7 Weeks Old

I've been such a bad blogger this last week. Sorry it's taken me so long to do a post! I do apologize. So here's a few posts for you! :)

Oh my word, I can't believe that Fischer is already 7 weeks old. He's a fast growing boy!!!! So of course we've been taken pictures every week with him and his stuffed animal. We were told in our birthing class that from the get go we should take pictures of him with the same stuffed animal so that you can visually see how much bigger he has gotten. I haven't posted any pictures since he was 4 weeks old. So here is his 5, 6 and 7 week photos! Sorry I've been behind but better late then never right! Every week I feel like Fischer is learning and growing into such a big boy. He has found his hand (yes only one his right hand) which means the first place it goes is in his mouth! He now will follow me with his eyes as I walk around the room. He also gives the best smiles. It just melts my heart when he looks at me and smiles. And his other newest thing is his oohhing and aahhing. He is becoming quite the talker! At night when I put him in his bed I can hear him just blabbing away for a few mins before he goes to sleep. It's like he's telling me about his day before he goes to sleep. It's super cute. Then when he wakes up in the morning he does the same, like he's letting me know hey I'm up and hungry so let's get this day started! :) I love it!

5 Weeks Old

6 Weeks Old

7 Weeks Old (see I told you he likes his hand in his mouth)

A 6th Generation Arizonian

So know wonder I like the heat so much, it's in my blood. Fischer is a 6th generation Arizonian. Unique hu?! Not many people can say that. A few weekends ago I was able to take Fischer to my grandparents house so we could get a 4 generation photo (& 4 AZ generations). So this is Fischer's great-grandpa Charles (I call him Papa) & grandpa Charles (my dad). It was really important to me that my grand parents get to see Fischer. They have been such a huge part of my life.

Here's my grandma (I call her Nanny) & Fischer when we were still in the hospital. It meant the world to me that she came to the hospital to see us. She has been my prayer worrier. She said she has been praying for me my whole life and now is praying for Fischer. That makes me cry just thinking about it. Fischer is her 6th great-grand child but the excitement she had to finally meet Fischer was like it was her 1st.

So I had to find this picture of my Nanny holding me when I was just born! She still has that loving smile! :)

Here is Fischer's other great-grandma (I call her grandma Billie) that lives here in Arizona. Grandma Billie started bugging Blake and I before we even got married to give her a great-grand child. HAHA So needless to say when she found I was pregnant she was jumping for joy to meet her 1st great-grand child. She had the biggest smile on her face as she walked into our house to meet him.

I'm so glad that I'm able to get pictures with Fischer and his great-grand parents. And let me tell you there will be many more.

Blake is Home

I just wanted to do a quick post to tell everyone that Blake is home from the wild land fire!

Motherhood

Ok so I have to admit that I stole this cartoon off a friend's blog (Thanks Bri). But when I read it, I couldn't help to laugh and realize that has been my life since Fischer was born. I also have to admit that had I read this cartoon prior Fischer I would have said, no that would never happen to me. But boy would I have been wrong. It's amazing that I get excited to have eaten breakfast before 11am and lunch before 3pm. And even more excited if I can shower sometime in there! HA Fischer will be 6 weeks old this week and I am getting more adjusted to life as a Mother. I'm still no where back to normal, not that I really know what normal looks like anymore. But something that I would never trade for ANYTHING! Motherhood is something I never imagined to be what it has been, but it's something way better than I every could have imagined. God is truly amazing in the way He created it all. I love it all! :)

Fischer & Avery Meet

The other day Fischer got to meet baby Avery. They are 4 weeks apart and WOW what a difference just 4 weeks makes when they are so young. Fischer looks so big compared to Avery. We are very excited for them to grow up together. And soon enough they will be running around together.

Twin Fire Update

This morning the evacuation order was lifted in Williams, so residents are returning home. The fire is about 15% contained but not near any homes at this time. So things are looking good that the guys will not be there much longer. The winds are dying down and they did get some rain yesterday. So far the fire has burned about 1000 acres.

Here's a picture of Blake and some other guys waiting in staging to get their daily assignment.

This is this mornings briefing, where all the firefighters are given an update on the fire and are told what actions will be taken that day to try and contain the fire.

Blake's off to fight a wild land fire

Blake in front of the water tender in Williams.

Blake left last night to go help fight the Twin Fire near Williams, AZ. This fire started as a control burn of 800 acres that got out of control Friday due to high winds. Right now he is on structure patrol, which means they are protecting people's homes. There are predictions of rain this weekend so that will help the fire fighters help fight this fire. Let's pray for rain and no winds!

When Blake goes off and does things like this it always reminds me why I married him. What an amazing husband I have. He has a great heart to help in whatever way he can, whether it's helping strangers or his own family. Leaving this time was a bit harder than in the past. Fischer and I are going to miss him a ton! :) But i'm so thankful Fischer has such a great dad as a role model. I love you Blake!