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Memorial Day Weekend

Harrison had a VERY eventful 1st Memorial Day weekend!  It started off Friday with a little shopping and lunch with Mama C, Auntie Em, and Aunt Val.  Then after a nice long nap and some playing we went to dinner with Auntie Em and Aunt Val.  He definitely enjoyed his "Aunt time!"

Saturday afternoon we headed to West to celebrate Miss Kadence's 1st birthday!  Harrison had a blast!  He rode around with Kadence in her wagon, crawled around, watched Kadence "smash" her cake and open presents, played with balloons, and enjoyed his first cupcake!

Saturday night Mama C and Auntie Em came over for dinner.  We enjoyed burgers and brownie sundaes! 

Sunday morning we did a little relaxing in order to get ready for an afternoon of swimming.  Our good friends, the McKowns, invited us to go swimming.  We took Harrison over there last Labor day, and he was not a fan of swimming.  BUT... he was only a little over a month old.  This time was a different story.  He LOVED it!!  He just hung out in the floatie and had a blast! 

He was definitely a tired baby after swimming all afternoon!  We got in the car to come home, and he was alseep within a matter of minutes.  He didn't even wake up when we got him out of the carseat and put him in bed.  AND... he slept 45 minutes later than normal this morning! 

Today, we met PawPaw, Nana, and Aunt KK at the Cameron Park Zoo.  We took Harrison to this zoo back in October for a birthday party.  It was pretty chilly that day, so we didn't see many animals.  Plus, he was really little.  Today, I think he thoroughly enjoyed it.  I think the aquariums were his favorite. 

checking out the Komodo Dragon

sliding down the otter slide with Aunt KK

watching the otters

After we got home and rested for a little while, we decided to set up the splash pad we had gotten Harrison. After about 10 minutes, it was all set up and ready to go. Harrison was a little hesitant at first, but he ended up loving it! He was crawling around, pulling up, and splashing!



We had a lot of fun and enjoyed the long weekend, but we still remember Memorial Day isn't just about an extra day off, swimming, and zoo trips. 

Thanks to all of those who have served or are serving our country!

Diaper Box!

I always order Harrison's diapers and wipes in bulk from Amazon.com.  I would recommend this to ALL parents!  You can save sooo much if you have and Amazon Mom account (free) and use Subscribe & Save.  Anyway, this box of diapers came today.  I brought it into the living room and Harrison immediately decided to check it out.  I put him on top of it, and he bounced up and down.  Then he walked all the way around it several times, screaming and banging on it.  He even got his iphone and set it on top of the box. 



"Excuse me, Mom.  I have to take this phone call." 

10 Months Old!!

I can't believe in just 2 short months our sweet, little dude is going to be ONE! 

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10 months
The only way I could get him to sit even remotely still was to give him my phone. 

Harrison wanted NOTHING to do with sitting next to his elephant, smiling, and taking pics this afternoon.  He is on-the-go ALL the time!  He wanted to stand in the crib and peek over the rail, he wanted to throw his elephant out of the crib, and he wanted to crawl all over the crib.  Crazy guy!  (Picture outtakes at the end of the post.)

I predicted he would be walking by 10 months, but he's not... yet.  He is a very speedy crawler though!  Especially if he is going for something he shouldn't be- Dusty's food or our wine rack.  We've been working on standing alone and walking, but I don't think he is quite ready.  He will stand on his own for a few seconds, but it has to be his idea.  Stubborn, little thing!  Sometimes he will try to take a step, but he ends up just lunging forward.  He is getting better about holding our hands and walking around.  Occassionaly, I can even get him to hold just one of my hands and walk a little way.  He loves walking with his walking toys, pushing chairs, and rolling his highchair through the kitchen.  He just doesn't quite have the balance to let go and do it on his own yet. 

Harrison is learning new ways to play with his toys.  He puts smaller toys in buckets and cups and shakes them.  He has a couple Easter eggs in his toy box, and he knows how to pull them apart.  He pushes his cars and trucks around.  He tries to stack toys, but doesn't quite have the hang of it.  He takes books off his shelf and brings them to us to read.  (I'm so glad he loves books and reading.) 

We are slowly introducing more and more table foods.  Baby food is just not a favorite right now.  He still eats it, but some days it takes a lot of coaxing.  I'm still waiting on a few more teeth to come in before I fully switch to table food. 

He's understanding more and more of what we say.  When we tell him to get his cup/milk, he gets it.  If we tell him to throw the ball, he will.  He understands, "give kisses" and "come here."  He knows what "no" means, but doesn't always listen :-)  Every afternoon when I hear the garage open, I tell him, "Daddy's home!"  He crawls as fast as he can over to the baby gate and waits for Tim to come in.  He still hasn't said any real words, but he babbles and makes noises constantly! 

10 month stats

20-22lbs

29-30in

2 bottom teeth all the way through

2 top teeth poking through