Monday, September 24, 2007

Harrison is 9 months old!

Saturday Harrison was nine months old! Yikes -- we're almost to one year. He can do SO MUCH right now! He's into everything and curious about everything. Everytime I pick him up he cranes his neck to see all the stuff that's too high for him to reach! Here are some of the things he can do:
* He can pull up and cruise around on the furniture
* He LOVES "real" food and won't each much baby food anymore
* His favorite foods are Fruit Loops, sweet potatos, Cheese-It Stix, corn, applesauce
* He can drink from a sippy cup & loves his apple juice
* He's picky about the texture of the food he eats & doesn't like anything slimey (like his mom!)
* He's got 5 (almost 6) teeth!
* He loves for us to hold his hands and let him walk
* His new favorite thing to do is pull the carbon monoxide detector out of the wall and listen to the ear-blowing screach! (Don't worry, I'm keeping stuff in front of it!)
* He's also found the toilet -- and the water in it! If someone forgets to put the lid down or close the door, he'll be in there in a flash, splashing in the water! :) This is especially gross, since Madeleine often forgets to flush -- GROSS! Harrison has had MANY, MANY hand baths lately!
* He loves to laugh and will laugh so easily at just about anything
* He adores Madeleine. He's so fussy the times she's at preschool and so happy when she's home
* His favorite "game" is to bounce up and down on my knees
* He can now climb stairs!
* He still has his dimples -- hurray!
* And, finally.......yesterday he said "ma-ma!" Yes, the real deal. After dinner I went to get him from his chair and he looked up at me and held up his hands and said "ma-ma." It was perfect! It just melted my heart! Matt said -- he just said "mama" to you! I've been training him for months to say it and finally it happened! Oh, how I love that word. It's the most precious.

His new favorite pasttime!


Mommy and Harrison

Checking things out and smiling for the camera :)



3 comments:

Dahls said...

Oh my gosh. It's like he's a year old already. He is so advanced and smart. The picture of you and him was adorable.

Anonymous said...

Great pics. He is so big and doing so much. You have got to be so proud.

Jennifer Crow said...

Rachel- He's getting so big!! I love looking at your pictures...you're kids are adorable!! I know you're so proud!!