Harrison

We went to St Lukes today and Harrison got his photo taken sitting on Santa’s knee. And he smiled!!! And tried to eat Santa’s beard!!! Although the second one is to be expected as he tries to eat everything at the moment, including his mummy’s hair, much to the amusement of some St Lukes shoppers.
Anyway he looked gorgeous and there are 2 photos which we got on CD so eventually Dylan will put them on here. (I’ve done it… See)

I had a “moment” today. I was wrapping Antonio (Harrison’s cabbage patch kid) and I got to write “To Harrison, love from Mummy & Daddy.”
Our first Christmas as a Mummy and Daddy. ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

And we got Harrison a stocking today. It has a little teddy bear on it and we got his name embroidered on it. And it looks fantastic - like a bought one

Okay, so according to Plunket he isn’t fat - but Harrison got weighed and measured today and he is now 9.3kg and 67.5cm. So in the last month he has grown 2 cm and 1.2kg. The woman at Plunket said that as he becomes more active he will lose some weight. Harrison’s 3rd cousin is 15 months old and weighs about 11kg. Although, according to relatives, he is small. And his Mummy is quite small. Who knows?
Anyway, Harrison had a fantastic time in Whangarei, hanging out with his Poppa and Auntie Em. And getting many, many “kisses” from Niki (the dog). He is nearly rolling over, it’s just he hasn’t quite figured out what to do with his legs. He sits up by himself for ages now and we have put down great, big cushions (thank-you Auntie Kathy - whoever knew they would get so much use?) and he sits up on those. This way, when he eventually collapses, it doesn’t hurt.
Harrison has very strong legs and stands (with help) very well. So maybe a walker instead of a crawler?
I’m dreading the day when he just suddenly runs for it and I’m left standing there going “what just happened???”

Harrison has his first visit to the beach today. Melanie and I took him to Mission Bay to see the sea. He seemed happy although entirely unimpressed - this is fairly common for him, I think he likes to look nonchalant at everything. He’ll be a great poker player (”Yeah, sure I have a royal flush, so what?”).

We (Melanie and I, not Harrison) had Kono cone-pizzas, they were quite good. Harrison had nothing. He wasn’t hungry then.

When we got home, I fed him the rest of his mixed veges, he seemed to like that, although more for wearing than eating.

Photos will be uploaded soon are online now.