WOW! Where do I even start?
How about some favorites?
1.) I love it when he wants to be held by BOTH of us. One of us will be holding him and he’ll stretch his little arm waaaaay out to let us know he wants us both. 😀
2.) I love it when he decides it’s “private concert time”. He pulls us (and Kevin’s guitar) into one of the crib rooms and after strumming a little bit on his own, he tells Daddy to “chita” (sit) on the tiny chair, and then he plops down into my lap, and points to the guitar and says (in his sweet Haitian accent), “Play please, Daddy!“. When each song is over, he claps and says, “Bravo, Daddy! Bravo!“, then, “Play please, Daddy” again. 🙂
This next photo was snapped the very first time Sweet P ever saw his Daddy play guitar. I can’t wait to show you the expression on his face once he’s officially a Palmer! 😀
3.) Making puzzles has continued to be a fun activity for the three of us, too:
He pat-pats each piece into place when he finds one, and yesterday afternoon while we were sitting there, he turned to me out of the blue, looked me straight in the eyes and said, “I love you, Mama”.
Needless to say, I am absolutely FLOATING around this place today. 😀
Happy 2-26!
This is amazing! Such a beautiful family you are already!
So happy for you, and for this little guy! God has blessed you mightily!
This is beautiful!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!
I’ve been following you for quite some time but never comment. This post has me bawling at my desk. I am so very moved by your journey. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
SO happy for you, we love reading your journey as sea re adopting from China! Do you care to share where you got the “P” shirts? We are “P”‘s too and I would love to have one for when we get our China baby. <3
Oh gosh, you guys!! Tears just streaming down my face while I laugh/cried through this. God is so good!!
Oh my God!
I’m so happy for you (and already crying, one ocean away!!)
I wish you all the best! Lots of love, health and endless days of laughter!
😉
I’ll be smiling the rest of the day after reading your update. 🙂
tears. happy tears. the best feeling ever! So happy for you all!
This is just so amazingly wonderful! I love how you three are connecting! This has been like reading a book and finally getting to the juicy ending chapters–and I just can’t stop reading.
I am a complete sobby puddle in the middle of my office as I read these words. I am so over the moon excited for you guys!
Wonderful! Beautiful! Heart melting. Thank you for sharing!
I think I have officially become a stalker of TLC the past week. I couldn’t wait for you to post some more pics and sweet words about little Sweet P! Sniff sniff…. These were so precious! Thank you for sharing! May God continue to bless this bonding time-praying for completeness, calmness, happiness, tenderness, and that the love of Jesus just pours from this experience!
You have another stalker of your website. I’ve followed your journey since the beginning, but now I’m absolutely obsessed! I can’t wait to hear more about your time together. Funny, it’s the little things in life that mean so much like reaching for you both, music, and puzzles. Love the ‘P’ T-shirts.
So great!!
I’m sitting here with my heart full and tears of happiness in my eyes for you. I have no words….this is such an incredible blessing for all of you. xoxo
As a mama, that last line left a huge lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. So precious.
Enjoy every second 🙂
Absolutely perfect.
Rejoicing with you!
OH my GOSH!!! To number one I said “how SWEET!” Number 2, the tears started. Number three, I about had the ugly bawl. My face is drenched with tears! Oh my GOSH…I don’t even know what to say. How can you even stand it???!!! This is so amazing! I am so happy, happy, happy for you all! PS. I went back to read it again and I can’t even see the letters clearly to type! Enjoy!!!
What a dear little laddy. I wish you so much love and joy.
I am so happy for you guys! I can feel the love in this post. I got teary at the end when he said “I love you, Mama”. 🙂
I have goosebumps – what a special wonderful time for the three of you! Thank you for sharing your heart with all of us!
WOW!! So wonderful and beautiful!
Amazing!! Oh how your hearts must be soaring…wishing you days that go by slowly because I know it will be so hard for you to leave him behind…
I can not quit smiling!! I am so excited for you guys! Can’t wait to see pictures of his precious little face.
I didn’t know it is possible to be SO OVERWHELMED with happiness and love for people I will most likely never meet, but I am. My heart is bursting for the 3 of you.
Sweet P is sweet indeed!
What Arli said…. tears of joy here for the three of you; God bless you all!
Couldn’t agree more. I feel exactly the same. Delighted for all of you.
Tears of joy! So beautiful!
So happy to see how God is using this time bonding y’all into a sweet little family!!!! He sounds like a precious sweet P!! Can’t wait to meet him…
This has made my day! I am so thrilled for you and your little family! xx
My heart is filled with joy for you all!!! You are so blessed! Enjoy that bundle of happiness god has brought into your life! Congratulations Palmer Family! Here’s to a lifetime of special memories for your family
Thank you so much for sharing. This warms our hearts so!!!
Happy cannot describe how it was to read this post. God bless you all!!
Sue
Wow. I felt tears spring to my eyes upon reading your final words in this update. I can only imagine how happy you are right now!! So thrilled for all of you, but especially for your little Sweet P! 😉
Holding back the tears! Sooo excited for your sweet family.
I love reading your stories with your Sweet P. He’s so blessed to have you in his life as you are with him now. There will come a day very soon, you won’t be able to remember life before him. Such a precious story you have. God bless the three of you immensely!!
I am so happy for you and your family. My Mommy heart fills with joy and happiness . Thank you for sharing.
I agree..what Arlie said….love the T-shirts..all of our hearts are so full of joy.
Chills. That is what reading this just did to my entire body. So many amazing things happening for your family and I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Your journey is beyond precious …. so very, very sweet. Thank you Father for blessing the three. Continue to go before them and grace each step of the process. Amen and Amen.
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Wow this is amazing progress of bonding in such a short time. I am so happy for y’all and your family.
I have been following your story closely and am so happy for you all. Good to hear good news in the world, that a little boy has found his family, rather than the depressing news we see all the time. So excited for you, and I cannot wait til you bring him home x
Happy tears for you. So amazing.
Arli said it perfectly! Thank you for sharing this amazing journey of yours, so happy for you all 😀
Thank you for sharing these beautiful moments. After following the whole process for so long, I can’t help but keep smiling thinking about how happy and complete you all must feel. Amazing that he is already calling you mom and sharing “I love you’s”.
Very, very sweet. So happy for you.
So BEAUTIFUL!!!
My heart is so happy for all three of you! Thanks for sharing this wonderful journey with us all!
Amazing! I’ve been following your journey as well and I am so happy for you 🙂
I could not be happier for all three of you. These photos you post bring the tears of joy, so I cannot imagine what the uncropped versions will do to me when you are able to post them.