Spring Come Quickly

I've been ready for Spring for many weeks now but just to remind me again that we live in New England, it snowed about 4 inches yesterday. That was just a little disappointing. But it was a good week up until that point. We had a very nice Easter with our church family and spent the afternoon with friends playing our new favorite game The Settlers of Catan.
My new job on Thursdays is going well. I enjoy getting out and using that part of my brain again and I love that Rob gets to spend a day alone with Sierra. It's cute to see how she watches her daddy when he's sitting near her or walking through the room. For the last several weeks she's been content sitting on the floor playing with her toys but now I'm noticing her preference for me to hold her or play with her. If I set her down on the floor now she'll protest and reach for me. She used to sit in her seat in the kitchen and play while we cook or clean up but now she just cries. We're constantly learning how to handle the new stages and hopefully this will pass quickly. Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Sushi anyone?

Rob and I have finally tried our hand in making sushi at home the other day and I wanted to show all of you. It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to try some new ingredients next time. Due to the slim pickings at the fish counter in the grocery store we went with shrimp for our first attempt, so these pictures are the official 'Fringer Shrimp Tempura Rolls' including cucumber, carrot and avocado. And just so I'm not taking credit when it isn't due, Rob actually did all the work for the sushi and I was in charge of making the egg drop soup. It was so good!


In Sierra news we just got back from her well baby dr visit and I forget his exact words desrcibing her but fantastic would do :) She is now 18 1/2 pounds and 27 inches. God has truly blessed us with a strong and healthy baby who is so easy going and happy.

February update

I've hardly taken any photos at all this month and for that I apologize to everyone waiting patiently. So to make up for the small number of pictures I'll give a good update on what's going on with the Fringers these days. February has been a month of small changes for us. Sierra turned 1/2 a year and started eating some veggies and fruits. Luckily I did get photo and video documentation for her first taste of peas. It was great entertainment for me but she clearly didn't like it so much. But she showed her determination to grow up by eating it like a star at the second try. I was all set up to show Rob the screamfest we had earlier that day but she didn't even make a sour face (trying to prove me a liar).
The small change for me is that starting next week I'll be working one day a week at a new job. I'll be getting back into bookkeeping and helping out someone who Rob knows. I think I'll enjoy this since it is only one day and I'll get to use the skills that I'm familiar with as opposed to these mom skills I'll be learning every day for the rest of my life. That also leads me to Rob's small change of being the stay at home parent for that day each week. It works out great that I will work on Rob's day off so he will have this great opportunity for daddy day with Sierra. He'll be great but just to test his abilities everyone call him on Thursday :)
Oh yeah, the other small change from February is that we are now a minivan family, yikes! For everyone who knows me you may be shocked but just to clarify, no I did not give up my jeep to Rob, he is the one driving the minivan. He's still trying to sell me on the merits of the extra space and conveniences but I have a feeling I'll be fighting it for a long time.
Here are the new pictures you've been waiting for:

The first taste of peas - the screaming started two bites after this shot

Six months is quickly approaching. We've been busy learning a few new things like sitting up as you can see. She can stay up on her own for a little while before toppling over to her side, or I've learned that if she leans forward for too long she'll spit up. I don't blame her since that's only comfortable if you work out ALOT and are very flexible. I'd be complaining a lot too :) We've also started using her highchair for meal times this week which has been a fun experiment in how to stay clean while shoving rice cereal in her mouth. Not too many interesting things going on in the Fringer household these days but we're having fun! I'll see if I can get an interesting post in next week as we celebrate her 1/2 birthday. Thanks for tuning in!

5 Months Old

Here are some new pictures of Sierra over Christmas and her 5 month mark.

Sierra and her Great Grandfather

This one cracks me up!

Snow, snow and more snow

I haven't made a post in a long time and I can't really blame that on the snow since all the extra time I've been spending in the house should have allowed more time to blog. I will say though, we've had a lot of family time at home recently and that has been great. Of course it has been better for me than Rob since he's the one always outside doing all the shoveling. I won't even pretend that I helped him much. I can't exactly say how much snow we've had over the last few weeks but to give you an idea, here is Rob the other day making a path in the backyard.


A few weekends ago my mom, brother, sister in law and nephew came for a visit. They arrived after the first 8 inches of snow dropped so we had a very nice amount to try out our "sledding hill" in the backyard. It isn't much but I'm sure it will provide hours of entertainment as Sierra grows up. Well, at least until she's 3 or 4. Austin, at 15 months, seemed to enjoy it and while Sierra was able to try sledding for the first time (as you can see in the video), I'm sure she didn't have much of an opinion either way.

Here are some more cute pictures of Sierra at 4 months old. Merry Christmas everyone!

Hello to Grandma & Grandpa Fringer

Sierra wanted to take some time to say hello to her grandma and grandpa Fringer. As you can tell, she may very well grow up to be a movie star!