15 Months Old

We had our 15-month check up on Tuesday and all is well with Harrison.
He is 32 inches tall (75%) and 22lbs 8oz (25%). He had to get two shots and was not happy about that at all. He was pissed off when the nurse did the first one, but then when he saw her coming at him again for the second one he tried to fight her off. No wonder she made me hold him on my lap and hold his arms back. Not fun!

So, he continues to be long and lean, but certainly not because he lacks an appetite. Most days he will eat at least one really good meal, and then still eat well several other times during the day. He tried Mexican food again a couple of weeks ago and really liked it. Taco meat, Spanish rice, and homemade refried beans (no lard...but they had jalapenos in them!) and he gobbled it all up. He seems to like the beans smooth like that, so we'll try that again this week.

He will try just about anything that we are eating, so it's fun to at least see what he thinks of different things. He is definitely not a fan of the hard-boiled egg, but does like an English muffin with chive cream cheese on it. Now if we are drinking from a cup he wants to do that too, so he's spilled more than one cup of water on himself, but, he really enjoys drinking that way and is getting much better.

He does a lot of "fake" eating when we are outside now. He knows he isn't supposed to eat rocks, sand, sticks, etc. but he still likes to bend over and put his face to them on the ground and smack his lips. He put some rocks in his mouth yesterday at his friend Shane's house and then smiled at me so I would fish them out. Who knows what goes on in that little head of his!

He is all about sharing, and this morning he didn't want Mark to leave without a good breakfast, so he kept trying to feed him and make him drink. It was pretty funny, because he would not settle for me trying to divert his attention so Mark could get out the door, he wanted to feed Daddy and only Daddy.

He also likes to feed me or Mark when we are feeding him. Today he kept smacking his lips and smiling at me feeding me peas, sausage, etc. He didn't want to let me fake eat it either, he wanted to put it in my mouth for me.

Harrison seems to have a mild case of baby OCD, because if something is out of place he is going to make sure it gets addressed right away. Today we were at Target and there was a piece of trash on the ground. He about lost his mind until I finally just picked it up and put it in my pocket. Then, we ran by Nordstrom Rack and there was a shirt on the floor that had fallen off of a hanger. Crisis! But, it is quite funny because he knows exactly what he wants you to fix, so once you do it he's just happy as can be that things are right again. Oh well...maybe this will continue and start to come in handy when he can help out around the house. I'm hopeful!

He is becoming a great climber, and was quite proud of himself when he got up on the couch upstairs. He just grinned and then paused to read a story before climbing back down. Thankfully he knows to back down and doesn't try to dive off of things head first, at least most of the time.


Kind of looks like he is meditating, doesn't it?

But, I am not too fond of this type of climbing. I stepped outside to hang a few things on the drying rack and when I came back in this is what he was doing:


I took this picture of him lying down because I think it is the first time he has ever done this while not sleeping. I mean seriously, he does not stop to take a break EVER! So, he must have really just needed a minute to chill here.



He has fun playing with the shake and go racetrack and likes to sit in the middle of it and let the cars go around him:


He still has a great time outside. Climbing into the chairs on the deck makes him laugh, and he loves to go to the park behind our house. Here are some pictures of him there last week:











Our swim lessons are over now, and the seven weeks were great. In that time Harrison learned to float on his back, flip over and swim and then float again, and swim to one of us. We put our hand underwater as a target and he will swim to it, but if we pull it away he knows his target is gone and flips over to float. It is truly amazing to watch him do these things. He had a great time his last two days of lessons with Mark and I getting into the pool with him to learn how to help him practice. He also showed that he can float in his clothes and shoes and will even push clothing out of his face to continue being able to float and breathe. Here is a picture of him floating in his clothes:


And, who can resist a good baby laugh?