Screaming Harry's Screaming Sunday

Harry spent today screaming-- he opened his mouth wide and shouted with all his might all day long. At first, we worried that he was in some sort of distress-- maybe teething or tummy issues-- but by the early afternoon, we began to understand that he just wants to talk. He may even think he is talking. You all know how loud Ben and I can be-- he clearly thinks thinks that talking and yelling are one and the same. We discovered that Harry is talking when he screams because when we respond conversationally to his noises, he lets out a delighted giggle and then screams with more intensity. Anyway, here's how the screamy little guy spent his Sunday.

He started with a breakfast of carrots, rice cereal mixed with pear juice, and applesauce. Yum.




Then, he spent some time yelling and swinging while Ben and I got ready to go out. He is clearly way too cool to be impressed with his swing anymore.



Here he is at Panerra, where he screamed most of the way through our (hurried, slightly embarrassed) lunch. He was really excited to be sitting up in the big boy high chair (which he liked and licked-- oh, yuck), and the noise and conversation of the crowded restaurant made him really long to communicate. Or maybe he really wanted to poop. Whatever. We think screaming=talking, okay?


He finished his day with a dinner of cereal, applesauce and FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER... peaches. Not that exciting, huh? He hated peaches-- they almost made him cry at first,l but after a few grimacing bites, he kind of liked them.



After finishing dinner with some milk, he totally passed out in his gym.


If you run into Harry's Grandma Lynne, ask her to show you all the latest Harry pics on her iPod-- pretty cool.

Harry's on Winter Break

Here are some shots of him relaxing in his 2007 jammies.






Take a look at him kicking back these past couple of days.








Be sure to note the drool on his chin



























The smiley pics are when he was swinging toward me. This is the face he made when swinging AWAY.

Too Drunk To Preserve Memories

No, no. Not so drunk I blacked out (that sounds way trashier than I thought it would. Ahh, that's a phrase you don't often hear or say or type in polite society-- "black out drunk"), but definitely so drunk I didn't take very many pictures. And the ones I did take make me feel a little queesy to look at. But I was not the one who began the New Year by praying to the porcelain gods. Ask my husband about that one.

As most of you know, Katie got married on New Year's Eve, and Ben and I were so excited to have a grown up night out that we overdid it a bit in the alcomahol department (Don't you wish colleges has an alcohol department? That's one class I wouldn't have dropped in undergrad... unless it met before 9 a.m.) If you didn't get a drunk dial from us at 7 pm (NEVER a good sign), then you sure didn't get one later, because we barely made it to the New Year. Anywho, half of the pictures we took at the wedding were really grainy video clips, and most of the rest of them were of the tops of people's heads. So, here's a couple of shots of the beautiful bride danicng with her new hubby and with her dad. Here's one of me and Ben looking glassy eyed and a bit wasted-- at 9:00 pm!!








One of Ben and me and one of the family before we left on our binge. Don't worry. Harry B hung out with his grandma and grandpa for the evening, not his drunken slob parents. That's funny, see, because we don't really LOOK like drunken slobs, do we?



But this blog is not about me, no matter how many, many, many of you want it to be. This blog is about Harry. So, here're a few shots from his weekend. He had a great time with his grandparents, and he really didnt want to leave-- he cried almost the whole way back to Madison. In other Harry news, he can sit up unsupported; he's has rice cereal, otameal, applesauce, pears, prunes, squash, and green beans and is working on bananas. He is a TERRIBLE sleeper, but we hope it's just becauase he's teething, and he still loves remotes. You'll notice in these pics that he LOVES his grandpa's glasses, too.

The cutest picture of the New Year


I just got a new version of iPhoto, and I am having trouble finding my pictures, so here are some highlights. I'll get it together before the next blog-- promise!!