Thursday, February 14, 2013

love is all around


Happy Valentine's Day!

Cognizant of the romantic importance of this day, Charlotte already started practicing last week: After the explosion in vocabulary over the fall months, she has been saying more and more 2-3 word sentences this winter. So on the eve of her 21 months birthday, Charlotte was ready for her first fully verbal declaration of love... exclaiming:

"I love you, Daddy!" - shortly followed by "I love you, Mama!" and
"I love you, Penny!"

It was one of those melt-your-heart and bring-tears-of-happiness-to-your-eyes parenting moments, at least for Mama. Charlotte whispered it into her ear as Daddy walked away... presumably in response to him giving her one last good night kiss, and to Mama reading her favorite bedtime stories, and to Penny for being - well - Penny.

We love you too Charlotte, so very much.