We had Christmas pictures taken yesterday, December 11, of our family and the boys. We got some good shots, but boy was it hard work! Andrew was, as usual, incredibly wild and would not sit still or cooperate. Now, in all of these pictures he looks like a perfect angel and appears to be cooperative. DON'T LET THIS FOOL YOU!!!!!! He was doing somersaults, jumping up and down, throwing balls, hugging and sitting on Matthew, you name it... he did it. I was sweating so bad trying to keep up with him. Now, as most of you know... Matthew is always smiling, however, in most of these pictures he looks completely stunned and confused. That is because Andrew was performing his gymnastics routine and Matthew was completely shocked as to what was going on with his brother. Oh, the joys of having little kids!!!!!! Anyways, they are cute and I am happy that my boys look like pleasant, well behaved children.

Andrew and Matthew
The Fischer Family

Andrew and Matthew

(Andrew looks like he is sitting so nicely, doesn't it?

Well, he had just finished a somersault and was ready to

jump up again-- I laugh everytime I see this because

it reminds me of what a wild man he was but yet he looks like an angel!!!)

The ONLY picture we got of Andrew by himself.....

Sweet Matthew.....

Well, that's it.... I have decided not to even try to bring Andrew to Matthew's 9 month pictures. It is too much work! Hopefully by 3 Andrew will have calmed down enough to get some stress-free pictures :) Merry Christmas! Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

Matthew

Sooo... Matthew will be 6 months old tomorrow :) What big changes these past 6 months have brought us! Matthew is still a wonderful, happy baby. He now sits up, rolls both ways, and his latest... he is starting to army crawl! He pushes off his legs and pulls with his arms to get what he wants. His favorite toy ...... paper!!!! Rick had the newspaper in a pile yesterday, and Matthew had it all over the living room by the time he was finished with it. Matthew is also turning into a wild man in his sleep! I went in to check on him today during nap and his feet were hanging out of the crib and he was laying horizontal in the crib :) Matthew has 2 bottom teeth and he is working on the ones up top! Matthew seems to be a lot more active than Andrew was at this age, so that scares me for the future. Andrew is a wild man now, so I can only imagine how Matthew will be! Here are some pictures from Sears today. We are going to get more pictures done tomorrow for Christmas. I will post more tomorrow. I didn't buy all of these poses, but thought they were cute enough to share!

Matthew's body builder pose........
Handsome.....

Adorable.......

Precious.......

Priceless!!!!!!!!!!!

Getting Ready for Christmas!!!!

This is Matthew's first Christmas... he was excited to decorate the tree!!
B'Jolly!!!!! Here are my beautiful boys-- their first Christmas together as brothers!!!

If this picture doesn't make you smile, something is wrong with you!!!