Harrison Meets His Great Grandma Shealy

While we were in Charleston, we seized the opportunity for Harrison to meet his other great grandma. Aside from me loving to spend time with my grandma, I was dying for Harrison to meet her. We drove up to Lexington to have lunch with my grandma. It was really fun, but not enough time with my grandma. She is too funny and makes us all laugh.

Harrison Reads the Newspaper

As of recently, Harrison has started to show interest in a lot more things. He is really interested in books, newspapers, and magazines right now. I think it has a lot to do with the pages turning. Anyway, here is a picture of Harrison reading the paper with his daddy. As a side note, this picture did get me wondering if newspapers are going to be something of the past when Harrison looks back at these pictures.

Impromptu Visit to Charleston

Bath time with grandma

After bath time with Grandma

Harrison saluting the camera

Look how much Harrison looks like his Grandma

Amanda & Grandma feeding Harrison

Learning to sit-up

Harrison LOVES his aunt Amanda

Our family had to make an impromptu visit to Charleston because Adam's grandfather passed away. Harrison got to meet a lot of the extended Brantley family that he hasn't had the chance to meet. It was a ton of fun and fellowship with the family. Here are some pictures of Harrison's 2nd trip to Charleston.

YL Family Camp at Crooked Creek

Our little family went up to Crooked Creek this weekend to have fun at family camp. It was Adam and Harrison's first Young Life camping experience. We had an absolute blast. Here are a couple of pictures from the weekend. For the record, going to camp with a 5 month old is totally different than going as a leader. We did get the hook-up with a private bedroom and bathroom. It was awesome!

Harrison has a Play Date

Yesterday, Harrison got to play with little Stella from across the street. Her mom and I were due two days apart. Harrison was a week early and Stella was a week late, so they are exactly two weeks apart. I got to watch Stella for a couple of hours yesterday while her mom took care of some things. I have been starting to think that I want to have another baby, so this would be a good test. Having two babies in the same house is totally different. I applaud all of the parents out there with twins. I don't know how you do it, but you do. In all seriousness, it wasn't bad at all. It was actually really fun. Harrison knew that something was different, but he couldn't quite figure it out. They only had about 20 minutes where they were awake at the same time, so it was cute to see them. Harrison really cracks me up in this video. Stella is talking and going to town, and Harrison glances over at her and right back to his toys without missing a beat. He is such a boy! He has already learned how to ignore girls when they are talking. This is a skill that I am sure he has acquired from his daddy (and every other male out there). Anyway, it was fun and I am sure they are going to have many more play dates in the future. I can't wait until they start to recognize each other.

5 Months Old Yesterday!

I cannot believe that Harrison is five months old. It is absolutely ridiculous that time is flying like this. He is doing a great job with his solid foods, only it appears that he has a small allergy that we are trying to identify. I have come to the conclusion that it is time for me to buy a high-chair. I really don't want to do it, because everyone said that it would be really far down the road before I would have to get one. I just can't believe that I have already arrived at "really far down the road." He is outgrowing his bumbo seat, so I am going to have to break down and buy one soon. I am open to suggestions as to what I should look for in a high-chair. Here is what I have heard so far from different people: 1. make sure that it has a removable tray insert that can be put in the dishwasher (some are actually coming with two of these now). 2. make sure that the vinyl or whatever the seat is made out of can come clean with a wet cloth. So that's my current criteria. Unfortunately, no one has told me, to make sure it is cute. However, that is one of my factors in deciding. Again, I really can't believe Harrison is old enough to even sit in a high-chair. I have been told by 6 months, he can start taking juice from a cup. I don't even think that is possible at this point. Anyway, here are some pictures of him eating and playing from the other day. One of these pictures is of his modified sitting position. He can sit up unassisted now, but he has to use his hands. And in this picture, he is on the verge of falling over. It was the best I could capture.

Home with Dad

I am at the airport on my way out of town and I had to leave my two favorite boys at home while I travel for work. Adam got Harrison dressed today to go to Chick-fil-A with him. Before I left for work, this picture is what I saw of Harrison. If you can't tell what Harrison has on, he is wearing a Clemson t-shirt and camouflage shorts. Adam had to dress him like a MAN (he wanted me to make sure that I showed a picture of his shorts). I have to admit he did look cute. But there is no doubt in my mind that when Adam took him to the store, everyone knew that I was out-of-town. As an aside...the t-shirt Harrison has on is for 12-18 months! The shirt must run small, but still, he is only almost 5 months old. He is such a big boy. I just thought that was interesting. Also, for some reason, Harrison's hair looks red in these pictures. I always get a lot of questions from the blog-followers about his hair. It must be the camera and the way it takes in my kitchen/living room. His hair is dirty blonde.