Harrison 2 month, Blessing Day

Harrison is 2 months old and definitely out of the newborn stage.  At his checkup, he was 12 lbs 12 oz- 75%-ile and 23 3/4 inches- 75%-ile.  He started smiling at 6 weeks, and now smiles whenever someone smiles at him.

2 month shot.

 He LOVES his bouncy chair!  Gives that thing better smiles than me!

 Handsome guy with bright blue eyes.

 We go for walks most mornings, so Harrison comes along in the baby wrap.  It's been cold in the morning (finally) and so he gets to wear this darling hat.

We blessed Harrison on November 15th.  Both my parents and the Moore's were able to come out for it.  My mom sewed his darling blessing outfit, and brought out the blanket my dad and several other cousins have been blessed in.

 What a perfect little man.  Love him!

 Before the blessing.

 Both sets of parents.

Our little family.  I love the reminder of forever families with the temple in the background. 

 With my parents.

 With the Moores.

My two favorite boys!

 Popcan with Harrison.

 

Saturday night, we all went to Din Tai Fung, a Taiwanese restaurant that has a location in Taipei, and now here.  It was so good!  It was fun to taste so many foods we ate while in Taiwan again.

 We also had a pizza picnic at the beach and visited the Santa Ana zoo with my parents that weekend.  We loved having so many visitors!  Come again soon!

Halloween Season

Halloween time is so much fun with kids!  The girls were so excited about everything, and Penny has learned many new words- pumpkin (bnumkin), ghost, web, Halloween, treat (trick or treat), chocolate, bucket (asking for bucket of her candy).

Grandma Moore brought tons of pumpkins with her so I let the girls each paint a few one long afternoon.  They loved it!

We carved pumpkins for family night.

 

Bridgette's was a happy face, Penny's was a surprised face (from a Halloween book she loved) and Harrison's was a silly face.

 

Bridgette got to wear her costume to Preschool on Wednesday for a party.  I love this picture because the teacher inadvertently captured Bridgette's new favorite pretend play- feeding her babies!

 Each child got to pass out their treats to the class.  We made black cat cookies to share.

 We went to the ward Trunk-or-treat on Friday night.

Halloween night we all went trick-or-treating.  Bridgette was a penguin. 

Penny was a tiger.

Harrison was the baby penguin.

And here's the group shot... what a joke!!

The girls loved trick-or-treating, especially looking at the pumpkins and showing us what kind of candy they got.  Penny caught on real fast about what to do.  She had a blast!  One of Bridgette's highlights was seeing her dog friends from the dog park at their houses and getting to pet them!

The girls got way too much candy!

We had a great Halloween this year, and the girls' costumes got plenty of use! 

Harrison 1 month

Harrison at 1 month old.  He is becoming less like a scrunchy newborn and starting to look more like the girls!  Practicing some tummy time.

 Still has chicken arms and legs!

 

His first real bath.  He did not like it and screamed the whole time.  We love his cute penguin towel though!

 Harrison has spent lots of time snuggling with me in the baby wrap.  We both love it.  Look at that sweet sleeping face!  I just love him.

 Starting to ride around in the stroller.

Harrison's first day at church, at one month.  Somehow we managed to get there on time, made it through all 3 hours no major behavior issues and I played the piano in Primary, all without Tyler there to help!

 Penny is really starting to enjoy "watch...baby..." and pulls up a chair to watch what he's doing- staring at nothing!

At his checkup at 3 weeks, Harrison weighed 9 lbs 9 oz at 75%-ile and was 22 inches long at 92%-ile.  He gained over 2 pounds in 2 weeks!  I guess he's a hearty eater and definitely will be a tall guy!