C is for.....

C is for CALEB!!!

My sister Katie, who I introduced all you blog readers to a few weeks ago welcomed her baby boy into the world early this morning!!

Caleb Josiah was born just before 5:30am Phoenix time and is healthy and, in Katies words "Perfect".

We are so excited for Katie and Matt and for Caleb to be a part of our family! I loved this baby a year ago when Katie and Matt decided to start the adoption proc

ess, and just cannnot express the happiness I felt when I saw his face! I can't wait to meet him, and neither can Miles! He's been saying Cay-bib all day!!

CONGRATULATIONS, Katie & Matt!

One year Dr. Appointment

I am aware Miles turned one 3 months ago.

We are behind on our appointments. Because of work, I am only able to take Miles in on Fridays which make it harder to get appointments around the right time, and to make things better, my terrible memory (really...does it come back? I STILL have pregnancy brain!) helped me to forget his 1 yr appointment last month. :( Boo!

So it was rescheduled for today.

I've mentioned in the past how much I truly love our pediatrician, but let me re-visit that. I LOVE our pediatrician. Because his practice is so small, he know us. He remembers everything, and he cares so much. LOVE him.

Ok. Back to Miles ;)

Miles is doing so well! He is in the 75th percentile for his height, and in the 50th percentile for his weight (tall and skinny...sound like someone you know?!). Dr. Wang is pleased with Miles verbal skills and just loved watching Miles sign various signs. He told me that it is ok that Miles obsesses over pulling the cotton fuzz off of his blanket Grandma Fincke made him and eating it, that his head injuries are not as terrible as I think they are, and explained what we could do to help get Miles's poop to a better...consistency?

Then came the shots. He had four today. I do well with shots. Better than I thought I would with my own son. Having been a nanny for 6 years, I have been to many dr appointments and witnessed (sometimes helping to hold a child) many many shots I knew what I was in for and had mentally prepared myself for Miles's shots. It has worked well so far! What I do not like is

the night after he gets shots. Poor guy has a tough time. Tonight has been no different.

But we are just so pleased with how this whole year has gone, and that Miles is doing so well!

Presents!

So I mentioned in a previous post, that I was making most of my presents this year.

For those that don't know, I have been all kinds of crafty lately. I love

to craft. It is the calm at the end of my hectic days. I have been doing Invitation Design for a bit for family members and close friends and I'm still doing that as small side projects, but T-shirts have become my newest obsession. I've made a few for Miles already and I had made some for a family friend and gotten lots of compliments, so that is what I decided to make all my younger nieces & nephews (NEPHEWS!!! I'll have a second one ANY day now!!) Here are the pictures of the cute shirts!!

A gold fish for Baby Fischer

With a matching burpcloth

I call this the Mushmash Onesie

C is for....to be continued...

Carson is a superhero fan, so he got the C-man shirt

Adding a little sophistication to wiping your boogers on your sleeve

A is for Alyssa

M is for Mya

B is for Brooklyn

Lovebird for Alyssa

Lovebird for Mya and Brooklyn

And here they are wearing some of the shirts!

Cameron and I had Shelly & Josh for our Stone Family Christmas gift exchange this year, and I knew that on top of a bought present, I wanted to make them a family tree. Everyone loves a personalized present, but I know that Shelly especially appreciates personal things. So. On top of the BSU Snuggies we sent them, (and I want pics, SHELLY!) I sent Cameron's parents home with this:

I love it so much, and I am currently working on one for my older sister that I'll finish once Baby C arrives and I know his name. :)

Merry Christmas!!!

I have been a mac user as long as I can remember.

4 years ago, my macbook crapped out, and I was left using a pc.

Tragedy

I've begged, pleaded, sweetly asked my husband if he would think about letting a mac into our home. He always says no.

Until last Saturday.

Christmas Morning

I got an imac!!!!

Except now I have to re-learn it all over. I'm ok with that, though.......

Christmas with the 'Rents!

We did it!

We finally conned family into coming for a holiday ;)

Cameron's parents arrived late Thursday night, and we were so pleased to have them here for the week! We stayed up chatting and updating each other on the latest goings on, then off to bed!

Friday, we had a late morning, then went out to brunch. We ladies did some last minute grocery shopping while the men cleaned our garage and built shelving to corral all of our quickly growing supply of out-grown baby things. I am SO EXCITED to have the garage back! (did I mention we've had a car in there that we donated last week? It hadn't been working for 4 years. Time to go, eh?) Now I can park the car out of the rain and frost. ahhhhh :)

Friday night, it was off to Chuck & Diana's house for a glorious turkey dinner. BACKSTORY: for those who don't know Chuck, he's Cameron's Dad's Boyfr...I mean best friend. They've known each other a VERY long time, and get together for all kinds of shenanigans when Bill comes to visit. We opened up our Christmas Eve presents at home and all received our new Christmas Jammies!

