A Splendid Christmas Video

Merry Christmas!

A developmental milestone...or something

According to one of our child rearing books the above video shows a major developmental milestone. We just think it's cute that Harrison is playing with stuff now.

To make this post worthwhile we'll include a couple of photos.

Cute, but dangerous

Harrison had his two month check up this afternoon and he's doing great. After starting out wiry, he's anything but now. Harrison is now 24 inches long and weighs an even 13 pounds. His length and height are both in the 75th percentile. So while he's kept his pace with his height, he's pretty much exploded with the weight. He's been sucking down 6 ounces at each feeding for over a month now...BUT he's eating less frequently and sleeping for much longer stretches.

We like that very much.


We've alluded to Harrison's violent behavior directed towards Craig numerous times in the blog. We now have photographic evidence. The above photo shows the crazy eyes Harrison makes moments before he attacks and below shows Harrison tossing a punch. We can add that he never swings at Laura. He's a true gentleman.

I'll smack you in the mouth, I'm Neil Diamond!

Harrison has used his strong arm tactics to kick Craig out of the recliner, which he has effectively claimed as his own.

Go get me a beer. I'm busy watching SportsCenter.

Finally, Harrison sitting in front of his first Christmas tree. We're looking forward to seeing everyone over the holiday's, but if we don't see you...Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Willie, The Dude and Lester

Harrison had his portrait taken this weekend by a semi-professional that his Aunt Lizzie knows. Laura says the photo session went really well, which you can judge for yourself by looking at the photos posted below (we have permission to post these, don't worry).



Craig's a big fan of the photos in general, but a little unsure about the Santa outfit, which may qualify as torture under the Geneva Conventions.

Moving along, for no real reason, here's a photo of Harrison and Otis that's cute.


Here's Harrison strapped into his car seat with the hat Laura says is "cute."


We've decided to get a little experimental with the blog. Here we have Harrison cam, life through the eyes of Harrison.



And now, Laura cam.


Finally, people who know Craig know that he loves Willie Nelson.

Willie - along with The Dude, and Lester Burnham - are three characters, fictional and non-fictional, that Craig aspires to be more like.

The Dude

Lester Burnham, at left

Anywho, Craig has discovered recently, much to his happiness, that Harrison is a big fan of Willie Nelson's album Stardust.

Stardust calms Harrison down when he's riled up. Particularly the song "All of Me." Since Craig and Laura often disagree on music tastes it's heartening for Craig to have Harrison taking his side early on.

Person of the Century?

Every once in awhile Harrison would smile, and while it was cute, we knew it was just gas. But now Harrison is either incredibly gassy or incredibly happy, since he is smiling a lot lately. This is the best picture we've been able to get of the smile.

While trying to capture a shot of Harrison's smile, Laura snapped this photo which has Craig thinking big about Harrison's future. Look familiar to anyone else?
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Could Harrison be Time Magazine's Person of the 21st Century?