hey pwincess

Matt loves to use nicknames for the girls. He calls Julianna "treasure" and Lydia "princess". A lot. Like maybe half the time? We even call Julianna "T", which is short for "treasure". If Matt says, "hey T, come here, I have something to show you", Julianna runs to find her daddy.

So, following her daddy's example, Julianna has started to call Lydia "princess". But there are a few tricky letters that she doesn't pronounce quite right... and R happens to be one of them. (The other is, of course, L. "oh no, I got an owie on my yeg" she says.) In Julianna's world, pRincess becomes pWincess.

When Lydia wakes up from a nap, Julianna always wants to be first to rush into the bedroom. She stands on tip-toe to peer over the side of the pack n play where Lydia sleeps and says, "hey pWincess, have a good nap?" Lydia responds by flapping her arms and pumping her legs. She loves to be greeted by her big sister. It's cute.

It reminds me a bit of this moment:


That's 1 day old Lydia in the hospital bassinet. And Julianna, on her tip toes, straining to "give" toys to her new baby sister.