Hometown visit

We went to Batesville last weekend for this first time since Christmas. We had a blast. Harrison played outside all weekend because it was so beautiful! We got to meet sweet baby Sims, visit with friends & family and take some of our Sunday school class to lunch in Oxford. We had a busy, but very fun weekend! Here are a few photos from the weekend.

He loves this car!

You can ride or push!

Lounging in his new car

riding again

trying out great grandaddy Bill's lawn mower

family picture

Maybe we won't wait 4 months until our next visit...

15 months old!

We went for Harrison's 15 month check up today.

weight: 21 lbs 6 oz (5th-10th%)

Hopefully this was a bad reading, he wouldn't be still long enough so we had to try to weigh him several times. This is a drop from 23 lbs 8 oz at his 12 month check up which was 2 1/2 months ago. We go back in 6 weeks to check his weight again.

length: 32 3/4 inches (75th-90th%)

This is an increase of 2 3/4 inches in 2 1/2 months.

head circumference: 19 inches (75th%)

Harrison does not have a middle speed. He is either wide open running around & getting into everything in sight or he is sleeping (which he does for anywhere from 10-12 hours at night & naps 2 hours per day at daycare & 3-4 hours per day when we are home).

He eats anything & everything. He is working with spoons & forks but still thinks if a plate is in front of him he should pick it up & bang it on the table. He loves all fruits & vegetables. He is still not very fond of meat. He drinks 4-5 cups of whole milk per day. We cut out juice due to bad diaper rashes. He prefers to have his meals on the go, meaning leave food out for him to pick up as he runs by the plate. He does not like to be confined for very long.

He is saying mama, dada, uh oh, bye bye, thank you, cup, one, & his version of many other words. We are working on consistently pointing to body parts & making animal sounds. He can definitely tell you what Finn says (so instead of barking like a normal dog, he howls).

 He loves to give sugar & blow kisses.

He is wearing a size 4 diaper, 12 month pants (his waist is tiny!), 18 month shirts & one-pieces, size 5 shoes.

We have gotten rid of the pacifier except for bed time (unless he is unusually fussy).

He has 3 top teeth & 2 bottom teeth, but he is currently cutting 1 tooth on top & 1 on bottom. He absolutely loves to brush his teeth. He giggles non-stop!

He still loves bath time, hates to get out of the tub to dry off (this is usually when we brush his teeth to ease the transition).

He loves to read books, often we find him in his room "reading" books to himself.

He still likes peek-a-boo & will now cover his face with his hands until we play with him.

He loves music & dancing. He has his own cds that we listen to in the car & he goes to bed with a lullaby cd at night.
He copies almost everything he sees us do. He is definitely an imitator of actions!

  

Outside

Harrison absolutely loves to be outside! Even if it is pouring down rain, he screams & throws a fit if we can't go outside to play. He got a bubble blowing lawn mower from his grandparents for Easter. He can't push it fast enough through the grass to blow the bubbles but that doesn't stop him!

putting it together

trying to tackle the hill in the backyard

battling with Finn

how does it look?



Cookies...

Harrison definitely inherited a sweet tooth from his Mama & Daddy. He loves anything sweet. I gave him half of an oreo last night after supper. He was really upset that I didn't give him more.

Park Action

Since the weather has been pretty, I have been trying to take Harrison to the park to run some of his energy out! Here are a few pictures from our adventure today.

He loves to "drive" the fire truck.

He wasn't too sure about this.

He always wants to get in the swing, but never likes it!

He always loves to slide.

We even tried the monkey bars today!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Sitting

I ordered Harrison a new chair at the beginning of February. We finally got the chair in the mail today! He loves it! The only problem is he keeps standing up in it...

sitting in it

climbing in it

dancing in it

having a night cap in it

In other news, I decided to try out a new crockpot recipe today. I got everything set up & started this morning. We came home to a dish beyond charred. OOPS! Hopefully, our crockpot will recover!

Grown

For all the mothers of little boys out there, is there a switch that gets flipped at a certain time to change your baby automatically into a little boy? There was an overnight change in our household that led Harrison to constantly want to do it himself, go outside, get dirty, and try anything that seems dangerous.

loves to throw the ball

loves his boots

and his 4-wheeler

He does still have a few "baby" attachments though - his blanket & a pacifier!