first smiles

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so, i started this post months ago and now it seems like ancient history.

but here is the first picture i got of darrel smiling - 

i remember we were all laying around him in the living room watching him smile.

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all my kids have been super expressive on the changing table.

they coo, and smile, and let out their sweet baby talk - 

i have so many fond memories of all them really communicating on the changing table.

here is baby d acting quite hilarious on the changing table...

at first little d was mainly a morning smiler.

we all looked (and still do) forward to it every morning- happy, happy, happy...

we all just love laying with him in the mornings (and after nap time) -

those smiles just light up our whole world each day.

now he smiles all the time, and it continues to melt our hearts every single time.

he sure knows how to make us happy, this little guy is a real sweetheart.

i took this last picture a couple of weeks ago-

there was an amazing shot i got after it, huge smile showing his adorable teeth.

i hadn't taken any pictures of him smiling in awhile and it was seriously darling.

then, i accidentally deleted it off my phone.

i called chris in a panic to see if i could get it back.

well, sadly it is long gone but that image of him is forever ingrained in my mind.

as chris said, there will be many smiling pics to come :)