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Dear Daddy.......

9 Months.

Harrison turned 9 months yesterday, Happy 9 Month Harrison!

So, we are only months away form the BIG DAY! Harrison's 1st birthday, wow! I think he will be walking by then, can you believe it?

Some new things Harrison has accomplished recently...

Hi-Five

Taking his first step

Eating ALL table foods and no more mush

His favorite foods so far, Costco chicken and spinach ravioli, and mummy's home made chicken and apple sausages! I m kind of partial to both too! Oh and Fish sticks, which we call fish fingers in England, and chicken fingers are chicken sticks there LOL He loves peas too.

Yeasty Diaper rash from pooping at night too many times, especially in the middle of the night! (TMI)

Playing catch and throwing the ball

Mastering Crawling FAST

Cruising fast too, and getting faster!

Pulling Guinness' ears ;o)

Walking along while pushing his push along toy

Throwing a tantrum when he isn't allowed to play with what he wants to play with, be it mummy's iPhone, the remote etc etc etc

We had Harrison's 9 month check up today....he did great!

Weight- 19lb 15oz (40%)

Height- 29 3/4 inches (75%)

Head- 45.2cm (50%)

He had 1 shot, and his iron levels tested, and everything was good, although his iron is on the lower side so we need to make sure he is eating his spinach and chicken ravioli!

First Steps!

Harrison took his first steps yesterday! It was so cool to see, and Daddy got to see when he got home too as he did it again! Yay!

I didn't manage to catch it on video, i attempted to but it just distracted him.

We will be attempting to get some evidence this weekend.

Hi Five!

Here's a clip of Harrison doing Hi-Five!

And waving bye bye at the end.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Sorry you have to work today :o(

I love you!

Harrison

xx

Shoes?

Robeez

I am wondering if its time to get some shoes for the little man?

He is cruising like crazy now, and when we go out we don't think to put shoes on his little feet. I forget he may want to stand or cruise around on things!

It may be time to go buy some cute Little baby boy shoes!

PediPeds

So now the decision is which shoes? I have no idea what shoes are best for a baby learning to walk.....All I do know is the soles must be flexible as they use their little toes to grip the floor.The shoes at the top are Robeez, these are very soft leather and the whole shoe is flexible. then threre is Pedipeds...see above, these are still flexible but have a more shoe than slipper look, like big boy shoes. Then there is Stride Rite (below) which seem to be the shoes for rough and tumble. Stride Rite have shoes for different stages, Pre-Walker, Walker etc. I don't even know if these are the only 3 good brands?

I Have no idea which of these is best, so if you have an opinion please share!

Stride Rite

Firsts.

Harrison has now tried lots of food firsts! He has tried and loves.....

Fish Sticks/Fingers
Chicken Nuggets (Organic ones of course :o) )
Spinach Ravioli
Daddy's Spaghetti Sauce
Whole Grain Waffles
Salmon
All sorts of fruit like; Clementines, Raspberries, Blueberries

Here is Harrison enjoying some firsts

Spaghetti sauce & Ravioli

Salmon and rice

I got Harrison this toy from "Once Upon a Child"

It was only $15. and is $45-$50 new!

He loves it!

Daddy and I took Harrison and Guinness for a walk to the park,
this is the first time Daddy got to swing with Harrison.

Running in circles.

That's me!

Harrison is crawling so fast i can barely keep up and just when you think the house is baby proofed it isn't....hes into everything, and doesn't understand the word no just yet!
This week he has discovered the wonder of Guinness's Crate, and the window blinds, oh and the kitchen cupboards, and Guinness's water bowl, and plugs, wires, sockets, the laptop, the bin, the screen door on the patio door, Glade plug-ins, the DVD player.......the list goes on!

Harrison Waves.

Harrison began waving while we were in California, but it was very hit and miss as to whether he wanted to do it or not. He is starting to do it more often now, here he is on his new car, which converts to a walker, waving hello!

Harrison Crawling.

Harrison has been crawling a little while now.....but I have failed to show any evidence of this! He started doing the "Army Crawl" at the end of January and it has been a slow progression from there.

Here's the video!

And for those of you who need to view this on an iPhone....but you may not get sound.

PS. Did any body notice that in the "Stand" Video I put 2008?

Where did last year go?

Standing.....without holding on!

Harrison has started to test out if he can stand unassisted. He started doing this yesterday, he will be standing holding onto the couch, then let go and have a look of amazement on his face like"look what i can do!" He only lasts a few seconds, if that but its a start.

