January 31, 2008 Fun time with Maggie

Tonight Alex got to go and play with his friend Maggie. They had a blast but Maggie tuckered out early. They were at Maggie's aunt's house so Alex latched on to her cousin who is 16 after Maggie fell out on the couch. "D" spiked his hair into a mohawk. It was sleeting/raining when we were leaving and he refused to put on his hood because it would mess up his hair. I'm sure the mohawk will be something that he'll ask to have fixed for him again and again. It was quite cute though.

January 30, 2008 Growth Spurt

Alex must be having a growth spurt. Tonight for dinner he ate rice, hominy pieces of chicken breast and then ate 4 chicken nuggets. Sometimes we just can't fill him up. :o)

January 29, 2008 Exercise Bike

Not much going on today. Mommy got a new exercise bike. It only took 2 hours to put the silly thing together. Alex was a big help with handing me parts. Here's a pic of the finished product.

January 28, 2008 Chores

Alex loves to help do the dishes. I don't know why. That and laundry are my least favorite things to do. He drags his chair over and rinses and stacks for whoever is doing the washing. Lucky for me tonight Michael had that job. :o)

January 27, 2008 Bedtime Story

Tonight Mommy got to read a bedtime story to Alex. It was quite funny because Daddy is not slick with the camera at all and came sliding across the bedroom floor to try and catch us off guard. Didn't work. We couldn't quit laughing and as soon as Alex saw the camera that was all she wrote. He went into ham it up mode.

January 26, 2008 Boat Show

Today we had an exciting day out with our couisins Jamie, Aimee and Ryan. We headed out to the Louisville Boat Show. The kids got along great. It was cool to see Alex act like mother hen to Ryan. In a perfect world where it would be easy to have another child Alex would make a great big brother. Michael and I found a boat that we both agree on. Now we'll just have to see if we can gets ours sold. :o) After the boat show we headed across the river and ate a delcious dinner at Texas Roadhouse and made a trip to Bass Pro. It was a great day out! I couldn't decide on just one pic so I'm attatching several.

January 25, 2008 Good Morning

Every morning when Mikey gets home the dogs sing a chorus. This morning was no exception. No amount of telling them to hush will do until you pet them and greet them in return. Spoiled rotten dogs. They aren't good for much but keeping your feet warm at night. :o) Just kidding. We wouldn't know what to do without them. (and their barking)

January 24, 2008 Sleepy Mommy

Well, Mikey's been at it again. Trying to catch me at my best. Last night he decided to catch me sleeping on the couch. Again, not the best picture of the day but if it gets him some practice with the camera, I'll have to be the unfortunate victim. Again. Of course both pictures that he took Mr. Hank was licking himself. LOL This one was the less vulgar of the 2.

January 23, 2008 Bedtime

Bedtime at our house is usually an experience. Alex is the master of inventing new and interesting ways to avoid going to bed. Tonight was like any other night. Eat supper, play, bathtime, snack, brush teeth and then normally to bed. Except we had a new excuse tonight after brushing our teeth. Alex comes up and leans on my shoulder and askes me if he can sit down on the couch and calm down for a little bit. I just busted out laughing. You never know what is going to come out his mouth. Daddy is trying to convince him right now that they can just go read a book.

January 22, 2008 Snow Day!!

Today Alex had his first snow day from "big school." He had tons of fun with his punching bag. Unfortunately he didn't get to go out and do any sledding. Just not enough of the white stuff fell to do that. I doubt Daddy could have kept up with him anyhow. He didn't get much sleep today. Alex doesn't have much sympathy either. He thinks if the suns up so are we. :o)

January 21, 2008 Farmer Alex

Since the temp actually got above freezing today, we took a family trip to the barn to feed the animals tonight. Alex loves playing with the goats. He still doesn't understand how to play "nice". I guess that will come eventually. :o) He has 2 that like him anyway no matter what he does to them. Baby and Sweet Pea. They just don't know any better. LOL

January 20, 2008 Aunty Jo's Birthday Party

Tonight we had Aunty Jo's birthday supper. For Alex it was like Christmas all over again because no one can open a present without his help. He didn't care what was in the boxes, just that he got to rip the paper off.

Happy 29th birthday Jo Jo. Just wait til next year. :o)

January 19, 2008 My musicians

Caught the guys off guard this morning singing a duet. Picture is a little dark and doesn't do the moment justice. It was a cute father/son moment.

January 18, 2008 Bunko baby shower

Tonight was Mommy's night out. We had a Bunko/baby shower for "B". She was quite distraught when I told her she was the picture of the day. :o) I had to assure her that I wasn't going to do anything evil with the picture. Once I explained about Project 366 to her she was alright with it.

Tonight was also the first time since I've been playing with this group that I've won anything. I got 2nd place!!!

January 17, 2008 He does eat fruit

We have the pickiest eater ever I do believe. Snarls his nose at anything and everything. We have made an executive decision in the Fitch house. No more junk. We have been fighting over fruit cups and vegetables but slowly but surely we are having a breakthrough. Tonight his after dinner snack is an apple and he is loving it. Yipeeee!

January 16, 2008 Michael thinks he's funny

I came in the door this afternoon to find Michael with the camera. I honestly didn't think he knew how to use it. Especially with my lack of existence in the picture album. :o) So of course he catches me at my best coming in the door after work. I'm not happy with the pic and me in my extra winter "fluff" we'll call it. I have been dieting and with the help of "coach" Mikey I am down 4 pounds of "fluff" Maybe the next picture he decides to snap of me I won't look so round. LOL

January 16, 2008 update

Well, good news. Apparantly he's just got chapped skin around his mouth. I put lotion on him and it didn't look nearly as bad as last night and there were no other bumps anywhere. So I sent him off to school this morning with lots of lotion and a tube of chapstick. It's turned off so cold and he still has a bit of a drooling problem so I'm thinking that the mix of the two is the culprit.

January 15, 2008 Chicken Pox??

We got Alex out of the tub and were putting him to bed when we noticed a rash all around his mouth and on his cheeks. Chicken Pox have been going around the school he's at, I guess we'll see what things look like in the morning. Let's keep our fingers crossed that it's just chapped skin from the cold. xxx

January 14, 2008 Poor Mr Hank

Our little furbabies have been having a time of it. Ginger and Hank both made a trip to the vet last Thursday. Miss Ginger and her constant ear problems are driving us nuts. She has a double ear infection and on meds and poor Mr Hank had a lipoma (fatty cyst) behind his left front leg that the vet felt needed to come off. He is milking it for all it's worth.

January 13, 2008

What kitchen table?? We have been redoing closets all weekend and hopefully today will be the day that I get my table back. My eyes were bigger than Alex's closet and the organizer we bought was too big. Soooo, it went in our closet and we got a smaller one for little man. Today we just have to hang the rods and put everything back where it belongs. Whew.

January 4, 2008 Meet Ellie

This is Ellie, the newest member of our family. She is our LGD (livestock guard dog), Great Pyrnenees and does a wonderful job of guarding our 12 goats. We've had her since the day after Thanksgiving.

12-29-07 I'm cheating. It's as close as I can get to January 1, 2008

Today my little man went rabbit hunting for the first time. He was so excited and took his "gun" with him. Shoots only caps of course. He wasn't much interested in shooting the rabbits, he left them for Daddy. He was out for deer and turkey.