on the up & up!?

I must begin this post with a special report.........We have a crawler!!!!

Setting his sights...
Going...
Almost all the way...
Sweet Success!!!

Harrison has done considerably well with the yuckiness he's had to deal with. He has wanted to be held more...or he may have just figured us out by now...he squeaks=we run!! This is the "get me outta here" face...
& this is the "I'm worn out face." Lastnight, we also had a moment(or a few hours) of revelation. This lead us to the conclusion that Parenting is all about trial and error. Lastnight=ERROR!!

Here is how it went down... I was talking with a friend about Harrison's breathing treatments. He has done well enough with them, but we're always looking for suggestions on how to make it even easier because we're figuring this Praise Baby DVD kick isn't going to last much longer. My friend mentioned that when her daughter took them, they would wait for her to be deep asleep and do it then. She never suggested that I do this she just mentioned her experiences in passing. Well, I told Brandon about it and we thought...why not? Harrison let us know quickly why not!!! It was the beginning of the end of our sleep lastnight. Harrison was horrified as he awoke to the nebulizer in his crib, on his face, and making the loud noise!! He screamed and we stopped. He settled down but every time we would get him back to sleep he would wake up within minutes screaming the horrified teary scream. This lasted until 3am and he settled down but awoke within the hour for another 30 minute fit of devastation. He finally was down for the count at 4:30. It was definitely one of those experiencs when you think about how much those Negative Nelly's (the ones that try and prepare you for the downsides of parenthood) would enjoy being a fly on our wall at the moment!! We were worried at a few times that it was more than the nebulizer, and truly felt a little panicky about his well being! I am thinking it would be nice to have a diagnostic computer to hook up to him to see what the true source of the problem is!!! When he woke up at 11 this morning he was all better. His breathing even sounded considerably better so it might have been worth it for that. We will go back to the doctor in the morning to get a re-check. His lungs still sound a little raspy so I am interested to see what we are to do next!

This is Harrison upon waking up and after having breakfast at lunch time. Looks pretty rested huh?

For those who might be concerned, he does have his little safety straps on. He just likes to reach onto the table so I let him instead of using the tray! This morning he enjoyed propping his foot up on the table over and over when he was done!! He is too funny and absolutely adorable and the apple of my eye and camera lense!!

Here are some other things we've been working on during our "down time" :o)

Brandon's dad reminded us of the Elf on the Shelf kit he got for us about 2 Christmases ago when we first started the adoption process! We know Harrison might not really "get" it...but maybe it will be slightly familiar next year. Plus, we're all about some family traditions and Harrison gets to be the one to go through them all first!! We went ahead and got it out, read the story, and gave Harrison the chance to help choose the name of our Elf!

First we got the kit out...

We read the book and then made sure to follow the instructions and choose a name for our elf. Brandon picked 3 names and I picked 3 names. We put them on post-its...
We folded them up and put them in a big pile hoping it would catch Harrison's eye..
It didn't take long before he made the selection...
Our families elf for years to come shall be...
We made it official on the last page of our Elf on the Shelf book...

Harrison and the beginning of his break dancing skills...He loves to do this.. & I am making the assumption it's break dancing he's preparing for and not becoming a Pilates instructor...although...we will support whatever he is passionate about...nothing wrong with a little guidance though :o)

I saw Harrison doing this for the first time the other night through the video monitor. I grabbed the camera and ran in to get the shot!! It's like he's saying "Hey, you out there...you gonna leave me in here or come get me!?" He does it regularly now when he's ready for us to break him out of his crib!

Crawling warm-ups...

Our letter for learning in 2009 is.... H. I can't quite put my finger on why we chose H...but we're working on this letter lots!!

Harrison has a few favorite things around the house...

It started with Mommy showing him to how to go to town on the "keyboard." When he really loves something he scrunches his face/nose and shoulders up and grins big time...that is what we got when mommy and Harrison did this...& now it goes like this... He goes to it on his own now and plays us some pretty fun tunes!! He is super proud of his skills!

He can also stand on his own. I put a mirror behind this stand-up musical toy and he really enjoys playing on it while watching himself in the mirror. He can stay standing on his own for a good bit too!!


He also says Da Da Da Da...LOTs and LOTS!! He doesn't quite get that this fits with his Daddy...but we do direct him to him quite a bit when he says it!!

It's a fun little adventure that we're on right now!! Every day is something new and fun!!