Unconditional Love

The greatest thing about being a grandma is

the way that this little man loves me.

Unconditionally.

Completely.

He trusts that we love him the same way.

Which of course, we do!

I often think of just moments after he was born

when he turned his whole body towards me

and looked at me,

eye to eye...

And I fell completely in love with him.

It was like he had something heavenly to tell me

and like we had been friends long before that moment.

And like when I give birth to my own children,

I grew a new heart.

He spent the weekend with us while his parents went to Utah

for General Conference.

Gabe is a happy baby with a huge smile.

But this morning he was tired.

Kailee held him while I finished breakfast but Gabe

did his best to make eye contact with me.

And when he got it, his little arms went in the air

and his little fingers starting wiggling

telling me,

"Come get me grandma, come get me!"

As soon as I picked him up, wrapped him in his blanket and sat down

he grabbed onto my shirt and his eyes rolled and he yawned and

he cuddled in and went to sleep.

He was perfectly content to sleep in my arms.

But he held on tight to make sure that I would not get away

with putting him down.

And when he did wake up,

his eyes went immediately to mine

and he smiled again!

When you are loved by a child

all is right with the world!!!

And just because he is so darn cute...
Grandpa was working on the van and needed some info about it
from the internet.
He got up to check something and Gabe went right to the computer.
Needing to check his Facebook I guess??
Such a sweet boy.
We are so blessed to have him as part of our family!