Super Sweet

I think I've remarked lately here that I am just getting more attached to Lincoln every day. That doesn't feel like quite the right way to explain it, but I feel like ourbond is growing stronger and stronger and I haven't noticed it so much ever before.
Now I know for sure that at least part of it is that he's more interactive and is showing his personality more and more.
He just woke up after passing out for nearly 6 hours. Unfortunately, tomorrow is supposed to be a school/work day. I was so glad to see him doing so well I just sat and visited with him in his room for a while. We were sitting on his bed, he had his feet through the rail and I was sitting next to him, indian-style, with my knees at the rail, my knees touching his. At one point he leaned over to me, put his arm behind my back and with the sweetest smile and sweetest voice said, 'my mommy'. My heart melts. He did this a couple times.
A while later I was rubbing his back. I asked him if it felt good or if it tickled. I told him I didn't want to tickle him. I just wanted to rub his back because I think it feels really nice to have my back rubbed. So, he let me rub his back for a while and then he moved around to sit behind me and he rubbed my back just like I had his. Same thing - my heart melts. Super sweet. Same thing - he does it more than once. What wonderful memories we're making every minute.
It was also neat to hear him be a little crazy. I could really tell what a difference the surgery made because he was doing things that made the sound resonate in his head and he was shaking his head. I forgot about that from after hiss urgery last time, until now.Really interesting.