Fish and Chips Story — The Story of Us

I can’t believe that time has flown by so quickly. It seems like only yesterday i was unable to sleep and feeling little kicks in my stomach, now i’m still unable to sleep and the kicks are on my stomach!

 Alora is getting sooo huge! She’s extremely tall and so thin,,, for length i need 6-9 mos. pants but to fit her little waist i need newborn pants that look like capris,, good thing that’s the style. if only my waist were so small ;(  ,,, but that’s what you get with a body by baby.

 Well once i get an update on her actual weight and height i’ll let everyone know.

I am 7 months old today. I feel like it is a great milestone in my young life, and is a time of reflection. It is about time I get around to doing some things I have been meaning to do, like crawling, getting my first tooth and deciding to be left-handed. Yea, it has been a great life so far but I have so much left to look forward to.

I know I have already told you a little about my weekend with Daddy, we had a great time, but it sure was good to see Mommy again.  She suprised us by coming to Church.  Just in time because I had a dirty diaper. 🙂

We all took a NICE nap on Sunday and then finished watching the race.  It was great to spend time with Daddy but I am so glad to have my Mommy back.

I have had a great time so far with Daddy this weekend.  I was really tired Friday night so I went to bed on time for him and didn’t stir until I got my night time bottle.  I was even nice enough to let him sleep in until 8 this morning.  But I was hungry and wet so I couldn’t wait any more.  Then we played on the floor this morning while we watched Little House on The Prarie, I think I like that show.

Then Daddy took me out for a walk and I got to talk to my Grandma Fisher although I wasn’t very talkative.  But now I think I need another nap.

This weekend, I will be taking care of Alora the entire weekend by myself.  Heather is going away for a weekend with the MOPS (Mothers Of PreSchoolers) and she is leaving me all alone with the baby.  This will be a first for me so keep her in your prayers!

We found out today that our daughter is one of the 3% of kids who still get ear infection after they have tubes but in their ears. It is a terribly frustrating experience. Please continue to pray with us as we try to figure out what to do. We can at least use ear drops to clean out the infection now instead of filling her with antibiotics but she HATES them so it has been a bit of a struggle.

As I move through life I slowly discover that I don’t know as much as I thought I did.  Today was one of those moments

So this past month has been one crazy one. For starters Alora has survived a cold and double ear infections and mommy has battled multiple bouts with mastitis, which leads us to the present day that mom has officially stopped breastfeeding and Alora is chowing down on the formula. She recently had a 7 week check up and is a whopping 11lbs. and 4 oz. (apparently as long as there is food she doesn’t care where it comes from) and 23 inches long.

 So mom is doing better both emotionally and physically (thanks for all of your prayers) and Alora is learning new things every day.

 And last but certainly not least Jason will be starting his new job at The Limited in 2 weeks. It is truly an answer to prayers with a huge pay increase and being first choice for the job (God’s favor is a wonderful thing).

 So thank you for all of your prayers and we hope your enjoying the pictures.

Alora Renea Fisher was born 1-15-06 at St. Anns Hospital in Columbus Ohio at 12:54pm.  She weighed 7lbs 15 oz and was 21.5 inches long.  She arrived after almost 36 hours of labor so Heather is my new Hero.  Check out the photo album for her pics.