Our boy is Walking!

Well, you might notice at first that Olice's bear is getting treated a little better than Yellow Bear has in the past few days. Although now Yellow Bear is probably cleaner. The picture of Olice on the hearth shows his "spot". He loves to sit on this hearth. I think it's just the right heighth.






Olice learned to walk last week. All of him and Reid's vigorous training sessions finally paid off. We are so proud. We even got him to walk in his cowboy boots which was extremely entertaining. The heel on the back made it look like he was three sheets to the wind. He already looks so much older now that he is walking.

The week of the unwanted visitor (we all lost some weight)

The beverage of choice at the infirmary...


Even Yellow Bear, though not sick himself, was a victim of the illness this morning as G lost it on him. He needed a bath anyway.

E and B were over it yesterday, but this morning when I went in to get G he said, "Look mommy, I puked on my bed." I said, "Honey, you need to tell me when you do this." To which he replied, "I just told Yellow Bear about it." 

Oh yeah, so you thought Nancy was a model

Mmmm. I love ducky.

Last summer, after over seven years, we went back to the site of our wedding for the first time since May 8, 1999. It was really neat to see the place with so many fond memories of that day spent with our closest friends and family.

Get 'em

Last August we got Thomas to chase this little beagle in Nancy and Reid's front yard. The dog lives across the street from them and it was so much fun watchin Tom-boy try to catch it. As you can see in the picture, he's a great runner. AND what you can't see is that he is running barefoot on stubble August grass filled with ants.

content overload? Naaa! It's just a blog war!

Ski Weekend... slash... Lake Weekend, January 2007. So the weekend that was supposed to be in Banner Elk, NC got relocated to Lake Murray, SC due to some really crazy and hilarious adventures Thursday night/early Friday morning... unfortunately i was not involved in the first leg of the trek across the Carolinas, but these are a few pictures of the crew at Phase 2 of "Ski Weekend" (at the lake).

The Eagle's Nest in Sapphire

I am purposefully not posting the most flattering of photos, just so we can get greater laughs out of this. -Shin

i think we could totally be responsible for a total blogger freeze...

the Christmas lights of Bob Jones... Will and I were quite shocked to see BJU light up 3 blocks of Wade Hampton Blvd in December with thousands (possibly millions) of lights. This is one night when we ventured over for a walk with Mary Teal & Doug.

What if we shut down bloogger?

Snow in Colorado

A trip to the Mountains... (Dec. 2006)

Will and I hiking Whiteside Mountain with our friends Jeremiah & Kate Miller...

Snow in South Carolina too!

Some more oldies but goodies. Don't think I ever shared these from last August. Great faces. My family makes me laugh more than anyone in the world. I love ya'll! Keep up the great work!

Let the blog war begin. . . .

Are you up for the challenge?

Snow, snow, snow

I know the rest of you might not agree with us out here in the Wild West, but we are SICK of snow. This is the SIXTH straight weekend of snow we have had, including 2 blizzards. I've lost track of the accumulation. Thankfully, today is is just flurries, but we are still "digging out." The picture of BJC behind the snowdrift was taken in our backyard a few weeks ago. The wind blew all the snow to this one area of the yard, and there were areas where you could see the grass. That snowdrift is still there because it is an area of our yard that gets no sun, so it may be there until May. G Money loves to go out and help shovel, but that often involves him shoveling snow onto Dixie's back...speaking of Dixie...can you find her in one of the above shots?

It's a GIRL!!

In case someone checked out Erika's blogspot already (www.erikacounts.blogspot.com), you will have spotted this very picture. She tells the story very well of how this Oma (along with Pops, GM and GD) all got the announcement in the restaurant for the very first time: that we will finally have a granddaughter (and great granddaughter)!! Danielle and Thomas already knew and were part of the dinner - which had originally been arranged to say goodbye to Mom and Dad Baker. How quickly the focus was changed!! Thanks, D for picking up such gorgeous flowers - they look great on our dining room table; it looks like I cleared all the Xmas decorations away just in time.

We've tried not to be impatient for girls around here; after all, it will only have taken less than 4 years to get this girl after boy grandsons. (In our case, we had to wait almost 10 years to have a boy after those 4 adorable girls!!) We are just plain excited about the news and it's difficult to even put our feelings into words...

One more thing, though: look carefully and see that there are actually 6 tulips in this flower pot. One's just a bud - which must stand for Nancy and Reid's baby - but will it be a girl or a boy? We won't know for a while and naturally we won't be blogging that news until after some equally exciting announcement (like pink or blue ice cream again?).

How fun - we continue to post some sort of Baker's blunders all the time, don't we?

Congratulations to you, Erika, on the blessing of a girl - and to you, Bryan 'cause (Praise God) there's something wonderful that happens to a daddy when he gets a daughter.

Bathing and Walking

Some of our regular activities include baths and walks. Monday my dear friend Kris came over and we went for a walk. (Thanks so much Kris! I had a great time catching up with you!) Had to bundle up Jack Greer, of course, and we borrowed this little number from his cousins G-money and Heavy-D.


And our bath time is SO much fun. J.G. just smiles and splashes like crazy in the tub! He always sleeps on the walks, but he won't miss this action.

Fisher Christmas

Here are some pictures of our Christmas. We got a picture of Olice with all of his living GREAT grandparents except for his Canadian Oma and Opa; and we put his grandparents in there too. What a cool picture! Our weather has been crazy warm, but not so warm for Olice to get away with just a onesie (there was a fire in the fireplace, and he got hot so that's why he's wearing next to nothing on Christmas morning.) Hope y'all like the family picture. That is what I'm planning on send out in the mail. Eventually....Don't rush me:)
Nancy

Twelve Days of Blunders

This 'twelfth day' is out of order but the rest should be OK. Read the whole 'song' by scrolling to the beginning of today's post. Sorry - just a little blunder, to be sure.

Twelve Days of Blunders

If you didn't read about the sink escapade on Christmas morning (thru to Boxing Day), let me tell you that that was a classic Baker's Blunder! One need not search for greater ones. So, instead, I have enclosed a picture of one of this year's cutest presents. Since the family gift book was about 'gardening', this little flower-decorated wooden music box was just perfect for Danielle and Will! The two lady bugs dance to hidden magnets. Judging by Olice's reaction, D&W will have something to entertain visiting children (and their own future ones; too bad Jim won't find it all that exciting!)