i love you stinky face

have you read the book, "i love you stinky face"? my mom gave me the book after ace was born and we brought it back to savannah and stuck it on the book shelf. the other night i found it buried back behind a few other  books and remembered that we had not read it yet. the book is about a little boy and his mom. as the mom is putting the little guy to bed at night, he is asking her all kinds of "what if i were a..." questions. for each question she has a sweet and loving response to reassure him that no matter who is or what he is, she will always love him and take care of him. such a wonderful message. needless to say, it is my new favorite book and i have read it to ace for the last few nights straight.

see here is the thing, being a parent will rock your world. there are so many ups and downs in a twenty four hour period that sometimes your head feels twenty steps behind your body. ace is a buddy of many personalities. he laughs, he screams, he laughs, he doesn't want to be put down, he laughs. etc. but, in any of those scenarios, i love his stinky face so much. i love him so much it isn't even funny. i love him so much it scares me. afterall, he is the only person in this whole world who knows what my heart beat sounds like from the inside. i would do anything for him. comb the snarls out of his hair, build a house by a swamp if he turned into a swamp creature, give him a bath and brush his teeth if he were a smelly skunk. i love his stinky face so much!

being a parent rocks my face off! it is the the most awesome rollercoaster that i was afraid to ride but now that i am on it, i never want to get off. i can't thank God enough for Ace and all of my blessings. i find myself completely overwhelmed to the point of tears when i think about all of my blessings and the amazing things in my life. how did Aaron and I get so lucky?