Christmas morning was so nice! Very laid back, cinnamon rolls in the oven, baby/grandma snuggling time kinda morning. Everybody got great presents (including the whopper cameron surprised me with...an iMAC!) and it was such a fun day.

We spent the rest of the week enjoying each other's company, living life with no schedules, laughing and eating. Boy, did we eat!

Tuesday night, we headed up to Clayton to Cameron's cousin Heather's house for a family get-together. Lynette & her two sisters and their families all came and we played with the kiddies all night! We had another great meal (EATING! mmmm), then enjoyed the annual ornament exchange. So fun to catch up with them all, and to finally meet Cameron's Aunt Sharon. We know each other very well, but hadn't met yet! She's a joy!

Now, as I sit here typing, Bill & Lynette are sitting on the couch reading and I'm realizing they head home tomorrow morning. :( We so rarely get to be with family I really take advantage of the time we have, but it still feels too soon. We loved having them here, and Miles LOVES his Grandma & Grandpa so very much. He likes to mimic Grandma's sighs and he steals Grandpa's glasses the second he's in his arms. What a wonderful week.

:)

Fah Rah Rah Rah Rah....

Merry Christmas!!!

From the Stone Family to yours.

Please, Christmas Don't Be Late!!

Our tree has been up and decorated gor some time, but to get Miles to stand still for a picture is a little harder. We did it though!

He loves the "tee". Miles asks to flip the light switch every day to turn the lights on, and says "oooooh" each time. So far, Christmas is just so exciting to him! We sing Christmas Carols, and talk about how Baby Jesus was born. We also taught him that Santa says "ho ho ho!" and he proudly tells everybody!

Cameron's parents are coming for Christmas, too!! Even more to be excited about! They'll arrive either tomorrow or Friday depending on weather and what time they leave Boise. Can't wait!

Another of Miles & his "tee"

(along with his new favorite toy, an empty wrapping paper roll)

Post-pone

:)

I've been taking a break! I was very busy at work over the last week before I took a TWO week vacation for Christmas!!!

I also have had no time to blog because I have been doing a lot of homemade gifts for Christmas, and that takes more time than I thought! I usually make a few things at a time, but never as many as I made this time! Phew! Finally finished on Sunday, and the gifts are all wrapped and sent. Now. If only I can figure out what to get my husband...

Picture post after Christmas of all the fun I've been making lately.

Does it get any better than this?!

After one year of going through all the craziness that is entailed in an adoption process, (check out their journey here) My big sister Katie and her husband Matt announced on Friday that they are expecting (through a wonderful, selfless woman) a baby boy on January the 10th!!!! Our whole family has been praying endlessly that these two could be matched with their child. I've prayed for the birth mom, the baby, K & M, their families, EVERYTHING! This baby boy is so lucky to be joining the Fischer family! KAtie and Matt are just going to be the best parents!!
Me (left) with Katie
Won't she be such a fun momma?!



Matt with Miles sportin' their UCLA gear




Katie with Miles last Christmas




One of my favorite photos!

Matt is going to be such a caring Dad.









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After going through becoming a mother myself only a year ago, it is the happiest thing for me to hear that Katie will also be going through it with me VERY soon!

SOON!

I gotta get going on making baby stuff!!!

Did You know? Cradle Cap edition

Miles has had nasty cradle cap since he was born. (For anyone without kids, cradle cap is bright yellow oily flakes on your baby's scalp, kind of like dandruff, but it doesn't flake off.) Now, I know that cradle cap is not painful, itchy, or even uncofortable for your baby. It's not even necessarily a bad thing! Our problem is that Cameron and I are both pickers. We were picking at Miles scalp to try to clear it up, when in reality his body would just make more.

I did tons of research on what I could do to clear it up. Many people use the special cradle cap shampoo and say that it is ok, but there are also those that say it didn't work on bad cases. Didn't want to spend money if it doesn't work!

What I found from mother after mother was that *Olive Oil* did the trick!!

Did You Know?!

I rubbed a small amount of Olive oil into Miles's hair (it was regular olive oil, pretty sure EVOO works fine, too!) . I let it sit while he ate his dinner so he wouldn't make a mess of the house,

then stuck him into the tub to play. I rubbed his scalp with a baby brush as directed, but that wasn't really getting the flakes up. so I took a comb and brushed with a slight amount of pressure backwards (forehead back) a few times. I then washed his hair twice and finished his bath. Result: No Cradle cap 2 months later!!!!

What a great trick!!!