11 months!

It's so hard to believe that Harrison is 11 months old! It's UNBELIEVEABLE how time flies! He's doing soon good, and it seems that every day he's doing something new :) My parents have a sunken living room, and for the past few weeks Harrison has kind of been standing up on the step, usually with his little booty sticking out and swaying back and forth, but when I came to their house on Monday to pick him up, he was on the top level, crawling everywhere! I couldn't believe it! We set him back down "in" the living room, and within seconds, he was standing up on it, and lifted his leg on it, and boosted himself up! So, my poor dad is going to have to chase him around the house now, since he's not confined to one room anymore! He's also clapping! We play music here all the time, I have this old RCA record player/radio in my living room and I put on the classical/jazz station at night so I can relax and Harrison can hear some good music and he started clapping to a song! Just to think 11 short months ago he was so little, couldn't roll, couldn't really do anything but sleep and eat and poop!

He's completely off of baby food, he's been off for a few weeks now, and is eating his veggies all the time! I am still a little afraid to try chicken with him because I'm always afraid he's going to choke, so I'll save that for another time....whenever I get the courage. So he's eating veggies, wheat bread, brown rice, and of course his Vanilla Soymilk :) I can tell this boy is going to be a tree hugger just like his daddy.

I have started running recently, not a lot, but just enough to get my stress under control, so Harrison comes with Kenney and I almost everyday and get's to feel the breeze through his hair. I think he likes it, we go trail running so he gets to see the woods, and stuff. A funny thing, Kenney got him this SPF 50 onesie, that helps with the sun and bugs, and the poor kid is soo cute in it, he looks like a HAZ MAT guy, I have to get a picture!

Here's a little more of what he's up to:
Gets up on his knees, grabs the ottoman, and walks on his knees towards it.

Doesn't wave when you say "bye bye", only when you say "See ya later"

Goes "Mmmmm" when he's eating.

Loves to chase, not just my dogs, but any dogs he's close to :)

Still into the water bowls, we are working on that :)

Hates it when you put a shirt and his hand gets stuck in the sleeve, he cries and cries.

We are going to Michigan next weekend for a little vacation and we are hoping to get his little feet in the water if it's warm enough! Hope everyone is well! Here are some pictures of my little cutie!

He officially found the water bowls!

Oh no, look what I witnessed the other day! He was just having such a blast splashing around the water bowls with Gladys. What a crazy kid. He also was looking in Daisy's food bowl....check out her face, priceless :) Harrison's crawling everywhere now, he's getting into everything, thank God we childproofed the other day! He's trying to open the cabinets, and he's chasing after the dogs, and whew, he goes a mile a minute! I think he's going to be a runner just like his daddy :) He also started standing up the other day! My parents have a sunken living room and he just stood up on the step like it was no big deal. Of course his little booty was swaying back and forth, it was hilarious. I just can't believe how big he's gotten! I remember the days when I could hold him and he fit just perfectly on my chest, now he's got these big arms and legs flayling around :)

We went to the zoo last weekend and had a blast, we were just waiting for the right time where he could see the animals and really be interested. He made it to the "Plains" and knocked out. I think his favorite part was seeing his Aunt Kate in the Desert :) She was feeding worms to nasty lizards, but he loves her, so he let that go :) Kenney and I got to pet the sharks, and really spend some quality time together as a family. I cherish those times together because it doesn't really happen that often.

We've also been preparing for my nephew's arrival! He is due on August 8th, in which I was due on August 11th with Harrison, so they boys are going to be really close in age! We had the baby shower last weekend with my sister in law, and we've been getting everything together to hand down to baby Alexander. I can't wait until he comes into this world, he and Harrison are going to be running around like crazy here in a few years. I hope they are as close and my brother and I are :)

Tomorrow we are off to the Indiana Dunes :) Kenney and I have been up there once before and it was a great time, and we are so excited to bring Harrison along with us on our excursions now. Before he wasn't really into anything, but now he wants to grab everything, I can't wait to see what he does in the sand!

He's on the move!

Well, Harrison is officially crawling! He's no longer army crawling anywhere, he's really crawling! And boy is he fast! If you turn your back for a minute, woosh! He's gone! It's definitely so different around here now, since our baby gate has been broken for a while, thanks to Marley, our foster beagle, we've been taking it down and letting Harrison crawl everywhere, which means, we are cleaning all the time. We have 4 dogs in our house, so you can just imagine how much dog hair and dirt is on our floors. So, we've come with a routine of sweeping and mopping everyday, plus wiping the dogs paws off as they come in from outside. My friends have always told me that whenever Harrison would start crawling, that I would get a lot of exercise because I'd be chasing after him everywhere, and they were right!

I must admit when he started crawling, I got scared, well, I'm still scared. It seems for every milestone I am always nervous about what to do next. Now that he's crawling, I'm thinking, man, now what? No more sitting him on the floor and going and folding laundry, no more playing on the laptop while he plays at my feet. It's just scary. I'm sure with our next child, these stages will be a lot easier, but I hate not knowing what I'm doing, and I feel like I'm in that "place" all the time.

Ooooo, I forgot to mention that he's getting up on his knees now too! I'm sure it's any day now and he'll be standing on his own, then soon walking...Yikes! I'll be chasing him everywhere! I can't wait to see what the dogs are going to do when he's running after then, he already freaks them out when he's crawling towards them! :)

Work is going okay, I know my last few posts have been bitchy about work, but it's been going pretty well now, not too much drama anymore. My boss has been taking a few days off lately, which is great because she NEVER takes days off, and this week she's had 2. I love that she trusts me to take over the place when she's gone, but I'm definitely not alone. We have some really great girls there. To top it all off, I've started Weight Watcher's this week and I've already lost 6 lbs, just since last Sunday! Go me :) Only 20 lbs more to go and I'll be a happy camper :) I'll keep everyone updated.