I thought it would be nice to have a thread about things our kids say/do that melt our hearts. :0)

Here are some moments I can share:

The other day after coming home (my mom was watching the kids), Jonethan met me at the door and said, "Mommy, I miss you..gimme a hug!" I bent down and he gave me the tightest hug! I really needed it that day and I thought that was exceptional coming from a (then) one-year-old!!

Gracie likes to come up to me with a big hug every now and then and say, "You're the best mommy in the whole world! I could keep you forever!" lol

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When I am crying and sad, Sinead comes up to me hankie in hand wipes my tears, pats my back and says there there mommy everything will be alright.

grayce anne who is 2 1/2 calls everyone "honey" now. all of our family members and even others like the cashier at the grocery store

Oh cute stuff!
Mine would have to be simply ANY time Boo smiles. Ugh! He's so darn cute and sweet and precious..and such a stinker at the same time!
We have a little game now..I, in a sing songy voice, say "I loooove youuu" he grins, often turns his head and looks at me out of the corner of his eye and grunts "nuh uh"
Hub and I say that to one another all the time. We're guessing he picked it up from there? But when one tells the other, casually, "I love you" the other says "nuh uh" "uh huh" "well I love you MORE" that kind of thing.
So, I guess that's where Boo's response comes from.
Anywho..
I started 'testing' this to see if he would still respond 'nuh uh' with other things. In the same voice and as close to that whole scenario as possible, I will ask him "are you my honey bunch" or "are you my sweet pea" and he says "Yeeaaaah"
Cracks me up!

And now, as I type, I look to the side of my bed and there he lies..asleep, just lookin' cute and darling. * sigh*

Another thing he does is caress my hair/head. Mimicing daddy.
Kharissa likes to brush and play with my hair too. I just think it's so sweet.

Other than those things...any time the kids take care of one another, it makes me all happy inside *grins*

Awww! Those are sweet ones, Tara! You too Zoey! ;0)

DH and I have an ongoing game about "I love you more" "No, I love you more" just teasing and all. Sometimes Gracie will say I love you more...too cute what they pick up!

Ds doesn't talk yet but he going through this amazing phase of laughing, I mean belly laughing, aloud for no reason! Today he was cracking up in his crib for a good 20 minutes. It really did melt my heart!!!!

My boys and I also go through the "I love you," "I love you more," "I love you to infiniti & beyond" routine... and now if my youngest messes up the routine to where he is not able to say the infiniti part - he says =- start over... so that in the end he can say - "see, I win!"

This whole time that I've been sick with a virus my youngest has been coming to me lieing on the couch and checking on me... feeling my head and saying, "Mommie, you'll be better soon!"

So sweet!

My favorite thing is that my 4-year-old daughter is just totally in love with her twin baby brothers (they're 20 months.) I've had plenty of people tell me that it may change someday, but she has been all about them from the minute they were born, and we'll enjoy it while it lasts. She calls them "the brothers" or "my boys"- she went running to Braddock with a toy phone the other day, telling me, "Mama, you know how my Braddock loves to play phone." She loves to hug on them and play with them, and she is always so sweet and gentle with them. When Zaiden was sick last week, she was rubbing his back and saying, "It's okay, sister's here!" She said to me the other day, "There's nothing in the world I love more than being a big sister!"

Gotta love THAT!

My 15 year old dd still sneaks up on mom with the big hug and I love you, when she's not mad at me. She still plays the I love you more game every once and awhile and that really melts the old heart. I hope that she never stops! Then there's my little 2 1/2 year old dd, when I got home from work today she said " I'm so happy to see you Mommy, I love you!!! Never been a better welcome.

Lately the thing that my kids are doing that tugs on the 'ol heart strings is at bedtime. I usually read to dd and then she gets kisses from ds and dh. Well the other day I said to her "Go give daddy a kiss" and she ran to the next room to find him and ran up making kissy noises. So sweet. And then there is ds, who will run up to dd and give her a big hug and loud kiss on the forehead goodnight. I am just loving that they are really enjoying each other.

I have to say, the thing that comes to mind for me, is when Emma says "bless you" whenever I sneeze or cough or grunt! LOL Ok, so I don't grunt, but it's cute what she thinks "bless you" is for. Girl must know me, I need all the blessings I can get!
It also melts my heart when she looks up at Noah's pictures and points him out, or points out something about him in the pic. The other day, she stood up on the couch and pointed out his eyes, nose, mouth, all those precious things.

Blessings,
Amber

I find that the little things mean a lot to me and it could be something as simple as a cheesy grin. I know that I have my struggles with my daughter but this thread is really helping me to see all the good in her.

This morning she was awake before the alarm and she shouts from her room Morning Mommy time to get up the sun is shining.I just think she is the cutest thing ever and give my thanks to God that I have her.

Thank you for starting this thread,

Zoey

Something about seeing my 20 month old trot out of my room, headed upstairs to bed. He just trots right along with the rest of the kids. I think that's more the "*sniff* my baby's growing up!" but still.
Also, as I mentioned before, any time the kids take care of one another. Well, Eldest always takes Boo up to bed now. We have our family devotion and prayer time down in the living room or our bed, then the round of hugs and kisses and everyone is off to their beds. The baby now goes up with them. Eldest does soooo much to help care for this baby. We will say "goodnight" and Boo turns around, then kind of hesitates. Eldest will pick him up and cheerfully tote him upstairs. They get up to the first landing and turn back around "Say goodnight" Eldest says to Boo. Boo waves ever so sweetly and mutters something somewhat resembling "ni-night" or just "byyyeee" or even "hiiii" (he still gets the two confused from time to time haha)
But it just really makes me well up inside to see Eldest tend to the baby like that.

