Seven Months

Well, here we are, seven months old. It's really hard to believe that Harrison is already past the six-month mark and closer to a year now than to being a newborn. Time has really just flown right by.

He is getting much faster with his crawling, although it is still an army-esque crawl and not a full hands and knees crawl. That has not stopped him from exploring the entire first floor. I spend quite a bit of time just following him and seeing what new and interesting thing has caught his eye. He definitely has a few favorite spots, none of which are remotely baby-appropriate.

If given the opportunity he would climb into the fireplace, so that is currently blocked off by a piece of cardboard. His next stop is the volume knob on the receiver, so now we have to make sure to adjust the volume before turning on the TV. From there he grabs the basket that holds a few blankets, pulls out the top one and plays with the fringe.

Once he is finished with the living room he heads into the kitchen, where he likes to lick the glass door of the wine chiller. Guess the cold glass feels good on his mouth. Then he finds his way to the other side of the kitchen and plays with a big metal bin that we use to hold drinks for parties. Oh...and if the dishwasher is open he tries to lend a hand with the unloading.

All sorts of fun things for a boy to do!

He has also discovered that a new way to play with his exersaucer:

Harrison seems to enjoy eating his carrots quite a bit. Daddy feeds him every night when he gets home from work. Sometimes Harrison is just hungry and opens wide...other times he wants to help with the meal, which ends up just a wee bit messy!

On Thursday I took Harrison to the mall to have pictures made since he was seven months old and I had a coupon for the picture place. Not the best day, since it was raining (have you ever tried getting a baby out of a car seat and into a stroller with an umbrella? Not easy!) and they were running 30 minutes late. They turned out OK...not great. But, good enough that someday when I show his future prom date she will think he was quite a cute little boy :-).

Over the weekend his Grandma and Grandpa visited and they got to see all of his new tricks. He had fun playing with them!

Today Harrison had to get his last round of six-month shots...I split them up so he wasn't getting so many at one time. The nurse let him sit on my lap instead of making him lay down on the table, which helped a ton! He acted like he was going to cry after he got his shot, but then I turned him around to hug him and he looked at me and the nurse and started laughing. SO much better than all of his last shots!