Well, Lawton knows about the baby now! Last week, my best friend from 5th grade on, Karie, with her two kiddos, Annie and Daniel, came by to visit. She is pregnant with her third child and due in January. Thinking I would plant more "seeds" about my pregnancy, I told Lawton that there was a baby in Mrs. Karie's belly. He just grinned and stared at her belly.
Later that night, he was sitting in my lap and tried to readjust and scoot up high on my belly. I told him not to sit on my belly like that because it hurt. (Which it did!) He turned around and looked at me and said "Why? Is there a baby in there?" Chad's head whipped around, my eyes got big as quarters, and we both shrugged our shoulders. I replied, "Well, yes there is a baby in my belly." He clapped his hands and grinned from ear to ear and said "I so excited!!" We were glad that he initially responded in such a positive way! He proceeded the rest of the night to pat his belly because there is a baby in his tummy, too! :)
We were surprised that he would make that kind of connection/association with Karie's belly and me. I guess kids are more aware of things than we realize!
Here's one more funny story . . . at least to us! Last night, I picked Lawton up from his Wednesday night class at church and his teachers asked if Lawton's room was in tip-top shape at home. I just started laughing because I knew where the conversation was headed. Now, with a background in preschool education, I know that young children, especially two year olds, go through a period where they have an extreme sense of order. However, Lawton has exhibited his "sense of order" for a very long time and shows no sign of letting up anytime soon. If a door is usually shut, and it is open, he has to shut it. The toilet lids must be down (I'm not complaining) and so on. He also doesn't like to have messy hands, therefore does not like messy foods. And so on and so forth . . . Well, back to last night - they were making the cutest turkey headbands in class. Andy, one of his teachers, said he could barely get anything glued because every time he would set a glue stick down, Lawton was right there behind him putting the lid back on. Lawton was also straightening the feathers and making sure everything was neat and tidy. So funny. Now, I know Chad and I both have tendencies to be organized and neat, but not overtly so. Lawton doesn't fall far from our tree, I suppose!
