old soul

How cool is this? I just finished tucking in the lil' tikes (laura and kinley), during which time  kinley was chatting with me! (I'm currently sleeping in the guest room because, though I' prefer being part of the gang, I was falling asleep in class and not getting any work done, so I had to move out).  Lil B has been cooing a lot more, quick drawn out sounds like "oh-eeeewwww."  Well, started to make the same sound back, and she'd look at me, back at momma, then at me and make the sound. I'd repeat and she'd do it back, then she'd make a different sounds and I'd do it and she'd look back at me and do it again. Fun!  You never know what's going through that little head, but sometimes it seems like something big.

Actually, yeah.  Laura commented that she seems like an "old soul." As I've mentioned in the past, she is quickly upset by a dirty diaper or hunger, and is fairly hard to distract. But if you get those two things nailed, she just likes to hang out, looking around. It seems like she's always pondering something, simply at ease with what's going on.  Perspective. That's the word, it's like she's already been through this a few times and knows just what it takes to get through life. This is partially why I'm happy that she's making sounds and eager to chat. I've heard so many stories of younger siblings that don't talk for a while (because the older sib does all the talking). that may end up being the case w kinley, but I'm eager to hear what she knows.

Her happy place

Now that she's over a month old, she's ready to stroll.  And yes,
we are geniuses...we bought the double stroller two+ years ago.

Sienna continues to be exceedingly sweet w the little one. We're really
very proud of her. And when she does accidentally drop a toy on her,
you can tell that she is very upset with herself.

play date. kinley slept through the whole thing

How rad is this? Sienna drew this last week. circle, leg foot leg  foot,
then filled in all the facial features.