He never stops smiling, his blue eyes so so bright as he angles the preview screen toward me, showing off all the pictures he's just taken of the ducks, both the older ones and the babies, too.

"No, sweetheart, it's fine," I assure him, grinning up at him as he drops his hand into mine again and we head back to the spot under the tree. "We can spend today doing anything you want, even if that includes taking pictures of water fowl while the pie gets cold."

I say the last with a wink as he clicks a few more pictures of the pups before setting the camera aside. "You don't have to stop," I tell him, just so glad that he seems to really like his present. I'm pretty sure I'll never ever get tired of seeing that smile on his face, that's for sure. "I was jokin' about the pie. It'll heat up again just fine later. In fact, we can take all this home right now if you'd rather. We don't have to stay here at all."