YES! Being huggers ourselves, this is quite possibly one of the best surprises we could have gotten. Last week, I was sitting in the floor playing with her, and she just toddled over to me, grabbed me around the shoulders, put her head on my shoulder and squeezed. Ever since then, it's been hug-o-rama. She walks over and hugs me, or walks over and hugs Daddy. Sometimes it's a side hug, and sometimes she just falls into our laps with her arms out wide. Sometimes it's even accompanied by an open-mouthed, slobbery smooch and a giggle.
Simply said, it's The. Best. Without words, without knowing any other way to express it, our sweet little Toots is telling us she loves us. And it feels AMAZING. I tear up every time it happens because I am still so overwhelmed by it. I thank her, hug her back, kiss her on the head and tell her I love her, and she smiles and wanders off with a big smile. If I'm lucky, I might get a "dat doo" (that's Makenna-speak for "thank you") in return. I honestly can't think of hardly ANYTHING else that makes my heart feel this full of love. So "dat doo," Tootie, for making me feel like the best mommy in the world.
