Since Harrison is 12 months old today--here are 12 of the fun things he's been up to lately:
1. Almost walking--he's stood a few times alone but besides that he pulls himself up on everything and everyone. He crawls FAST backwards and forward. He goes over and around and under. If he wants it, he gets it.
2. Laughing it up--it's getting easier and easier to make him laugh and I LOVE it. Tickle him, make a funny face or a weird noise and he finds it hilarious.
3. Too cool for naps--as of yesterday morning naps are SO not necessary anymore. Sad day. Let's hope this doesn't last.
4. Growing-He's finally catching up a bit height wise. Today he weighed in at 22.4 pounds and 29.5 inches. Looking more and more like a boy and not a baby.
5. Bringing me books he wants me to read him. I LOVE THAT.
6. Bringing me toys that he wants me to make play (ones that are a little tougher for him to push the button himself).
7. Clapping when I say YAY or when he gets excited.
8 High fiving.
9. Drinking whole milk....well a little bit of it. I thought he would love the switch from formula but he hated it (who hates whole milk?? He's crazy--have you tasted formula???). After attempting to give him one sippy cup of milk he would cry when ever the sippy was near him. Silly. Now we're on 3/4 formula and 1/4 milk. We'll have to trick him into it!!!
10. Eating everything. With his new top tooth! Yep, he's got two on bottom and one on top now which means it's way easier to break up stuff.
11. Shimmying his little booty out the CAT DOOR. Good thing we have a safety net on the pool. Cory promised me there was NO way Harrison could fit through but he proved him wrong today in about five seconds flat.
12. Talking --mostly baby talk but I've noticed a lot of mama dada and what not although not particularly connected to us. However one word he does know for sure is KITTY!!! He totally knows when kitty is around and connects the word with her when he says it. It's good to know where the love is :)
To celebrate Harrison's big day we had my mom and larry and aaron and stephanie over for dinner and cake. He also got some awesome presents--the adorable church outfit I've been coveting from target and his "first laptop" from stephanie and aaron and some money for a tax-free 529 college account from Grandma and Grandpa. YAY for generous family members!!! (he got some books and a stuffed owl from mommy and daddy too, don't worry)
He wasn't super into the cake because he was pretty filled up on dinner (oops, what was I thinking feeding him first??) but I did get a couple of cute shots.
The turtle cake I improvised with what we had lying around. Yeah. That's a tea light. Stop judging.
Can I touch this?? (it's a cupcake, or the turtle's paw--is it paw??or talon??)
Fun to eat MORE fun to smash!!!
YUM YUM--when he wasn't that into the cake we gave him some ice cream too-he liked that better and shoved the whole of it in his mouth.
8 comments:
YAY! Happy Birthday Harrison!!! Such a big boy. I LOVE that he brings you books, that is the best. Michael is just starting to do that too. Awesome for the high five too, Michael looks at you like you are crazy when you do that. Super cute cake, I think it's awesome. That's funny about the kitty door, boys are soo mischevious sometimes, watch out!!!
Happy Happy Birthday Harrison! We love the turtle cake WELL DONE! He's getting so grown up!
How did you get your turtle cake to actually look like a turtle SHELL!! That's amazing Amber, I'm so impressed!! And how perfect that he got to have his own little "talon?" lol! What a good mommy!!
--oh, and the tea candle KILLS just a regular candle!! LOVE IT!
SO fun! Happy Birthday Harrison!! I can't believe he's one! Love the turtle cake and the tea light! Awesome. You are such a great mommy Amber!! Give that little guy a hug from me!
sooo....there's a lot of clapping around your house isn't there? ;)
Your turtle cake is AWESOME Amber!! Seriously. How did you make the frosting actually look like a shell? So cool! Also, Harrison is too cute for words. I ran across a picture of him and Rebekah flirting from this summer and it made me miss you guys. I loved the 12 things about him because I can just picture you making him laugh ALL THE TIME. So cute. miss you SO much!
Happy birthday!! I was so sad not to see you when we were in town, time flew!Next time! i want to see your little one year old!
And he really really wants you to take pictures of him :) And of course see you too!!!!!!! Next time you better call me!!!
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