New Tricks and New Teeth

Harrison came down with a cold last Tuesday and is still trying to shake it. Poor little guy has had a runny nose and a cough since then. No fun. He sure doesn't like to have his nose wiped and will do whatever he can to avoid it.

Thankfully he is feeling much better now and is just about back to his old self. He had a few pretty pathetic days where he just felt like sitting in our laps and not doing anything, which is very out of character for our busy boy.

One thing he did master over the last week is clapping. It is so cute! He had been trying for about a week and then bam! He just figured out how to get his hands to work together and since then hasn't quit. He has gotten really good at it now and loves to clap when he sees us clap or when one of the kids on a Baby Einstein video claps. Sometimes he just starts clapping randomly. He is definitely proud of himself when he does it.

We noticed over the past couple of weeks that Harrison looked like he'd be getting his two top teeth in sometime soon. His gums had gotten more swollen and he had been chewing on everything he could get his little hands on. On Tuesday his left top tooth popped through. I guess that sweet little gummy smile is gone forever now...sad, but exciting too.

Last week we got snow for a brief few minutes...nothing stuck to the ground or anything, but Harrison did enjoy watching it. He also likes to lick the windows when they are cold, so now all of our front windows that are low to the ground have lick marks all over them!

Harrison's books are in a basket in the living room. He has lots of fun taking them out and throwing them all over the floor. Too bad he doesn't have as much fun putting them back into the basket. We'll have to work on that next.

It is so hard to believe that he is ten months old. Where has this year gone? He is definitely more little boy than baby now and is growing up every day.