Happy Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is about LURVE, and we all want to be lurved, right? Right. 

Welp, in the spirit of LURVE, here are some of the things I love about MY Valentines:

• The way Paul calls me Sweetie and never ends a phone conversation without telling me he loves me.
• Paul's green eyes which aren't totally green but a little more brackish, like swamp water. (Perhaps not the most romantic description, I know, but f'rills, he has great eyes.)
• The way Clara throws her head back, giggling and wanting us to nibble on her neck while we are making "nom-nom-nom" monster sounds.
• The fact that Paul has never once accused me of being bossy, even though I totally am. For some reason, being told I am bossy has always hurt my feelings.
• Clara's full-body joy when I show up at the end of the day to pick her up from daycare, complete with a gasp of delight and crawl-sprint into my arms.
• Paul & Clara's special bond with each other. Clara adores her daddy and Paul adores her right back. It is magical.
• The way Paul plans for everything - trips, house remodeling, finances, the next adoption process, etc.
• Clara's current obsession with being held by mom pretty much all the time - when I am cooking, when I am giving her a bath, when I am trying to get ready in the morning.
• That Paul enjoys the same books that I enjoy and we can discuss them and quote them to each other.
• The fact that Paul wears his hair a little bit longer than he used to just because he knows I like it that way. 
• That Clara is so smart that she makes up her own little games to play with us, like hide-in-the-pillows-on-mom-&dad's-bed-then-peek-out-and-laugh-at-them.
• Paul's steadiness, patience, and love when I am having a hard time with this working-mom gig.
• And both of their cheeks because I just love to kiss them SO MUCH!!

Happy Valentine's Day to both of my Valentines.

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