

Grant, Sommer, Eric, Kim, JJ, Lauren, Mitch, Liz, Tyson, Charlie, Ashley, Charles

My Sexy Hubby!

Happy Birthday to all 3 great friends, and so glad we got to see everyone!

Where have I been???

Well, I'll tell you where Ive been...at home...on the couch...or hanging out by the toilet. I can tell you where I have NOT been as well: Doing ANYTHING outside! Its too hot for this nauseous and tired and easily sweatable lady! :)

But by no means should that have caused a 2 week hiatus from blogging. That came from my laziness in general. We've been really trying to take it easy, entertain our crazy little man, and have some quality family and friend time!

A few weeks ago, we got Kyler and Gavin together to catch up. Kyler showed Gavin her crawling moves, while Gavin showed Kyler his tackling moves!

"Takedown!!"

We also celebrated one of our friend's baby's 1st birthday, Cash. Sadly, I didn't get a picture of Cash and Gavin together, but I did get Gavin with Kyler and Keller. Keller has a few months and a few pounds before he will want to hang with these other two crazy kids. For now, he's still sweet and innocent!

Kyler: "Don't ever do THIS to me again!"

Tori and Keller

Sweet Baby Cash digging into his cake!

We've got a busy next few months ahead: family trip, football season, and more 1st birthday parties! I can't wait for Gavin to have so many more fun opportunities to hang out with his family and friends!

Baby Madness Round 2

Soooo....Baby #2 is on the way and Eric and I couldn't be more thrilled!! We were definitely surprised when the good news came so quick, but we've been very sure that we would just let it happen when it happened! I think we were in a little bit of shock when we found out this time though! I knew I was late, but wasn't really thinking that I could be pregnant. So I took one test on Wednesday and when I didn't immediately get a positive, I just threw it away. Then Friday, I decided to take it again. Mind you, these are $1.00 tests, so I should probably follow the crappy instructions and see if it works this time. I waited the 3 minutes, and it turns out this super expensive (NOT) test really needs that long to spit out a result! Lo and behold I got a positive! Well, actually I got a really faint line, which I sometimes wondered if I was imagining it being there! When Eric got home from the gym, I showed him and he said "Well why are you taking these cheap crappy tests? Go get a good one!" So I left and went to the store at 6am. I came back with the digital ones, while Eric waited on me.

Here's the best part: When I tried to take the digital test, I hadn't drank anything else, so I didnt even have to pee! Instead of a positive I got "ERROR!" Haha! Eric was so mad that he waited on me and then I didn't even get an answer! So I had to drink a huge glass of water, then try again in about 20 minutes. This time I got "Pregnant" and immediately text the pic to Eric!



Im not sure it's really sunk in that I will have two little babies, a 16 month old and a newborn. Im not sure what Im getting myself into with this madness, but I do know that it's a huge blessing and a miracle that we are this lucky in our lives to have 2 babies! So many people struggle for years and go through such heartbreak trying to have kids of their own, and I know a little bit about what it's like. After over 2 years and one angel baby, Gavin is our miracle! Now we get to have another and complete our family!


Here's Gavin in his Big Bro shirt! I didn't realize how impossible it would be to find a "Big Brother" shirt in size 9 months....until I realized that most Big Brothers aren't babies themselves! Haha! So I had to buy this 2t t-shirt and the irony of it all was very apparent! I ended up just telling Amy and Cindy, without the shirt, bc I needed to tell someone. Then Cindy and I went shopping for the shirt and went up to my Mom's work. We didn't tell her why we were coming, we just showed up. She grabbed Gavin, and was just talking to him, trying to figure out why his shirt was so big. All of a sudden she looked down and was like "Oh my gosh are you pregnant!!!?" It was hilarious! Even better was when we tried to FaceTime with Eric's parents that evening and Gav had on his shirt. They read the shirt out loud and said "Oh what a cute shirt!" Then went on with the conversation. We had to make them read it again to figure it out! We text the pic to my Dad, and he caught on pretty quick and called to congratulate us! We didn't get to tell Ray and Jess until they got back from their trip to Turkey about a week later.

That same day, I went to the dr to do bloodwork and confirmed everything was looking good! They set up my first OB appt for 3 weeks later. Eric, Gavin and I all went to the appointment, and we immediately got to see the first picture of our little baby #2!

Dr K said everything is great, and my due date is March 2nd. Sadly, I"ll have to have another c-section this time so they will schedule the induction date about a week in advance of my due date so I hopefully don't go into labor on my own. So a February baby it is!!

One of the crazy things about my last pregnancy was that 2 of my best friends were pregnant and due at almost the exact same time. This time, several more of my good friends are pregnant and due within about 2 weeks of each other! Very exciting for all of them too!

To say that I have been feeling "under the weather" would be an understatement! Eric thinks my tiredness and sickness is already worse than last time. Im not sure if it's worse, or if it's that there is so much more to do this time around. I can't lay around on the couch all day when I have a baby to take care of! And by the time Eric gets home every day, all I want is for him to wait on me, and keep Gavin happy....SMALL THING TO ASK RIGHT? Haha! He's definitely wearing himself out trying to be Super Husband/Dad, and Im hoping that this phase will wear off soon. I try to describe how I feel to someone else as "the worst possible hangover you could ever have." Say you drank redbull/vodka the night before, and all day people keep saying "vodka" in your presence. And everytime they do, you feel yourself starting to puke, and have to work it back down. Well folks, that's my life in a nutshell! Ive even had a stern talk with Baby Fischer 2 about making Mommy sick, but I dont think his/her ears are fully developed enough to hear me!

I haven't taken any belly pics yet...frankly I just dont have the energy, but I can guarantee this belly will show up A LOT sooner than the first! All of your thoughts and prayers are needed for a safe and healthy pregnancy! I'll keep you posted!

A letter to my Husband...

5 years ago today, we were waking up on one of the most important and exciting days of our lives! I couldn't see you until that evening, but all I could think about was the fact that we would be Mr and Mrs Fischer by 8 o'clock that night! Ive never been more sure about a decision in my life, and I couldn't wait to start our lives together! I knew WAAAAAAY back when we first met, when you walked into my work and asked me "How do you think you did on that test?" And for the life of me I didn't know which class you were talking about. I was always in my own little world in school, never looked around to make friends or anything. So once you told me which class it was, I looked for you the next time and then couldn't take my eyes off you again! From that point on, I think we both knew we were meant for each other!

I look back on everything we've experienced; visiting you in New York, us moving there together, moving home again, and now having our perfect little family, and I know my life is supposed to be this way! You are an amazing provider, an awesome daddy, and a great husband. If there is one thing I know, it's that we can get through anything together!

Our very first date!

Moving into our new home
I love you!


And Gavin loves you too!
Happy 5 year Anniversary! Here's too 100 more!