The result of this is lots of bumps and bruises! He is such a daredevil, he has no fear! He falls a lot because he will try and walk or reach to things out of his cruising capability, and then fall. He has had 3 little bumps or bruises on his head so far........i see lots of Dr's and Urgent care visits in our future with this boy! I cant wrap the whole house in bubble wrap, or follow him around waiting to catch him all day!

On another note, I went to the store today and it is starting to become more of a challenge. At the checkout he is reaching for all the goodies lined up right at his level, all this while i try and unload the cart/trolley. How you Mums go shopping with a gaggle of kids I have no idea!

On yet another note, it is starting to become easier to let Harrison feed himself finger food than try to fight with the spoon! He cant manage to get any food off a spoon into his mouth just yet, and he would rather try and do it himself, especially at breakfast time!

here it is again...

in case you didn't get the sound Via YouTube.

Harrisons first big boy Hair Cut.

Today we took Harrison for his first big boy hair cut! Here is how he did...

Stand.....in the place where you live.

8 Months Today!

Happy 8 months today Harrison!

Harrison is 8 months old today! Its going so fast, since he turned 6 months he seems to learn something new every week.

Some of the things Harrison has learned to do recently...

Sit up on his own

Crawl

Pull up to stand on anything he can

Fall down allot too ;o)

Cruise just a little, he will move a few wobbly steps

Fall over!

Wave (just not very often, he is still learning)

Say Mama, he does this in his crib in the morning till I come get him.

Feed himself lots of finger food

Stay awake and play or stand in his crib when it supposed to be nap time!

Look what Harrison can do!

Harrison has been trying like mad to pull up to stand, and managing it with a little help, or if he uses Mummy or Daddy as a climbing frame.

This is the first time he stood in his crib, and the first time he did it all by himself.....now is this when the trouble starts?

What I got up to on my Vacation.....part one.

...But before I tell you all about it, here is me before my vacation with bed head.

I got to go on an Aeroplane again, this time just with Mummy. She told me I was really good, and so did lots of other people on the plane. She brought lots of toys, but I didn't want to play with those, I liked the tray table thingy, and the sick bag, those were cool!

Once I got to California

I got to hang out with Mummy.

and Auntie Jules too. She took me on some walks and...

we saw some funny toadstools.

Auntie Jules played with me in the tub as Daddy wasn't around.

And we all hung out some more.

I hung out with Nana lots!

She is lots of fun! She gave me lots of kisses.

Because she thinks I am so cute you could eat me up!

She baby sat for me loads and loads so Mummy and Daddy

could do grown up things, that was really nice.

I finally got to meet my Great-Grandad! He is 82 years old and I love him very much!

He was loads of fun too!

I also hung out with Grandad, he had something funny on his head which I liked to try and eat.

and Evan too, he had funny fur on his face.

I played outside lots as it was nice and warm!

And I worked on my Buddha Belly. I did a real good job see!

I played with bubbles, they were funny!

And I got to see lots of my family.

And when my Daddy arrived we got to hang out for a whole week!

We planned a fun trip to a great place called San Diego!

Mummy, Daddy, Grandad, Great Grandad, Auntie Jules and Evan went to a nice lake called Lake Perris to go out on Grandads Speed Boat!

I went on it when I was 3 months old, but I don't remember that.

Anyway, I Grandads truck broke down for the first time in 6 years just as they were about to pull in to the lake, so they had to get towed and come home :0(

They were sad.
Lots more things happened on my vacation but Mummy doesn't want to type anymore, so she will try and do some more another day! Byeee

Love Harrison

xx

Harrisons first Grass

Harrison experienced a fair few firsts on his vacation in California...sitting on Grass was one of them.

More on our vacation to come...

He gets it!

I know, I know....I haven't posted anything about Harrison's vacation! I will soon I promise......

In the mean time, Harrison followed a command today! He was in his high chair having some finger food while I was preparing his lunch (which was roasted carrots, butternut squash and acorn squash, yummy!) and he decided it would be fun to keep dropping his food on the floor for Guinness. As you can imagine Guinness loves this game too :-)
Anyway, Harrison had a hand full of bananas, cheese and Cheerios and was hanging it over the side ready to let go and give them to Guinness. So I said "Harrison, please don't give those to Guinness, you eat them." And guess what....he brought his hand back and ate some! I was very impressed, and so was Harrison when I gave him a big round of applause!