Lub Ya

Parenthood can be hard. Parenthood less than a week before your due date is exhausting. It really is the small moments that take your breath away and make it worth it all at once. Today, after I finished reading Cole Reynolds books before bedtime, we did our nightly snuggle. During a pause in the song that I was singing to him, he smiled at me and said "Lub ya". I almost cried. It was the first time he's said it completely unprompted. I must tell him I love him 100 times a day, and usually he ignores me. From time to time, he will respond "Lub ya" but not often. Lately, I've noticed that if I sign "I love you" to him, he is most likely to say "Lub ya", but this is the first time it was completely on his own. I sure do love that little guy!