Eight Month Post

From Week 34: A Trip to the Zoo

Harrison is eight months old!

From Week 33

Favorite Things: Water, Feeding himself, Lilly’s toys, Lilly’s water bowl, Lilly’s food bowl, Shoes (as long as he doesn’t have to wear them), biting things, being outside, other children and babies, flirting with strangers, cell phones, remote controls, calculator that we gave him to try to keep him away from cell phones and remote controls, daddy coming home from work

New Foods tried: Shredded chicken, egg, rice, pasta, cottage cheese, yogurt, cheese, mangoes, corn

Harrison is trying a lot more adult foods these days and is feeding himself most of the time. It is messy but fun!

From Week 32

Least Favorite Things: Having his diaper changed, having his clothes changed, ear infections, teething, bedtime

From Week 32: GUMC Easter Egg Hunt

Tricks: He loves to scream and does a funny growl like yell (we call it the Incredible Hulk), he is a lot more vocal these days – “dadada” is being used constantly, “illy” is another favorite, he also says “hi”, “bye”, “go” and “ba ba” (do you think that is close to “mama”?), he is a great little walker as long as you hold his hands, he can click his tongue on the roof of his mouth, he has perfected a crawl like move – he drags his tummy along the ground but he travels all over the house like this and is surprisingly fast, he is also getting much better at pulling himself up, he can open and close cabinet doors

From Week 31

Sleeping schedule: Sleep was totally messed up by the combination of teething and the ear infection. He is just getting back to a normal schedule again.

From Week 34: Baptism Gown

Big Events: Easter and two Easter egg hunts (he slept through one), baptism, first professional photo shoot, first trip to the zoo, lots of teething – he now has four teeth, first ear infection

Catching Up

Sorry I haven't been posting. We have been super busy around here but I am hoping to gather my thoughts and get caught up over the weekend. Here is a quick summary of some of what we have been doing this last week:

* Recovered from Harrison's first ear infection
* Harrison cuts his top two front teeth
* Grandmother Heacock (Nanoo) comes to visit for a week
* Harrison's first professional photo shoot
* Harrison is baptized at Germantown United Methodist Church
* Nanoo and I took Harrison to the Memphis Zoo (his first of many zoo trips)
* Cheered for dad at his first kickball game of the season (they lost but we all had a good time)
* Enjoyed a visit from my cousins John and Dora Hinkle as they passed through Memphis

I hope to post in more detail about these events over the next few days. Stay tuned!

Easter Egg Hunt

Harrison attended his second Easter Egg Hunt this weekend. His first Easter Egg Hunt was a little disappointing since he slept through most of the event. Being that he is only seven months old, we have very low expectations for these events but it would be nice if he would stay awake for some of the activities.

From Week 32: GUMC Easter Egg Hunt

This Easter Egg Hunt was put on by our church. For all the Memphis readers with young children - I highly recommend the Germantown Methodist Church Easter Egg Hunt. It was very well organized and had plenty of activities to keep most young children occupied.

From Week 32: GUMC Easter Egg Hunt

Harrison liked "finding" Easter eggs. There was a special spot for children under two but it was WAY too crowded. We decided to pick a small corner in the three year olds area to allow Harrison to hunt for eggs and take a couple of pictures. Kids will be kids of course and it wasn't long until the little three year olds were taking Harrison's eggs from him. Pretty funny...

From Week 32: GUMC Easter Egg Hunt

He enjoyed the petting zoo. There was a cute little pig that made him laugh. He also seemed to like the duck (or at least the duck's cage). The other animals were interesting (sheep, miniture donkey, goats, bunny, chicken) but I think all the other kids were more interesting (distracting) than the animals.

From Week 32: GUMC Easter Egg Hunt

There were lots of other activities (Thomas Train, Bunny Hop, and some craft areas). We stuck to the simple stuff like the bubble machine and the pinwheels.

From Week 32: GUMC Easter Egg Hunt

We also paused for a quick photo with the Easter Bunny. Harrison was very interested in the Easter Bunny's fur and big pink nose. I thought their high five at the end was so adorable!

From Week 32: GUMC Easter Egg Hunt

By the time we got back to the car, Harrison was exhausted and was practically sleeping on my shoulder. I don't think we even made it out of the parking lot before he was fast asleep.

From Week 32: GUMC Easter Egg Hunt

What a great day! We look forward to many more GUMC Easter Egg Hunts :)

Happy Easter

Wordless Wednesday: First Ear Infection + Teething = Lots of Rest Needed

From Week 32

From Week 32

From Week 32