Will you be my Valentine forever?

So I’ve learned that you love chocolate… The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree now does it? You got a card from Mimi and Papa along with some new clothes and a card from Nana and Pop too… Dad and I got you separate cards this year… We both wanted to pick out our own… And we got you a stuffed monkey with huge eyes… You love him and carried him around all afternoon giving him hugs and kisses… You’re such a loving little kid…

In the last couple of weeks you’ve really been trying to repeat a lot of words that we say… It’s so much fun for us… I know people say to be careful what you wish for, but we cannot wait for you to talk more…

Some of the new words…

SpongeBob

Cat

Max (from Max and Ruby fame)

Apple

Dad went to work with a friend yesterday… It was a 12 hour work day and the first time he had to leave you in a year… He was beside himself walking out the door… A feeling I know all too well… Going back to work after having you was the single most difficult thing I’ve ever been forced to do… And I feel that pain every Monday morning still... I doubt it will ever go away… Although he was upset about it, I find comfort in the fact that now he knows what I go through…

Mommy and me is going great! You love Miss Sue and follow her around the classroom like a puppy dog…

I can’t wait for springtime so we can go outside and play… The winter is making us all stir crazy...

Soon enough…