March 12, 2000 - Sunday
Maybe I've just not been spending as much time with Harry over the last few weeks because of work, but it seems he's been more animated here in Mexico. In addition to yesterday's near-meltdown, it seems as though he's protesting more often about minor infractions to his general comfort. This isn't a major change for Harry and he's still overall a very charming boy, but we are hearing him more than before and seeing the big red, open-mouth face come out a little more often for less serious discomforts.

More favorably, he's also been more vocal when he's happy, "gooing" more than usual and frequently laughing, a talent baby books suggest would normally be a month away. This morning he must have laughed for 10 minutes straight. His mother started him going when I was across the hotel room working on the computer. She eventually went to dress and I took over, but Harry was happy with life at the Ritz and kept on giggling.

Earlier this weekend Harry also discovered the raspberry noise, buzzing his lips together. That's also a talent that usually doesn't emerge until the middle of the fifth month, so Harry is clearly a prodigy with the raspberry. He also seems quite proud of it himself and for about five minutes this evening while his mother and I primped and prepped for the evening’s dinner, Harry just lay on the bed by himself buzzing away to his little heart's delight.

This being our last full day in Cancun, we figured it was our last chance for a while to expose Harry to water. Actually, we started that yesterday when Harry's mother sat with him in a one-inch deep section of the pool, dangling Harry's toes in the water. He seemed quite taken with it and we entertained thoughts of submerging more of his body. Unfortunately, his diaper would surely balloon and we weren't prepared with extra clothes. Today we were and took Harry into the water. It's easy to read too much into his expressions and hard to really know what he thought, but he was certainly well distracted for about ten minutes. He even started to kick - a swimmer or just randomly kicking? - but then slowly became board and eventually annoyed with the pool. Although, it may just have been that his diaper, with all the absorbed water, was getting too tight around his belly!

Comments, opinions?