I love you.

My breath is often taken away when watching my kids do something for the first time, or say something for the first time and that is exactly what happened tonight.

Drew has never said, I love you, to anyone or anything. It just hasn't been in his vocabulary. Every night I wait for him to say it back because I don't think it's a saying that should be forced. He'll say it when he's ready. Tonight was it. I was feeding Ollie. We had the lights turned out. Drew had just gotten out of the tub and brushed his teeth. He was being silly and ran into Ollie's room naked. He saw that I was trying to get him to go to sleep. He came up and gave Ollie a big hug and said, "Night Ollie." Then, a very sweet, "I love you" while still hugging him. Then he ran out of the room ready to go get in his own bed.

This is not something I would have ever predicted; the first "I love you" goes to Ollie. Wow. I'm speechless. Hands down sweetest thing ever.