A Gift for Me

 

This is my Christmas gift from my friend Danielle.  I cried. 

 

Her brother is an insanely talented artist and she commissioned him to do a drawing of Caelan for me.  She picked a photo of him from my Face Book page-  this was taken on Caelan's 2nd Birthday; he was sitting in Matt's lap when I took it.  It's one of my favorites of him-  I love his expression and that moppy hair!

 

So one day I was at Michael's with Danielle and her mom and her brother Matt.  She held up two frames and said, "Which one do you think would look best with a pencil drawing?"  So I picked this one of the two (not knowing it was going to be for me).  When we left there to walk into a different store-  Matt and their mom walked over to the truck to "put some things away" and catch up with us in a bit.  They were putting this in the frame.

 

A little later we were standing outside about to leave and Danielle pulled something out of a bag and said, "Hey Caelan... who is this?"  and held this up for him. He grinned and said his name... I glanced down and then did a double take.  I was almost confused actually!  I said, "Wait.. that's.... oh my gosh.  That's my baby!"  I just stood there with my mouth open and looked back and forth from Danielle to her brother and back as it all started connecting in my head and I started crying.  I was just beside myself!

 

I sat in the car for a long time just looking at it before coming home.  I still look at it and melt; I tear up as I write this! 

 

This is such a BEAUTIFUL gift.  The artwork itself it unbelievable.  The GIFT ...  leaves me speechless.