Toddler Tuesday: Toddler love

  In honor of valentines day, I thought I would do something a little different today. Instead of retelling all Lucy's inventive misadventures for the last week, I want to share some cute moments. Some melt your heart cuteness and some pure acts of toddler love and affection.

  After dropping Jake off at school one morning, Lucy and I were walking back to the van. She was having a blast jumping and "bouncing" around. I told her she was bouncy like Tigger and asked her if she had springs in her feet. I noticed after a couple seconds she had stopped walking. I looked back and there she was bent over, holding her foot, and looking for springs in the bottom! She looked up and me and said nope mommy! :D

  Late last week the flu hit my hard and fast. I was camped out on the couch feeling miserable. Lucy came up and said "mommy sick?!" I told her yes, I was sick. she replied "I kiss oou better". Then she gave me a big hug and kiss, smiled and said "All better?!" I couldn't reply being I was too busy chuckling so I just had to shake my head yes. I couldn't bring myself to break her heart and tell her otherwise. A couple days later we were driving in the car and she herd me say something about being sick. She pipped up and said "No mommy, oou not sick, I kiss you better!!". Oh yea...I forgot about that lol...

  We have been trying (Without much success) to potty train Lucy. Of course we give a ton of praise and get very excited if she goes in the potty. She is starting to use our tricks right back on us. If she manages to sneak in with me when I go to the bathroom she goes "shush...listen mommy." and whenever Trev goes to the bathroom she is waiting to tell him "Good job daddy!!". When was the last time YOU were recognized for your great work in the bathroom?! Lol.

  Avary is at the point where she is almost ready to walk. We have been trying to get her to walk to us while just lightly holding on our finger. Miss Lucy is a jealous little monkey by times and likes to think she is still the baby. Last night Avary didn't get much practice because Lu was too busy going "I walk to oou mommy!, I walk to oou daddy! and doing her best imitation on a baby walk while going back and forth between us. She also has started coming over to be snuggled and saying "say ohhh my baby girl, I love you baby girl". I think someone doesn't want to grow up ;)

  Lulu has discovered all things beautiful and "pretty" A friend send us some of her daughters too small clothes, and when I opened the box Lucy went crazy! All I herd for the next 15 minutes was "oohhh I oove it mommy! I oove it!" and "pretty mommy!". She got her first pair of high heels in that box and has been wearing them all around ever since because they are "pretty".  We have also been doing mani's and pedi's together because every time mommy does her nails, Lucy needs hers done. She even had her own mini bottles of all natural nail polish. It's so much fun having a girly girl!

  Lucy had developed this too cute habit of running at me exclaiming "Mommy!! Mommy!!" whenever I walk in the door from being gone somewhere. Even if I am only gone a few minutes. It gives me such a warm happy feeling to know I've loved and missed that much :). She has also started giving massive bear hugs and big smacking kisses. One of favorite new thing she does though is Eskimo kisses. She will lay there snuggling me in the morning and give me Eskimo kisses for several minutes straight, chuckling and giggling and being all silly and ticklish the whole time. It's super cute, even if my glasses do get really smuggled :).

  My MOST favorite thing Lucy does?! The fact that she now says I love you, without being prompted. She understands what it means, and wants to say it to those she loves. Being told that your child loves you, especially when it sounds like "I oove oou mommy!" is the sweetest, best, most melt-your-heart-and-turn-you-to-a-big-pile-of-mush thing ever!

  Happy Valentines day all <3 I hope you have a sweet little boy or girl in your life to wrap their arms tight around your neck, look at you with big twinkling eyes and tell you how much they oove oou, because there really is nothing else that can match the smile that will leave on your face and in your heart <3.