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!
I’ve been following your adoption journey on the blog and reading this brought tears to my eyes! How incredibly joyous for all of you! =)
I got tears in my eyes as I read this. Especially that last sentence. To God be the glory! Just think….you have more than half of the visit left. I can hardly wait to hear what all happens the rest of the trip.
Layla, please tell us….do you have any idea when you’ll be able to bring him home?
2/26 of your dreams!!!! Love this and your beautiful family!!!! ~Kim
I have been following your journey and this is such wonderful news! Can’t wait to hear more!
Such sweet moments. So happy for you 3 P’s!
I needed to see and hear this much joy today….thank you for sharing your joy.
Sweet Jesus! I just cried reading this!
Yippee for the three Ps! I can hear your heart singing loud and strong along with Kevin’s playing. Enjoy this precious, magical, love-filled time.
2-26… It was worth the wait. Thanks for sharing your dream, your journey and this beautiful day.
So beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing!
Lucky little boy….lucky sweet parents! A match of love! So thrilled for you! Praying the entire process will be over as soon as possible!
Oh my word! I am so happy for you. Sweet P is such a lucky little guy, and reading about the moment when he said, “I love you, Mama” totally made me cry. What a wonderful experience for all three of you! Sending best wishes.
Absolutely beautiful!
I’m having a hard time explaining why I’m doing the “ugly cry”” at work. I’m so happy for you and your family of three!
I am absolutely over the moon for you guys. What an amazing experience you are having.
“I love you, Mama.” How breathtaking those four words are.
I unexpectedly teared up over this!! I cannot wait until he finally comes home!! Now I’m officially crying
Me too!
Sweetest words you will EVER hear! Just precious! 🙂
Was smiling like crazy as I read this post. That last part got me though. “I love you, Mama.” Isn’t that just the best? Happy tears for you all.
The tears!!! I cannot wait until you are all HOME!
🙂 so so very happy for you all. Cant wait till you can share more of him.
Oh my how sweet and you made me cry when he said he loves you.
There won’t be a dry eye reading this post! Such joy we all feel for you! I believe that just as God has been preparing your hearts for Sweet P, He has prepared his little heart to love you and Kevin. So precious! Cannot wait to see his smiling face.
Oh sweet Layla..my heart is bursting for you!! What a joy this little guy is to you and Kevin and what a life the three of you will have together! Soak up every precious moment while you are there and hold on to it until you bring him home!! Xoxo
Ugh, so sweet I’m going to cry!! It sounds like the trip is everything you’d been dreaming of and more! My husband and I started our adoption process a few months before you but we adopted domestically and brought our newborn baby boy home 2 years ago in May. I’ve been reading and anxiously waiting for you and Kevin to get to experience the same joy. Can’t wait to hear that you get to bring him home but so happy that you finally get to meet him and love on him in person!
SO ADORABLE! You bring tears to my eyes, absolutely precious I am so glad you guys are having a great time. Can’t wait to see the little fella when he becomes official!
“I love you Mama” the sweetest words ever spoken.
I follow you on instagram and love seeing these pictures of you and sweet P, but this post made me cry!! How sweet…every little moment seems so sweet. He really seems to have warmed up quickly to both of you.
Happiness. Love. Priceless.
I love that he knows you’re his.
Thank you for the happy tears 🙂
Goosebumps!! I love it!
Crying! That is precious and heartwarming and how wonderful that you are documenting each moment so you will never forget how you felt (and neither will he). I was adopted and have a lot of pictures and stories (and paperwork)–but not the documented emotions that you will have.
Oh my goodness. So very blessed. I can’t wait for you to be able to bring him home.
So many terrible things happening in the world. To read your post and to see and feel nothing but love is a blessing. Thank you so much for sharing this and bringing in so much light.
So happy for you! He’s the sweetest.
How can I be so touched by people I have never even met?? As a woman who was never able to have children, your story touches me to the depths of my heart. So happy for all three of you.
You are killing me with these posts. I can not wait to see you three home together.Our
love to you all.
My heart is fluttering with excitement for you beautiful family! I ca hardly wait for your next post! God bless you!
OMG LAYLA!!! CONGRATS!! IM SO HAPPY YOUR SWEET P IS EVERYTHING YOU DREAMED OF!! BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ALL! XOXOXO I HAVE A PERMASMILE ON MY FACE!! LOL
I don’t know you but I have followed your blog for a long time….I’m so happy for you and your husband and your son. I look forward to reading these posts more so then the DIY home posts now.
Oh my goodness, not a dry eye around. Such precious moments.
Layla,
I’ve read your blog for many years and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am for you, Kevin and Sweet P. Your posts bring tears to my eyes.
You’ve been so patient in this process. Meeting your sweet boy must be heaven on earth.
Best to the Palmers,
Claudia
XOXOXOXXO and prayers for all 3 of the P family!
thrilled for you three♥ if home is where the heart is and he is so home with you two.
That is so heartwarming. I don’t know you personally, but I am so happy for you all ! Bless you.
Sitting at my desk with tears of joy. I remember those first few days with our adopted son so well…hard to put into words, but you have done a pretty apt job (as usual…can count on you to articulate what so few can). Blessings on you three. Overjoyed.
SOOOO happy for y’all!!!! Made me tear up happy tears reading your sweet post!!
Made me tear up and my daughter and I both went “Awwwwww” when reading the last part. So, so happy for you all!
I haven’t been to the blog in a while and I was just SUPER EXCITED for all of you when I saw the first post! Now I am in cuteness overload – such a precious little man that Sweet P is!
I am so pleased for you guys, my heart is bursting with joy and excitement, what a blessed precious time!!
I can’t take this. Calling you momma and daddy with such ease. Loving you wholeheartedly already. Nothing short of a miracle. That little boy has been waiting for you all – I can only believe his feet haven’t touched the ground since you guys got there either. He is all yours.