If you’re new around here, every once in awhile I like to round up seven quick things that are making me laugh or melting my heart about Harrison. Given this is Harrison’s birthday week, I thought we’d do a little peak into what early three year old life looks like lately.

I love going back to read these because it’s an easy way that I can memorialize these small little bits of his personality as he grows. Just the other day, I said “Thumbs up, Harrison!” And instead of putting up his index fingers like he had for months, he stuck his little thumbs right in the air. The end of an era, and it made me tear up just a bit.

-1- Lately, Harrison’s been replying affirmatively that he knows what things mean, and then immediately follows it up with an “I don’t know what that means.” So, we could say, “Harrison, do you know what the Easter bunny brings?” “Yeah.” “What does he bring?” “I don’t know!”

-2- Grabbing his brother or dad, and exclaiming, “Take a picture, Mom!” Or “Take a picture, Dad!”

-3- It’s a common one, but the way he pronounces “yellow” as “lellow.”

-4- When Jonathan starts crying, Harrison replies, “It’s ok baby Jonathan.” And immediately goes to get Jonathan’s lovie for him.

-5- “I like Francesco and Lightning McQueen.”

-6- I’m not sure where it started, but he exclaims, “What the heck in bob???” Who’s Bob? I have no idea.

-7- Everytime we go over a bump in the car, he asks, “Mom, you need a new car?”