Happy Halloween!

A few photos and a video.

Scare-ison

Kip Dynamite, a pumpkin, and the pumpkin's mama (lame, I know)

Harrison's tricks = Your treats!

Harrison Eats!

Oh, yes -- it is time! We started with baby cereal mixed with b-milk. He didn't get it at first but then realized what was happening and dove in. :)

Photo Album -- Harrison's 5th Month

He's so grown up now -- he grabs his toes and bounces in his exersaucer and cheers for the University of Kansas.

https://www.photoshop.com/user/higginsfamily --> Drop down "Higgins Family Albums" --> Select album "Harrison -- Month 5" --> Click on a blue box icon to the right of the page to start the slideshow.

Harrison, the Army Ranger

Harrison is officially an Army-crawler now. Not a hands-and-knees crawler yet -- that will be next (hopefully soon, for the sake of his clothes). Right now he lays flat on his stomach, props himself up on his elbows, and then pulls himself along / rolls over one of his arms to move forward. His legs contribute nothing to this exercise -- they just get dragged behind.

He can also get up on his hands and knees and rock back and forth, but he hasn't tried reaching forward with a hand yet, so nothing doing on that crawling style!

Harrison Sits!

He's not a professional sitter yet, but we're getting more and more confident in his ability to keep himself upright! We hardly even surround him with a pillow-y landing pad anymore.

Photo Album -- Harrison's 4th Month

https://www.photoshop.com/user/higginsfamily --> Drop down "Higgins Family Albums" --> Select album "Harrison -- Month 4" --> Click on a blue box icon to the right of the page to start the slideshow.

Harrison's First Day With the Nanny

After close to 4 months at home with the honeybaby, I started back to work today. We've been lucky enough to get a nanny-share arranged, and we love the lady who will be watching Harrison while his mama earns the big bucks ("big" as in "greater than zero"). Ms. Freida will keep Harrison and a little girl about 3 months older than Harrison on the days that I work (three days per week). The other baby's mom is working part-time, as well, so Ms. Freida will be with both kids for three days each week and will have the other two days to herself.

I was really worried about today all last week but am feeling okay about it now! I'm very glad I'm not going back full-time, for sure, but I think that this arrangement will be good for us -- I've noticed that I think like a 4 month old now ("Ooh -- look at the bright lights!"), so if nothing else, talking to adults during the day will give my brain a chance to get back in shape and out of its current state of atrophy.

Proud Dada with Harrison on his first day with Ms. Freida

Proud Mama with Harrison on his first day with Ms. Freida