Oh Tara, I completely understand how your heart strings get tugged when you see your older child caring for a younger child.

Every evening when I go to pick up Cash at my parents house, I find my almost 4 year old either standing over the bassinet talking to him or "holding" him while sitting in my Dads lap. Nothing in the world is like seeing one child loving another that way. Matthew helps feed Cash, helps change his diapers, talks to him, tickles his little "triple chins" (he's getting so fat!) and is always kissing Cash's cheeks or hands.

Just makes me smile to see the jealousy disappear and the love pour out instead!

I have to jump in and share. Yesterday, I found a pic of me back in 2002. I metioned it in the "boob" thread. Well, I got all emotional, b/c I'm not that small anymore. (body size, I mean) and Gabe came up, asked me what was wrong. When I told him, he said, while huggin me, "well, mama, it's ok. I not that little anymore, either." (he was two, btw, LOL)

ah, the things these kids come up with

Oh, and while Gabe was looking at pics yesterday, too, he found one of him and his cousin, and he said, "ahh, old memories", LOL

Our son is 2 & he just learned to say "Love Mama"
& his new fav thing to say is "Happy Day"
I would have to agree w/ many of the other posts. Just about any unexpected or unsolicated shows of affection do it for me.

When I drop my daughter of at pre-school in the morning I always give her a hug and tell her, "I love you peanut." Then when I go to walk away she gets this play angry look on her face and demands, "Where's my kiss!" To some it might look strange but it is just our little thing.

This is more a funny one, but our oldest boy is very delayed in his speech but recently he has been starting to say more. Anyway this evening he was in the bathroom and was going pee pee, after he was done he said 'Amen'! I just loved that!

This is more a funny one, but our oldest boy is very delayed in his speech but recently he has been starting to say more. Anyway this evening he was in the bathroom and was going pee pee, after he was done he said 'Amen'! I just loved that!

Hahahahaha!! Cute!!!

Oh Jayne! LOL That's great *smiles*

Today Sinead mealted my heart in more ways than one, she went into her room and privetly prayed. I could hear what she was saying through the walls and she was thanking Jesus for being there for her and protecting her and then she thanked Jesus for making her mommy happy again.

I think the thing that melts me the most is when Abby will come up and just kiss me on my arm or my cheek. Abby is very affectionate so she loves to cuddle and give hugs and kisses. But these kisses are differant. She'll be playing and then come give me a kiss and then run back and play, as if she was thinking of me while she was playing.

The other thing that melts me is to see her be lovey dovey with daddy. This is rare. so it is very special when she chooses to snuggle up with him. and of course he just melts away as well.

I agree with Esther. Hannah is the same way, very affecionate. But it's those kisses that come out of nowhere that just melt your heart away! Another thing that melts my heart is how affectionate she is with her brother. If he gets hurt she always askes him if he is okay. And whenever they seperate, like at church to go to there classes, and then when she sees him again she runs up to him and gives him a kiss. So sweet! Makes the driving me crazy nutty moments worth while. hehe

Drive by huggings!

I have two from today that I wanted to share!
This morning Emma and I were at the dollar tree store getting something for a meeting, and she was upset because I made her get out of the play-car cart that a lady was using to stock stuff. (I let her get into it while I browsed nearby). I was carrying like 15 things, and finally found a basket to carry. Emma was still crying/whining about having to get out of the car when she saw me get the basket. She ran over to the baskets and dumped her sippie into one and said "I do it!" and grabbed her own. She carried that HUGE basket all over that store all by herself. My big girl! ~sniff~
Then tonight....so funny but it melted my heart. I always pray with Emma as I start nursing her before bed. I have found that I have to include pretty much everyone she knows in our prayers or she will go through all of them anyways and keep herself up. Well earlier today while at church she helped herself to a package of party plates and napkins. (a lady at our church works for american greeting and brings us free party stuff/cards and such) Since these are free, and have been sitting there for a while, I let her keep them. She was just tickled. Well, instead of bringing a doll or teddy bear to bed, she wanted her plates and "mapkins" as she says. I had her set them down in her room (didn't quite want to cuddle with plates) and we went on to nurse and pray. After I prayed she unlatched and said "pray bed, napkins, plates!" Ok...so I thanked the Lord for her new bed and plates and napkins. Then after a short while, she started to pray (which alone melts my heart) and she prayed..." pray mapkins, pray plates" then looked up at me with the biggest "wasn't that pleasing to the Lord" look on her face! I just had to thank the Lord that she is trying to get the concept of praying for others/things. I don't know if she was praying FOR her plates and napkins for praying to thank the Lord for them, but she turned to the Lord in her joy, and that makes me get on my knees and thank the Lord for her!

Just wanted to share!
Blessings,
Amber

awww how precious amber

Too cute, Amber. (smile)

(hugs)

Joy