Tissue Paper

I got a gift a couple weeks ago and Corbin had so much fun playing w/ the tissue paper (until he started to eat it!) lol... he also likes to do this w/ any paper that is around and provides him with quite a bit of entertainment... he likes the newspaper ads too! haha

His face cracks me up in this one!

He was having so much fun!

Simple. Joy.
Corbin Fisher
Our sweet little baby.

9 months

Yes, my baby is 9 months... 3/4 of a year?! Well, we just got back from his 9 mo. check up and he is napping so I thought I'd go ahead and post his stats!

*Corbin is 21lbs 10oz (a little less than 75%).
*He is 30 (yes, you read that right) inches long (95%)!
*He is wearing 12 month and 12-18 month clothes.
*Corbin is in size 4 diapers.
*He still sleeps from 7:30pm to whatever time I wake him on work mornings- non work mornings usually somewhere between 7:30 and 8am. The past few nights he has gone to bed around 6:30 or 7, I think he isn't used to the time difference yet.
*He eats 4-5 bottles with 6oz of formula (depending on the time he gets up if he has 4 or 5). He has tried a lot of table food and loves it all. He gets fruit (baby food) still in the morning and a fruit and veggie at supper (of babyfood)... They are stage 2. I tried stage 3 and he spits it out... but yet he will eat table food? I think he actually prefers table food.
*He gets very mad if we are eating and don't offer him something. He likes snacks too :)
*He is a happy boy unless he is tired... then he just wants put down in his bed... makes me sad that he doesn't like to cuddle or be rocked, but I'm glad he knows how to put himself to sleep at the same time.
*I wouldn't say that he crawls a normal up on all 4 crawl, but he gets wherever he wants to go and we've had to baby proof everything! I've found him underneath the dining room table stuck, underneath his exersaucer stuck, half way IN the tv cabinet pulling the basket of wii games and remotes out... yep he is officially into everything! He loves to play toys and will entertain himself for quite awhile.
*He is a good natured baby, but he does not like to be told no... I have no doubt that he knows what it means either... example- He somehow always finds Brycen's matchbox cars even when we think they are all put away and I will take it away and tell him, "No, No." Or he will pull my hair (he does this a lot when he is mad) and I will take his hand off and say, "No, No" and he makes the most awful face and screams at the top of his lungs... wow... a biggg attitude. It's sort of cute now, but hopefully he won't still be acting that way in a couple years! yikes! Even if he is "crawling aka scooting" towards something he shouldn't have and I tell him no, he looks at me and screams.... I thought Brycen was a strong willed child... I think I'm really in for it this time.
*He claps for himself allt he time now and it's adorable! You give him a snack and he claps! You say, "Yayy Corbin" and he claps... you clap, he claps... it's very cute!
*He pulls himeslf up on his knees, but hasn't figured out how to get to his feet yet.
*He can go from laying on his belly to sitting up by himself now... imagine my surprise last week when I look up and he is suddenly sitting up! haha! He does it all the time and I love watching his determined little face! Then again if he gets stuck... he screams!
*will give "high five" sometimes.
*He now has four teeth (two top and two bottom). I love his toothy little grin!
*He is starting to have stranger anxiety I think.... Not all the time, but mostly if he is tired.



We are just so thankful for our healthy boy! I love watching him grow (even though it goes too fast) and do new things. He just keeps getting more and more fun :) I can't imagine life with out him!

Horton & The Basket

At school they had a pumpkin decorating contest. You were supposed to decorate a pumpkin like your favorite book character. Brycen wanted to participate and he decided he wanted to do Horton from Horton Hears A Hoo. I think it turned out pretty cute :)

Horton and B the night before taking it to school...

might I add that the morning it had to be there it was POURING down rain (when we had those storms)... Horton's trunk is made of tissue paper... Yikes!

He did get there safe and sound though.

Corbin has an obsession w/ the laundry basket... empty or full... he LOVES the laundry basket... I know most kids like them, but he gets excited and shakes all over when he sees it! haha! It's adorable. Here he is making a mess w/ my folded laundry :) So proud of himself!

Ideas

Here are some ideas for random acts of kindness! I was googling the web for ideas and found this list helpful!


Yesterday I really couldn't think of anything that was too feasible of doing at the time. Now I have lots of ideas. Sooo yesterday I complimented my co-worker A LOT. She is not the easiest person to compliment. She has a good heart, but is hard to get to know. I used to get my feelings hurt a lot by her... and a lot of people don't like her b/c of how she comes across. I can't even begin to tell you how her eyes lit up. She didn't say much at the compliments I gave, but I could tell she enjoyed them!

