A broken ankle and first steps

About a week after Harrison's big first birthday Laura broke her ankle while taking out the recyclables. Long story short, Laura had a two-night stay in the hospital and is on crutches until the first week of December. Things are kind of hectic at home since Laura is on the DL, but so far everyone is hanging in there.

Harrison dressed up for Halloween for the first time this year, going a vicious bear of undetermined breed. His daycare had a Halloween party for the whole family, so we attended with Laura limping around on crutches. Harrison enjoyed a delicious cookie with his buddy Eli, and there were games and art projects.


Otis has been staying with Craig's parents while Laura is on the DL, but before he left Harrison decided Otis would make a nice stool. To Otis' credit, he didn't mind it too much and got up and walked away when he had enough. Harrison really got a kick out of it.


Harrison has also fallen in love with another hand-me-down toy. This one is a bouncing zebra. He really gets into it to the point where we're a bit concerned about whiplash.


This past weekend we went to the Great Wolf in Wisconsin Dells with aunt Liz and her kids, aunt Carol and some friends. Harrison had a great time playing in the water - as usual. He didn't like our hotel room though...and he woke up early and crabby both nights. We still had a great time though, but Harrison must've come across as a real crab ass to everyone. Especially since our friend Ron and Barb's kid, Ian, hardly made a peep all weekend.


Harrison also had some fun playing in the water with Carol, who took Harrison long enough for Craig to go down the giant toilet slide a few times.


Finally, for the pièce de résistance (impressive use of french, no?) we present Harrison and his new found walking skills. Craig picked up Harrison at daycare last week and his teacher was talking about how Harrison took four steps...which was news to Craig and Laura since they'd never even seen him stand on his own. Sure enough, Harrison cans stand on his own and take a few steps before falling down laughing. We practice every evening and he gets better and better each day. It's really fun to watch!