- Harrison understands most things that we say to him. If we tell him that we are going on a walk, he walks towards the door. If we tell him that it is time for a bath, he walks to the bathroom. He is picking up on everything we say and do, which makes us feel like we need to clean up our acts! He is also mimicking lots of things we do. Here is a picture of him "shaving his legs" in the tub, just like mommy does.
- Our little man understand most things we say to him, but he does not know how to vocalize his words quite yet. He can say: Dad, Hi, and Bye. He usually refers to most people as "Dah" or "Dad." Since he doesn't know how to say "Momma" yet, he lovingly calls me "Dad."
- We have a framed picture of Jesus on our wall. One time during family prayers, we thanked Heavenly Father for the gift of His Son, Jesus Christ. We immediately heard, from the corner of the family room, Harrison say "Dah" as he pointed to the picture on the wall.
- After spending close to three weeks in Oregon over the Christmas holiday with Jonny's family, Harrison picked up on a few things from his cousins. One thing that he picked up from his cousin Mason is putting his little feet in our big shoes and walking around.
- His favorite toy right now is his Little Tikes car that Nona and Grandpa got him for Christmas. We take him on walks around the apartment complex or to the park, and he successfully steers us there! There have been plenty of times where I come into the room and Harrison is sitting in his car, driving.
- He was loving his vegetables for two months: peas, corn, steamed carrots, and string beans. I felt like such a good mom! Now, he would prefer to have nothing to do with them. He mostly prefers eating Grandma Kristi's chocolate chip oatmeal cookies!
- He knows where his nose and belly button are and proudly points to each when we ask him. However, he has recently found that his nose has holes and his finger can fit very snuggly within them.
- He is learning to test boundaries and make sense of the world around him. He doesn't completely understand the word "No" and so we try creative ways to teach him what is good and bad. Sometimes, it means that we just have to remove him from the situation when, after three times, he doesn't listen to our correction. But, gradually he is beginning to understand.
- He loves his Grandpa Rick and Grandpa Weath. There have been many times in Oregon and Newport, where we have to pry Harrison out the arms of his loving grandpa. I don't think Rick and my dad are complaining one bit about that.
