"Love Mom"

Yes, that's what our boy said to me while we were cuddling on the couch.  It wasn't QUITE that clear, but it was obvious what he was saying, especially since I had JUST given him a big hug and told him that I loved him.  Apparently our stress-free summer is helping. 

I don't really have much else to update - swimming is going very well, and Stephen continues to be a super-walker.  We went back to the amusement park (just me and Stephen) on Friday, and he walked the WHOLE time.  We were there for almost FOUR hours!!  And then he did a lot of walking again on Saturday, too.

I didn't want to leave a post without any pictures.  This is Stephen's new "thing."  Well, it's not that new - he's been doing it for a little over a month, but I wanted to share a funny picture of it.  He's so silly!

Notice the dark spot on his collar, though... Stephen spent the last several months of the school year chewing on his collars.  We thought at first that it had to do with his big boy teeth coming in, but then it just continued... evidently, it was stress-related from school, because after being home for a couple of weeks, he's completely stopped doing that.