(Ninja) Turtles

So, I was going to start this blog by apologizing for the ugliness of the background of these pictures-aka- our rental... ya know b/c I don't really like brown shag carpet from 1970 (or the mis matched furniture everywhere), BUT then I realized I'm thankful for our rental (not so much for the ugliness), BUT for the what it provides for our family. That I really believe God brought it about for us at the perfect time (when B was starting school) and that we have already made some great memories there... so even though the carpet could go... I won't apologize!

Corbin Fisher was a happy little turtle!
(We re used B's 1st Halloween costume for C)

B was a homemade ninja turtle... not that I can take credit for the idea... my friend Whitney did it!

Here the boys were playing/talking just not cooperating in general! haha!

Corbin really just didn't want to hold still :)
And B has that frozen smile b/c I told him to just keep smiling and looking at the camera while we tried to make C hold still! haha!
turtle shells :)

Corbin wanted to beat on B's turtle shell b/c it made cool noises :)
B was kind of protective about the shell though! haha


This is about as good as the picture taking got, but they are still pretty cute in my book!

We only went to a few places (and when I say a few I literally mean a few... as in 3).

I've never been big on taking B to lots of places (except his first Halloween), but this year Corbin wasn't feeling the greatest (not that you can tell) and he was coughing and it was cool outside... well you get the picture!

So after our treating ( we didn't do any tricking!) we went and got movies and came home for a movie night :)

We really thought we'd have a lot of kids since we're living in town in the rental, but I'm not kidding you when I say we didn't even have ONE! B was disappointed!

Yesterday (the 3rd) the boys and I asked my mom on a date and went to Mi Pueblo... I had been craving it and Ryan was working late and I still needed to do something nice for the day! haha! So we bought my momma's supper b/c honestly, she never let's me pay for anything and I don't get to show her very often how much I appreciate everything she does for me (like getting B off the bus every.day (except Wed).

Still not sure what nice thing is going to happen today.... It is a little harder to think of ideas than I originally thought it would be! Anyone want to share some?!

Random

Today was election day... as everyone is well aware I'm sure! This election was pretty important to me personally because my boss was up for re-election as prosecutor! I love him to pieces as a boss and a friend. He's like an older brother (our families have been friends back to our great-grandparents). Last election four years ago I was super nervous, but for some reason I just had a very calm peace about this... even though I knew it would be a close race I was not concerned. I wanted him to win, but I was not worried... I know that only came from the Lord. I really do like my job, it's a great job and even though I'd rather be home w/ my boys, since that doesn't work for us due to health insurance coverage, this is the best job! I like what I do and the people I work with! He did win! Whoo hoo! Since election day was today we were off of work which is always a nice break to have an extra day off! Corbin and I went and voted and just hung out at home. Tonight while waiting for results to come in I baked to keep my mind off of it! I made Chcolate Peanut Buddy Bars. YUM!


For the thirty days of gift giving today I gave some coupons to a friend and she ended up having enough to buy TWENTY FREE boxes of cereal! She is donating them to the Toyota (where her husband works) food bank.

Yesterday Brycen and I made cookies and took them to our elderly neighbors (at our rental). They are also family friends. Honestly, I was in a hurry and just wanted to drop them off and leave, but they invited us in and I knew they wanted to visit w/ the boys... I ended up being so blessed by stopping and taking a few minutes to visit them. They are people who have been an important part of my entire life. I love them like family. I sometimes forget to take time to let people know I love them and appreciate them... visiting with them just warmed my heart and honestly made my day!


These things I'm doing aren't major, they aren't life changing things, BUT they still count! I want to be a nicer version of myself. I want to think of others needs before my own... in doing so I find myself feeling twice as blessed.


I am only posting these things to hold myself accountable. I think giving in secret is great and I love doing that as well, but for this challenge I want to post about the things we do so that I can hold myself accountable and see how the Lord is working.


I am off again tomorrow (whoo hoo!)... think I'll go eat another chocolate peanut buddy bar now :) just what I need! ha!


I have Halloween pictures to post, but blogger won't let me, that's why you're getting this very random post!

30 Day Giving Challenge

Challenge makes it sound like a contest- and it's not... it's about giving. We're doing it for HIM... to further the kingdom. If you guys want to participate go to this blog and get more information. We are all so blessed and I know that sometimes I get stuck in my own little world... Do you know that some mom's worry about putting clean diapers on their babies? I literally cannot imagine... that's here in America that babies are going all day in dirty diapers. It breaks my heart. I can't imagine worrying about feeding my kids or putting diapers on them. There are lots of ways to give... it doesn't have to be monetary- you could volunteer your time to help an elderly person who doesn't have family to help them or you could even just pick up a piece of trash that blew in your neighbors yard. It doesn't have to be big and the recipient doesn't even have to know about your giving, it's just going out of our own little comfort zone and doing for others instead of ourselves. HE paid the ultimate price- gave the ultimate gift so any sacrifice that we make is really nothing compared to what HE gave. We are saved by his Grace- let's pass on some blessings!