Conversations with Harrison

H has become quite the chatterbox over the past several months. He wakes up in the morning (and thankfully calls to us from his room until we go get him), saying, "Good Mooooorning!" He really only needs about 2 minutes before he is awake and chipper. I often hear Brett go get him (most mornings), and it is quiet for a couple moments before I hear that sweet voice filling up our tiny apartment! Anyhow, he has said some adorable things to me lately that I wanted to document....

Last Thursday:

We had just gotten home from a friend's house and he asked if he could watch a video on the compeer (computer), so I said yes and was loading up Netflix to find him a quick show to watch....as I was doing so, here's what happened.

H: Mom, you ARE my best friend

Me: Didn't quite hear, fumbling with computer

H: Mommy, you ARRRRRE my best friend!

Me: Gasp! Really buddy??

H: Yes, really. You ARE!

Me: What about Daddy?

H: He IS my best friend too. But, he's seeping now....SHHHHH!

(Brett was actually at work, but for some reason Harrison thought he was at home sleeping all day that day....we often ask him who his best friend is, but this was no prompting, just completely out of the blue....melted my heart!)

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Last week I had a case of pink eye...and let me just say, pink eye is not for the faint of heart. I thought it was only reserved for 8 year olds, but no, I got it for the first time ever and it wasn't pretty. Thankfully it went away super fast. Thanks to my Dr...who prescribed eyedrops, BUT, warned me to cover my tear ducts so that the drops would not go through my eyes through to my nasal capacity, down my lungs, and into the placenta. I am not quite sure if I just talked too much during Health class (which I did), but I never knew my tear ducts were connected to my placenta...and I'm still not quite sure I believe him! Anyhow, I digress....here is another conversation from yesterday.

H: Mommy, did Ms. Dr. Yang take away your pink eyes?

Me: He sure did...He didn't take it away, but he gave me some eye drops that did.

H: Mom, your eyes were PINK, but now dey are bown again.

Me: They sure are.

H: Mom, I need to check on da baby.

Me: Okay, buddy

H: Lift up your shirt (lifts my shirt to above my belly button and goes to get the thermometer and takes my belly's temperature).

Me: Am I sick?

H: YES!

Me: What should I do?

H: REST

Me: What about the baby?

H: The baby IS fine, Mommy. I want to see dat baby SOON!

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Me: Harrison, would you like to be a doctor when you grow up? (he had said this one random time)

H: Yes, no, actually, I want to be a really big man.

I love these days!!!

For you, Mom...

It is Mother's Day Eve here in the land of tea and rice, but I am not sure I will get to post tomorrow....This weekend I am overwhelmed with thanks for my mother. I cannot put into words how much I love her and how much she means to me, or how much I admire her. Her story is her own, so I can not post it on this blog, but believe me when I say how raw it is, and how if her story would have been mine, I'm not sure I would have survived. She is truly one of the strongest people I know, having overcome so much in life. Sweet Mom did what she could as a single mama for us little ones at home, and she is the best Nana that I could have dreamed of for Harrison and little baby Bunny on the way! About 8 years ago, I saw my Mom's heart change overnight, and it has been so sweet to watch her life be molded into what God wants her to be. She is truly a gift...I only get one mother in life, and I'm so thankful she's mine!

Mom, I love you dearly, and I can't wait to hug you in just 15 days! Happy Mother's Day!

Love, Lauren

30 weeks-ish, and a couple other pictures

Hey folks,

Well, Harrison has been a bit silent on the blog lately, so I thought I would put a few pictures of him on here to start us off...Off the blog, he gets all the attention for sure! I think little Baby Bunny only gets a voice these days on the blog and FB...But, we are all still so excited for the little one!

So sad that this first picture is sideways, but here are my 2 guys on Easter Sunday! We had a sweet Easter here with an egg hunt on Friday, a local housewarming party on Saturday and Fellowship on Sunday. We have had the privilege of going to an International Fellowship since we moved back here, BUT we got kicked out of our meeting place over 2 months ago and have not met since. So, it was a real treat to have a place to go to on Easter Sunday to fellowship with other believers in the city. I miss corporate worship so much, but love the intimacy of meeting with just a few other folks! We then had a fabulous potluck with about 6 other families. It was a wonderful day celebrating our risen Savior!

Side note: I don't have any dress-up shoes for Harrison, so he wears either his New Balance or his Converse with his nice clothes! Can someone direct me where to find some nicer ones??

And Side note #2: Moms of boys, how long can I justify putting my child in these adorable, cutesy outfits?? He is ALMOST potty-trained (more on that later), so the one-pieces are a pain, and he will be 3 very soon. How old is too old for these clothes? I think girls can wear these sweet outfits a lot longer, but I think they can wear out their welcome on the little men...Thoughts???
Here is H with his beloved Abigail. She is about 10 months younger than him and an absolute doll! She is for sure the girl that everyone likes in the neighborhood, because she is so easy to be around! Her Mom (MySan) and I have recently started a baby-sitting swap and keep each other's kids for about 2-3 hours a week. MySan has a new baby who is around 8 weeks old, so she gets a much needed nap, and I get some much needed downtime when H is at their house.
And here is the belly as of Wednesday which marked 30 weeks+1 day. I went to the dear old doctor yesterday, and he shared with me that the Babe is now head down in an L-shape. The heartbeat was around 140 bpm and everything looked good. We had a brief ultrasound and the baby weighs 1637 grams, which is about 3.6 pounds. Oh my, this could be one big bundle! However, he did warn me that the baby does not have much fat under his/her skin....well, what baby does at 30 weeks? Hilarious. He told me the baby is going to be very tall and large because we both are very tall and large (again, this is not an insult, just very common for him to be so blunt about our sizes). We asked him how many babies he has delivered, and he says about 1000 over the past 10 years. In China, C-sections are VERY common, almost routine, and he is trying to steer away from that, so he has done even thousands more C-sections. He is so kind and in a way, I'm almost sad that he won't get to deliver our little baby, but then I think of the ease and comfort of delivering in America and I am so thankful to be able to do that!
And as an addendum, here is a picture of me at 28 weeks (for my records). I was definitely not that small then, somehow the shirt or the way I'm standing is hiding it. I'm starting to get shortness of breath and shorter nights of sleep for sure. But, other than that, I'm doing great, and am so thankful for a healthy baby. We are both thinking more and more that it's another boy.
We fly to the States in 2 weeks! I could not be more thrilled! It will be a welcomed pause in our time here for sure. I will try to be back with more picture updates, and some little tyke I know turns 3 in a couple of weeks, so I will try to update more on him soon as well. Overall, we are just so thankful right now and look forward to spending the entire summer with our families and friends.

More soon!!