2 Years and Two Parties! Part 2

Even though we celebrated his birthday early, we still wanted his big day to be special. So we sang to him several times throughout the day. His favorite part is the "pique pique" when you sing in portuguese. Every time we'd say, "happy birthday" to him, he would say "pique pique" and bounce on his chubby knees.



This is what his fingers do when you ask him how old he is. It's a lot more complicated than just putting up the 2 fingers, but I always knew he was an overachiever.




He loves to play at the mall, so that was the big outing for the day.


I asked Logan what he loves about Harrison. After I assured him that this wasn't "going to be a long survey", he said that he loves to play and wrestle with him. Mariah said that she loves him because he plays with her.


Told ya he loves to "pique pique"

Harrison's Faves and Characteristics at 2:

Toys/Activities:
Cars, books, all things sports, pools, stomping on things, jumping, running and falling down, when daddy honks the horn, playing outside

Food:
Will pretty much eat most things you give him. But he will probably end up having the sweetest tooth out of all the kids.

Words:
mom, dad, outside, kitty, sit, open (ope), NO, stop it, eat, nana, vovo, happy, ball, hoop, whoa!!, car, cake, cookie, cup, all done, more, Lola (neighbor dog), Poco (other neighbor dog), out, help me, please, thank you, mine, bike, baby, sorry, you okay?, owie, pop, crocs, shoes, shh, nummy, swing, pool, bite, up, down, hot, cold, poop.

Characteristics:
Harrison is an intense kid. When he is happy, it is intense happiness. But when he is not happy- it is extremely intense. The more he is able to communicate, the better we have all been getting along. He knows exactly what he wants and he wanted it yesterday. He is probably the biggest daddy's boy we have and is all boy through and through. He loves to play baseball and basketball. He wrestles with the best of them.

Harrison gets embarassed very easily, and that has been totally different than our other 2. Amongst all of his toughness, I am sometimes surprised at how sensitive he is. He gives the yummiest kisses and pats your back so softly when you hug him. He is also extremely independent. He is now eating on his own (hello huge messes!), and sleeps on the bottom bunk.

I'm excited to see him grow and learn- we are so lucky he is ours forever!