i.love.you.

12.7.13 henry daniel neeleman tells mommy that he loves her for the very first time. like it was nothin. like he had said it a million times before. henry is at the stage where you can have conversations like these, "can you say.... yellow ?!", and henry will reply "lellow!!!!" with any word. anytime. its so cute, because most of the time it is the very first time he has said the word and his interpretation of it, well, is the best thing. so i have been trying to get him to say "i love you!" for a few weeks now, and he finally did it-it was a moment i will hope i never forget. he giggled and smiled and buried his head in the couch cushion and then ran away. it was a moment that was so sweet and oh too fast. i have had a lot of those lately. motherhood is a beautiful, beautiful thing. God is good and kind and trusting to let us care for these perfect spirits. how blessed i am.

one fun fact (or sometimes not so fun) about henry is that is isn't so much a morning guy. so wednesday rolls around and we find ourselves at the park at 8:30 am!!! yikes! you know it is going to be a long day when you are already at the park at that time. but. we really did have a blast. and i hate to bring up the weather again, because, well sheesh! its not a weather blog! but it was pretty perfect. so we stayed a really long time and i took a lot of pictures of my little h. he makes my heart sing. and he makes me sing, e-i-e-i-o (old macdonald had a farm) about a million times a day. truestory.

xxx