me and my sister

Lydia changes every day. Seriously. It's amazing to watch. Her *best* new trick is saying, "ma ma".... yep, that's right! Even though her first babbles were "bababababa" and "dadadada" her first word is most definitely "ma ma". And she's not afraid to use it!

Her second word?? "na na", meaning Julianna. Lydia delights in her big sister. And it brings me so much joy to see them together. Of course, they have their tougher moments. Like the other day I left them alone in the living room... and rushed back a few moments later, when Lydia started wailing.

"What happened?" I asked Julianna.

"She fell down" was the answer.

"How did she fall?"

"I pushed her with my feet."

Well, at least she's honest.


Lydia has also started waving bye-bye and raising her arms above her head in response to the question "how big is Lydia?"

So, tonight at dinner Julianna is chattering away about eating her chicken and how it will make her "soooo big" and "soooo strong". Julianna interrupted her own discourse saying, "oh look at Lydia"... sure enough, as Lydia heard the "soooo big" she raised her own mushed-up-broccoli smeared arms high over her head and grinned from ear to ear. It's like you could read her mind: "yep, I know this game", she was thinking.

I love Lydia's smile in this picture. They are both getting sooooo big sooooo fast.