I Love You

Tonight my precious angel, Sydney Lynne, said "I love you, Mommy" for the first time! It was SUCH SWEET MUSIC to my ears! Apparently, Todd had been "working" with Sydney to get her to say, "I love you." I guess he was successful!

Earlier this afternoon, I was changing Sydney's diaper, and she was on her phone (the play one) pretending to call Daddy. I said, "Do you want to call Daddy on the real phone?" to which she replied, "Yes!" So, we proceeded to call Todd, and while on the phone I said to Sydney, "Say 'I miss you, Daddy'" which she did! I then said, "Say 'I love you, Daddy,'" and she did that, too! I was amazed (because I didn't know Todd had been trying to get her to say "I love you")!! After we got off the phone with Daddy, we called Ga Ga (my daddy, Granddaddy, Ga Ga for short). Sydney told him she missed him and loved him, too! He was thrilled!! We could hear the excitement in his voice! We tried to call Grammy, but she didn't answer the phone. We talked to her and to Todd's dad later in the evening, and Sydney told them she missed and loved them, too! Everyone was so excited to hear those sweet words from our daughter's mouth!!

When I was rocking Sydney before bed tonight, I told her I loved her (like I do a million times a day- I ALWAYS want her to know her mommy loves her!). She smiled, and I asked, "Can you say 'I love you, Mommy'"? She smiled again and said, "I LOVE YOU, MOMMY!!" My heart just about burst! What a special moment!! I intend to treasure it forever!! I look forward to the day when Sydney can say "I love you" without being asked, but for now I will take it however I can get it!! :)