Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is always a good reminder to tell the ones you love just how much you care about them. I was explaining this to Talan on Sunday 2/13 and he has the sweetest responses to the things I tell him. To start the weekend Lathon and Talan surprised me with the camera I had been wanting on Friday. I was so happy and totally surprised and just the simple fact that my happiness made Talan so happy shows just how caring my 3 year old is. He kept saying "I love you mommy, I'm happy you like your present" (and now even 4 days later we still talk about how happy I am that he and daddy got my camera for me). We spent the weekend in Branson and while we didn't do much we still had a good time swimming, shopping, and eating. Fast forward to Monday morning 2/14... Talan LOVES getting presents just as much as he loves giving them so to wake him up I informed him that I loved him and got him a present to show him just how much. He jumps up into my arms to be carried into the living room where is present was waiting. Without even thinking about it he ripes open the gift to find his new Toy Story 3 movie, a mouth guard, and some bubble tape gum the 3 things he had been wanting for weeks. The joy on his sleepy morning face is indescribable. Of course we had got him Valentine's to take to Jeannie's to give his friends and he was so excited about that too (Toy Story snacks) and he came home with lots of love gifts from his friends. All in all Valentine's Day was a big success for my little man who is so loving and so lovable.