Mmmmmmm Spaghetti!

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New Achievements.

Sharing.
Harrison now likes to share. He offers you his food, drink toys, anything he has! He thinks its hilarious when he feeds you his crackers, toast or whatever. I thinks its because whatever he is offering you is half eaten and soggy ;o)

Words.
Harrison has started saying more words. He now says, or attempts to say; Ball, Balloon, Book (These three words sound uncannily alike!) Mama, Dada, Guinness, woof-woof and Dog -Although after our visit to the zoo I think all animal are dog right now!

Walking.
Harrison is walking like a champ! He doesn't like to move any other way anymore. If he falls he gets back on his feet as soon as he can so he can get back on the move!

Teething.
We are getting there, the front top two are almost whole way through and the two either side are right right there!!! He is sleeping better so they must be bothering him less.

Growing.
I swear my child grows overnight sometimes! He is fast outgrowing his 12 month clothes, and will be onto whatever comes next soon. I guess there's an 18month size right?

Objects.
If you say "where is the/your..." he can point to his head, my nose, mouth, a balloon, ball, dog, monkey, Elmo (of course!), Guinness, Dada, and a few other things which I forget....

Big Boy Shoes.

Harrison has his first pair of Big Boy shoes! Well 2 pair in fact. A cute pair of trainers (tennis shoes, sneakers whatever) and a pair of sandals. He is size 5 already my big footed boy. We got Stride Rite Early walkers, they are especially designed for the stage he is at, walking but still perfecting the skill. Everything else I looked at seemed to hard soled for him at the moment. Apparently babies need new shoes every 3 months, so I guess his next pair will be the bigger boy type!

Why are baby shoes so cute?

The soles bend like this.

and this.

Thank you Grammy and Pooh-Bah.

On a side note, I am planning Harrison's first (OMG!) birthday for Saturday June 20th around noon. Make sure to save the date or you'll miss all the fun! There will bee hot dogs and beer, and cake of course. You cant go wrong with that!

Our first Mothers Day.

Harrison and I enjoyed our first Mothers day together (as opposed to one inside the other!) on Sunday. After a yummy Champagne breakfast made by Dada we went to the Zoo. Here are a few photos from the day.

1 year ago.........

and 4 days I looked like this.....

OMG I was so huge and swollen! This may put me off having another baby for good.........especially when I look at how swollen my feet were. My ankles were the size of a tree trunk!



I have been backing up my old photos and stumbled on these, i think I will file them away for a very long time!

This is my feet now their normal size, for comparison.

Bubbles.

2 of 4

Teeth that is.

The top 2 teeth have now broken through the gums, so we are now working on the 2 either side. How long does it take or a baby to get all 20 teeth i wonder?

Too long.

Fun with Friends.

Harrison had water table play date with Jonathon today, they had lot of fun!

Jake also paid Harrison a visit to ply this week.

He's a lucky boy.

Some photos.

Off to Christy and Jon's Party.

Showing his bottom teeth.

Playing with his new helicopter.

Walking.

Where I like to lock up my boys....

(That's a joke before you call social services!)

An early Birthday Gift.

Grammy and Pooh-bah got Harrison an early Birthday Gift this last weekend. A water and sand play table! Harrison loves it, I know we are going to have hours and hours of fun with it! It comes with a little shade umbrella for outside and there is one side for water and one side for and. We are going to keep just water in it for a while as I think the two will create a lot of mess! Maybe one day we will be brave enough to have and too. Here's a little video, although I am sure there will be plenty more where this comes from!

Thanks you Grammy and Pooh-Bah

More Walking...

Harrison is walking more and more everyday, and crawling and cruising less! Its so much fun to watch and so exciting for me and Daddy!

Here is some more video so you can see how well he is doing.

Excuse my slobby-ness and slippers.....i didn't dress up for the camera ;-)

Wanted Urgently.

Bunny!

