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2006/10/29

Busy Getting Ready for the 'Lil Fish

What a busy weekend we have had!  The babytizing of the Fisher residence has officially begun. 

 On Saturday, we picked up our princess' crib (pictures attached) which was an adventure in itself.  Picture this -- torrential downpour and windstorm going on and the box our crib comes in was way to HUGE to fit into our car.  Uh oh.  Luckily we were able to unpack the crib a bit to find that it was really three smaller boxes inside which we were able to somehow get inside the car.  Aside from being drenched, we definitely dodged a bullet.  We also did some random shopping on Saturday and found yet another Halloween outfit (caterpillar) on sale for a price we couldn't resist (pictures attached).  So all in all, the little one is good to go for her first two Halloweens (huge relief to have that taken care of........).  After we got home, we got the crib all assembled officially checking off that parenthood milestone making for a pretty great day.  Saturday would later gain "perfect" day status when the Cougs spanked UCLA catapulting them into the top 25 (AP) for the first time in three years and the Dawgs fell short once again effectively closing the book on any bowl game aspirations they might have had this year. 

Sunday continued Saturday's perfection as the daylight savings fairy flew in and gave me an extra hour of sleep.  We then went to church where they were having a bake sale (see attached pics - Nordy bars).  Afterwards, we cruised over to Babies R' Us and got ourselves a baby mattress for the crib and registered for all kinds of stuff.  Registering is always fun but I gotta tell you that I am still pretty clueless with the baby gadgets.  The research is ongoing but we were able to zap lots of fun stuff for the kiddo.  Hope everyone has a great week. 

2006/10/23

A Relaxing Weekend

We had such a fun and relaxing weekend.  We planned to go out to eat Friday night but wound up ordering pizza and eating it by the fire.  It was a very stormy evening so sitting by the fire was great!  On Saturday, we went in search of a Red Robin that we heard had finally opened in MA.  Turns out it is only about 15 minutes from our house and is in this huge shopping complex that we never knew existed.  It was Heaven!!!  Apparently the folks out here are as excited about Red Robin as we are because even going at 1:45 in the afternoon, we had quite a wait.  The restaurant did not have the Red Robin feel that we are used to but the food tasted the same so we were happy.  After lunch we decided to check out the rest of the shopping complex - did I mention it is HUGE?  Garrett's cell phone was on the fritz so we stopped into Cingular to get him a new one.  He wanted the new black Razr.  Now mine was doing fine but since I was eligible for a new one (and I thought Garrett's was really fun) I wound up getting the new PINK Razr - I know, how silly but I do love it!  After becoming stylish with our new semi-matching phones, we went to Babies R Us right next door just to take everything in.  We were a bit overwhelmed by how much babies need!  We went home and subscribed to Consumer Reports and spent numerous hours researching every baby item imaginable.  Armed with this new knowledge, we decided we would go back next weekend and really focus on the registry.  Who knew such a little person could need so much?!?!  After church on Sunday we went to our favorite mall so that I could spend some of my birthday giftcards on some maternity tops - my regular ones just don't cut it anymore.  It was successful, but more exciting - we got the 'lil fish a Halloween costume - a GOLDFISH!  How cute is that?
 
Well that's about all that is going on with us.  Hope you have a great week!
2006/10/14

Pics of our 'Lil Fish

We finally scanned in some photos of our princess and decided to share - as you can see, she is quite a looker .  Our two favorites are below - she tells us she loves us and cooperates by opening the legs!!! Check out the slide show for more.  Hope you enjoy!!!

2006/10/7

Apples & Pumpkins

What a perfect Fall day in New England . . . clear skies, lots of sunshine and crisp air with temps in the low 60s.  It doesn't get much better than that!  My mom had never been apple picking so I decided it was high time she experience this fun pasttime.  We went to Clearview Farm (www.clearviewfarmstand.com), an orchard not too far from our house, and spent the morning picking some very delicious apples.  Of course we had to taste one and agreed that it was the best apple we had ever had.   Unfortunately, there were no carmel apples there so we were forced (yeah we really had to twist our arms ) to go to another farm stand where we got carmel apples, mums, and baby pumpkins.  The carmel apples were made as we waited, making them warm, messy and very yummy!!!  We had such a great day, as you can see from the pics below.  I'm going to hate to see my mom leave next Friday but I'll survive since she'll be back for Thanksgiving (when she'll bring my dad too!)  
 
The only thing that would make this weekend better is having Garrett home.  Thank goodness he gets home next Friday night!  I know we survived six months and this has only been five weeks but I really miss the guy and cannot wait for him to get home
 
Hope you are all enjoying the weekend as much as I am. 
2006/10/1

Two more weeks in Alabama

Well, I've been down in Alabama at Squadron Officer School for three weeks and have got just two more to go.  It's been fun and all but I can't wait to get done and back to life in MA.  I know, I know, how could I possibly be getting sick of Alabama?  It will be tough living without the grits, monster trucks and rebel yells but I've got a lot of pink to be buying when I get back and I just can't wait to get started.  Seriously though, I/we are really excited to be having a little princess and if anyone has any suggestions for good, intimidating shotguns I should start shopping for just let me know.  I figure it will come in handy 15-16 years from now...............
 
Nikki's mom flew into Boston yesterday morning and will be there until I get back which is great!  Nikki has been a real trooper the last couple weeks but I feel much better now that she has someone there to help her out.  Plus I hear that we are getting stocked up with home made chicken soup and lasagna.  Nothing to complain about there. 
 
Hope you all have a great week!
 
Garrett