Pajama Party!

When we first started thinking about having kids, I remember having these excited conversations with our friends about how much fun it was going to be to watch our kids grow up together. We talked about imaginary vacations, barbeques, sleepovers, and birthday parties. Of course daydreaming is always fun, but it's really fun when they come true!! This past Saturday was one of those nights that we talked about all those years ago. We went to check out the Welty's new place and cook out, but wound up having so much fun that we decided to make it a family spend the night too. Are we spontaneous or what? Thanks for the great time guys! Oh and for the pajamas, milk, baby wash, blow up mattress, burgers, diapers, pack n play, mac n cheese, etc, etc, etc.

Jason, Jack, Hayes, me, Amy, Parker, Peyton, Preston, Walker, Bella, Sofia, and Nico

Milestone Mania!!

Wednesday might have been just another Wednesday for some of you, but not for us. Big, big things were happening around our house! First of all, Jackie went #2 in the potty for the first time EVER!! I know I mentioned that we were getting serious about this potty training business many, many moons ago, but our little turkey just hasn't been interested. Even with the active involvement of "Mater" and "Lightening" undies, he has been unwavering in his loyalty to the diaper. So we have been waiting. And waiting. And waiting. I only recently got just a little nervous about our lack of progress given the fact that he must be potty trained by his first day of school which is looming around the corner. So as you might have guessed, we are very, very happy about the little boogers recent toilet triumphs. And if that wasn't enough...we are also excited to say that Hayes is now steady enough to take a bath all by his lonesome! And by lonesome, I mean with his big brother getting sudsy as well and under the watchful eyes of his parents of course. Somehow seeing them tubbin' it up together is even cuter than I imagined! You would think that two major milestones all in one day would be more than enough, but our little overachievers decided to throw in one more. They had their first head on collision that required a Spiderman band-aid for each of them! After the coinciding tears finally subsided, Jack slowly realized just how cool it was to have a matching boo-boo with his brother. Do you think my matching obsession might be wearing off on him just a little? Maybe just a tad.


Jack shows off his big prize for the first potty poo-poo! Luckily, he seems to be just as excited about the much cheaper skittles that are now in play...

Two clean cuties!

Nothing cures a bang up like a double hug and a couple of look alike band-aids!!

What a Babyful Weekend!

We had a great couple of days filled with old and new faces! To begin with my old doubles partner, Audra, was in town visiting. It had been forever since we'd seen each other and we were super excited to catch up and finally meet each others babies. And as good luck would have it, a couple of other high school friends (who happen to also be the daughters of some of Gigi's best friends) were also here visiting which made for plenty of photo ops, girl talk, and of course some very proud grandmama's!

The Fisher's Florida it Up!

Life is always good, but life was real good last week.  We were living it up on the beaches of Florida and loving every minute of it. We spent our time soaking up the sun, running through the fountains, building sandcastles, riding bikes, taking naps, shopping, watching fireworks beach side, listening to outdoor music, conquering new playgrounds, drinking wine, playing chicken foot, eating too much sugar, running on the beach, playing cars, chasing the waves, and most of all just enjoying each others company.  Sounds pretty heavenly, huh??  Yep, pretty much.

Daddy Cam!

Most of us wonder what really goes on when our children are left in the care of others. Do they really miss us? Do they really have as good of a time as the grandparents say they do? Did they really eat a good enough dinner to get that chocolate egg? Usually, we just have to squelch our curiosity and take the caregivers word for it, but on our recent trip to Florida I finally got to see just what kind of trouble Jason, Grandad, and Bear can get into when they are left alone. If only Bear could talk, he'd probably say something like "it was awesome, mom...my face went this way and then my lips went another way and then my eye went back the other way!" Grown men and boys, always a goofy mess when left to their own devices...