My Heart...

...is aching w/ overpowering LOVE!  I think I've figured out what brings these passionate feelings on, and when it happens, it is blinding!  It hits me like a ton of bricks, only something more positive, like a hot air balloon carrying me away! :) 

I woke up this morning w/ butterflies in my stomach, @ the sound of my sweet little princess quietly saying, "momma, momma".  Shawn + I smiled @ each other and rolled out of bed, one to get her milk from the fridge, + the other to hug Elsie Anne + change her diaper...then we met back in 'Momma + Daddy's Bed'!  We all LOVE this time in the morning... snuggles, songs, silly faces + giggles, before EA announces she's "all-done" and climbs down, heading straight for the bathroom to brush her teeth, before going down stairs for breakfast.  Her routines are ingrained so deeply, that she'd probably do them even w/out us around!

The butterflies continued all morning long as Elsie Anne played w/ Shawn, helped me w/ the dishes in the dishwasher + danced around to the 'Imagination Movers' song (she does all the motions by herself)!  I haven't felt these flips of happiness in my belly since May, the first morning I woke up in Tallahassee, in my childhood bed, after a 30hr drive, to the same sweet words out of EA's mouth!  In that moment I knew we had all day to play outside in the warm air - just the 2 of us, w/ or w/out clothes on, in the sand, swing, grass, or pool, I knew my Mom, Dad + Husband were coming home to us for a home cooked meal, + I knew we had an entire month to enjoy all our family + friend's fellowship!

In this moment, as I'm waiting for my 18.6lbs, almost 32in, almost 16mo, teethy-grinned angel to wake up, I KNOW my butterflies are twirling about b/c of the fun things we're looking forward to!!!  Shawn is taking 'his girls' to the Denver Zoo on Friday, we'll be in Granby, CO for a 4th of July weekend get-a-way, + we'll get to do whatever we please for the next week + 1/2 w/out any work interruptions!!  Just PLAY, PLAY, PLAY... enjoying my MAN + my MISSY MOO!  I think I've fallen in LOVE all over again! :)

There is NOTHING that beats this INTOXICATING feeling!  I wish I could bottle it up + get a splash of it every day!  But for now, I will bask in the glow + be thankful for my incredibly scrumptious family!!  MUAH!