Changes in the Fish Family!

So I have started a new job! I am officially back into the college world and working at Mary Baldwin College as a financial aid counselor! Very excited and after 3 days starting to feel like I know what is going on! I am working with adult and graduate students, so a little different than when I was at SBC, but still working with students and to be honest I feel so much more at home here than I did at a bank.

I am looking forward to taking step aerobics starting tomorrow here at MBC...I need to fit back into some of my pants, haha!

Ok, that was short and sweet, but wanted to update what is happening in the fish world!

At the Water Park

So I have been trying to upload pictures, but it is not working, so pictures will have to come later!!!
We are on vacation at the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg and let me tell you it is fabulous and we are having a great time! Xavier is 100% in love with the water slides and can not wait to get down and get back to the top to do it all over again! We have not been able to get pictures of it, but he gets so excited and laughs at the end of each run when Jeremiah catches him, he then has to be dipped in the water and runs in the water over to the side and back up the steps to do it again. We were not sure if he would like the water slides in the kiddie pool, so we tried it this morning and he loved it. Then he had to move up to the bigger yellow kiddie slide, it goes faster and oh my gosh I had no clue he would take to it like he has. He as even let water get on his face and almost be dunked all the way under!!!
We will be back for sure, maybe we will have to make it a family valentines day celebration from here on out!!!
In other news, Jeremiah is officially a paramedic, he passed the national test last monday after finishing up his paramedic class at the end of January that he has been taking since August. Thank goodness and congratulations Jeremiah!!!
I am going to be starting my new Job with Mary Baldwin this coming Monday as a financial aid counselor. I am so excited and really looking forward to getting back into the college world and working with students again! Go Squirrels!

Life at Indian Branch is going well! We are all excited for the Holidays and Xavier OOOOO's and AAAAAA's whenever we turn on the Christmas Lights (our tree offically has about 300 lights on it and it is only 4 1/2 feet tall, serious life wattage!!!). We celebrated Hanukkah and had fun lighting candles. When we had Latke's Xavier was a big fan of the sour cream and apple sauce, but not so much of the latke's themselves!!!

As for Christmas, Xavier found his parents in the basement (they are behind the deep freezer, so that is serious snooping on his part!) Luckily I was able to get his attention with opening the wood stove...however I have since done some more hiding of gifts!!!

Xavier has learned how to climb out of his crib, so that has been taken down, he also goes down the stairs like all little kids, bump bump bump on his butt, so cut!!

Xavier has enjoyed the fall weather, especially the leaves. He has also been doing a good bit of planting with my parents.

Hope everyone is having a lovely holiday season!!!!

Halloween and Whatnot...

Halloween was a hit this year!!! Xavier was the cutest cowboy I have ever seen!!! We did not do much actual tick-or-treating, but he did have great time knocking on doors and the best of all, he managed to pour an entire cup of juicy-juice on himself and had to be taken home in a blanket!!!

really on the move these days

Xavier is definitely a walker! He prefers to walk with shoes on, I think in his mind it makes him totally cool or something, so shoes are worn whenever he feels the need to do a big walkfest!!! He still likes to get down and crawl some, but walking is very fun these days! I should have taken a picture of his newest shoes, they have skulls and crossbones on them, very cute if I say so myself, Xavier just thinks they are the baddest of bad shoes and will go looking for them and bring them back to you just to have you put them on him. However, no picture of them yet. I am saving them for our trip to Europe at the end of the month, so they can not be worn outside yet...Sometimes he needs to have them put on just to go to sleep, crazy little guy!

Tractors are a big favorite in the Fish family and he has even made a trip to the tractor store to get a new seat for the Fish/MatysekSnyder tractor.

Currently, as I type, Xavier is having a mini fuss fest about not being able to grind more coffee beans! He is a professional coffee bean grinder!

Cheers!

Autum

We have a walker...

And Xavier is walking!!!! And that about sums up what is going on in the fish household. He does not walk all over the place, but he does stand up from sitting down on the floor and then will take a few steps and then sit back down. Crazy!!! I would be great if I had a picture or two, but nope, camera batteries are dead and have been dead for a little while...I will work on that!!

We are preparing for our trip to London at the end of September. Grace sent me a great article about flying with a little one and I am now freaked out because we are on a non-stop flight...please sleep Xavier, please sleep!!!

I am on the hunt for magnetic letters for Xavier and have been unsuccessful. I went all over the place looking for them and have come up empty handed. So sad, hopefully I am not stunting Xaviers learning abilities!!

Xavier also says Mama these days, I LOVE it!!!!

He also says Grapes and Cracker, two favorite foods, both are almost as high as pasta sauce on the Xavier like-o-meter!!!

Oh and one cool thing I just figured out, you can name your accounts whatever you want for when you go to the ATM, so excited I have named my accounts!!! I love it love it love it!!! You would think I would know this because I work at the bank, but a customer told me all about it and well I just had to go online and name my accounts!!! So much fun!!!

Back to chasing after my walking and talking and bubble blowing little man!!!

hi hi hi! Xavier is officially 14 months old and almost walking! He takes a few steps here and there and then it is back to crawling! All he wants to do it walk around holding your hands, so I am enjoying the fact that I don't have to run after him yet, but know it will be soon!

Xavier and I are starting to look forward to our trip to London and the Lake District at the end of September for Lenore's wedding. I am so over thinking the trip and trying to decide if I want to take a stroller or just get one of those leash type things for Xavier, I have a feeling he is going to be like a wild little 15 month old while we are cruising through the airport! This will be the 1st plane trip with my little man and well I am of course not just taking a small trip, nope, London...bring it on!!!

Xavier is finally starting to sleep better and only wakes up once a night most nights!!! Yea!!!! Know we just need to get him back into his bed, darn broken foot!!! Speaking of the broken foot, I am having this terrible dream that I am going to be limping a little for the rest of my life, I don't even know I am limping and then Jeremiah will say, hey autum you are limping. I really don't want to limp. I know whao is me right, but still it stinks, and I am back to wearing running shoes at work trying to help my foot along. breaking bones is for the dogs!

Ok, little man is waking up, back to full time mommy'ing!

Happy birthday to my dad tomorrow, big 65, Mr. Snyder is officially getting a little older!!!