First Comes Marriage...Then Comes Love?!

This weekend, Fischer attended his first wedding. Our friends Brenda and Troy tied the knot on Saturday. Before we left the house, we tried to get our first family photo (daycare actually requested it for their "family tree").

Wherever we posed, the sun seemed to be in Fischer's face, so he started getting kind of annoyed. So when we gave up and neighbor Chris picked him up, then he was all smiles for Mama behind the camera!

Then we were off to the wedding. It was a beautiful outdoor ceremony--what a gorgeous day they had! Fischer slept through the ceremony, and decided he was hungry right at the end when they were reading a poem and releasing doves. After eating, he was up for socializing with anyone who wanted to see his little smiles. We heard lots of "he looks just like Joe" and even a couple people said he looks like Joe in the eyes and like me in the nose and mouth. I guess we'll have to keep comparing. I'm trying to find the time to put some baby pics of me and Joe on here for you to see!

Between the ceremony and reception, the 3 of us went to visit Joe's friend Mikey and his family in Kellnersville. They have a 9-yr-old Tristan, a 7-yr-old Lexie, a 2 1/2-yr-old Casey, and a little 3-week-old boy, Zander. What a difference 7 weeks makes! It was a nice visit with them, and then we were on our way to Eddie Whipp's for Brenda and Troy's reception. Joe was really looking forward to the food :)

When we got there, it was a little tricky maneuvering the stroller through everyone, but once we were settled, we had a very nice meal. Fischer slept through lots of hoots and hollers and applause as the glass-klinking began, and the bride and groom were kissing. They put a quick stop to that, though, and asked instead that people who wanted the bride and groom to kiss should swallow one of the goldfish from the bowls in the middle of the tables! Although it was really meant as a joke (the groom later said), they had a lot of people swallowing fish! The crowd was really revved up and Fischer slept through it all. At least I got a chance to eat before it was his turn :) Joe, however, continued to eat, and paid for it later with a tummy ache and painful hiccups! We didn't stay too long into the reception, as we all wanted to get home and relax.

On Sunday, Fischer went with Joe to the church picnic for St. Peter & Paul church. He got to see his cousins April and Charlie, and April's twin girls who are three years old. Joe said it was a good time, and the Booyah was yummy, too.

Fischer seems to think he's too cool for naps anymore! He'll have a little snooze here or there for about 45 minutes to an hour, but for the most part, he does all of his sleeping at night. That's how he's been the last couple of weekends. Even at daycare, it's rare for him to sleep longer than an hour a few times throughout the day. I wouldn't say he's "sleeping through the night" yet, but it is nice that he seems to know that night time is for sleeping and daytime is for socializing and playing.

While he was playing today at daycare, his teachers had him sharing the most popular toy in the room with his little friend Hailey. They shared so nicely! Now it seems those older boys in his room have some competition...Fischer, you're too young for girlfriends! It's okay to have girl friends, though. Hailey is 2 months older than Fischer. They had a ball with the play gym.