Sweet Words

Sometimes Ava says a phrase that is just the right sentiment at just the right time to completely catch me off guard and melt my heart. Tonight after I had bathed her, carried her upstairs, dried her off, put on a clean diaper, applied diaper cream, dressed her in a pair of fresh-out-of-the-drawer clean pajamas, dried her hair, stood her up on the changing table at eye level with me, and gave her a kiss on the cheek...she reached her arms around my neck and said in her sweet little voice, "Thank you, Mama."