It is the little things

The way she twists her face and says, "silly muffins"
The way he cocks his head to one side and says, "ahhh yeh"
The way they play, couch play, dolls, parking garage, dress up. Their zest for life. Their love for adventure.
The way they love to play games, do art, and read.
Their strong small bodies as they arrive at a park and immediately look for kids to play with.
The way he raced across the monkey bars doing complete 360s on the bars. something i have never seen done by anyone.
They way he comes out of his room quietly and restored after a major meltdown, ready for a hug and to be happy again.
The way they play together and act so lovingly towards each other...not that I see it every day but when I do it melts my heart.
The way she sticks her butt to one side every time I am taking her diaper off in the morning or getting her dressed, as if my favorite part of her is her bottom....
The way he checks out his chest and arm muscles and takes eating very seriously so he can feed his growing muscles.
The way after every bite two nights ago she said, "This is soooo good!"
The way he snuggles up to me on the couch every night while I read books, his small hands wrapped carefully around my arm, and the way she thumbs through her own books at the same time.
They way they sing with me night after night as they are settling down for bed.
They way he asks every day, "how many sleeps until next Easter, his birthday, the baby coming, Christmas"
The dance parties, incredibly dance moves, pure happiness as the music is blasting.
The way they are perfectly behaved at parks, stores, the doctors, and on our field trips.
The way they drift peacefully off to sleep night after night, early and easily...welcoming sleep after a hard day's work of play.
The smiles. The big ear to ear grins that melt your heart, and help you thru the harder moments. The giggles. the tickles. the stories. the questions. the phases, stages. the ups and the downs. the days where we have no where to be but with each other.
All these little things make me so incredibly excited to see what one more Berkawood kid will be like.