Before Harrison was born I bought him a luvvie. It was a small (around 10-12 inches) square fuzzy blue blanket with a satin blue trim. On the front it had a little pocket, inside the pocket? A cute fluffy little white bunny. Inside the bunny is a little bell, and on the front it says ittybit and there is a little orange carrot.
This bunny has become a favorite of Harrison. He uses it to comfort and get to sleep, he rubs it on his face, sucks on the feet and shakes the bell.
This is all fine, and rather cute don't yo think? Only I cant find a replacement bunny, and the one I have is already raggedy! I think I bought it from Babies R Us, so if you find one, in blue, pink, orange, whatever, PLEASE can you let me know. I think it may save us few tantrums in the future when raggedy bunny gets lost or falls apart at the seems.
Oh and the blanket was eaten by Guinness many many months go, i guess both my boys need a new luvvie!

Wholly Guacamole!

We Have a Walker! (mostly...)

Harrison can, and does, now walk the length of the kitchen! He walks more than he crawls now, so I figure I can now say he walks right? He will first try to walk to whatever he wants to get to, and then crawl if he falls down, or just walk the long way round holding lightly onto furniture and walls. Its amazing how you can get around whole house that way!
It really wont be long before he is walking everywhere.

Cincinnati Reds, Shorts and FLASH!

We get some funny photos of Harrison now, he knows that the flash is coming and screws up his face, its hilarious!

Most of our photos turn out like this......

I was trying to get some cute photos of him in his new shorts, its been over 80f/28c this last week.

Harrison has a sulky face like Matt because I told him he isn't lowed to play with Guinness' tether!

All ready for the Ball game!

Look how big our baby is.....

I was watching Harrison nap this morning and he looked so big! He's
growing up so fast.
I think he grew over night.

I heart tylenol...and motrin...but not teething.

Harrison's still working on his 4 top teeth. His middle left is almost through and the one next to it is right there too. I think its going to be a long few weeks! Harrison didn't nap yesterday afternoon and he woke up in pain just before 12 last night. He was awake till gone 3am, fun.
Its funny, when he was awake at night as a new born it didn't bother me as much as it does now, i guess because I know he CAN sleep through now. I hate to admit it but I get cross with him when I am tired and he wont sleep, then I feel guilty! I think that comes with being parent!
Anyhow, after dose of Motrin (Ibuprofen) all was well and we got some sleep.
Phew.

Harrison's inventive teething idea.

I didn't catch most of it on camera, but he had his head in the bowl for a few minutes before I got out the camera. So funny.

Sorry about the lack of clothes, he doesn't like to get dressed so sometimes i just give in! And anyhow, I always think diaper bums look cute :o)

A sign at last

I have been trying to get Harrison to do baby sign language for months, i was about to give up. I had stopped making much of an effort, and then today he signed! At last! I guess I will start putting some more effort in again now.

Harrisons First Car

Harrison got a Car for Easter! He loves it, Daddy has been pushing him around in it lots over the weekend. Lets hope he can drive forwards soon, he only manages to go backwards so far. You may feel a little sick towards the end of the video watching the round and round in circles.

Thank you SO much Nana and Grandad.

Teeth!

Harrison is getting his top teeth. He has been busy chewing on his
fingers as much as possible the last few days and this morning was
fussy and unhappy. I got a glimpse of a little white top tooth! We may
be in for an unhappy few days as I hear the top 4 come in all together!

Sent from my iPhone

Happy 10 Months Old Harrison!

Harrison is now 10 months old. The last couple of months have been so much fun, he gets more and more fun every day. He will be walking any day now, at least by 11 month i am sure! And he is starting to copy sounds and make an effort to speak too. What a difference a few months make!

Happy 10 months Harrison!

Harrisons Easter

For Easter I got a Lamb, I named him Larry, he is my new BFF...

I got to hang out with some of my favorite people, Great Grandma Mimi...


Cousin Jeffrey...

And cousin Gracy too.

I spent lots of time hugging Larry he is soooo soft~

I also played with my new Guitar like Daddy's Guitar.

I found lots of Easter Eggs in the Easter Egg hunt and ate Mac & Cheese with Ham and asparagus.

It was a fun first Easter!

Harrison says Guinness

Harrison said Guinness at the weekend! It sounded more like GaNa, but it was Guinness for sure. He has been saying Ga meaning Guinness for a while and says Ga when he sees other dogs too. We caught it camera this time........