You're sounding great! Good for you, girl. I loved the candy corn comment. Sounds like you're a natural at this stuff.
Don't know what to say about mimicking. I haven't had this experience in my sitch; in fact it's been the opposite. H is down in the dumps most of the time, just comes up for air once in a while to apologize before diving back down. I'm fairly cheery in general---always have been---but have been toning it down a bit because he's so pathetic these days; feels like I'm rubbing it in.
Have you read the MLC stuff on here? Lots of good info. The one thing I remember is it says get ready for the long haul.
You're seeing tons of positives, and it sounds like you're doing a great job staying positive yourself (love the morning prayers). You've made quite a turnaround yourself really quickly. Congrats!