Paige sings all the time.

At almost 18 months, she can sing the beginning of ABC and Happy Birthday. She knows the tune of about 8 other songs (twinkle, itsy, ring around) and sings/babbles her way through. very cute. she often sings her self to sleep, sings when she wakes and in the car

her words are coming in fast and she's starting to put two together: "more water", "all done"

Elizabeth's wit

Paige is amost 18 mo but Elizabeth still refers to her as "my baby", like when she said to a woman in a cafe, "my baby is fast asleep in the stoller outside".

She wants a 2-wheel bike for her birthday and told me that she wants Danny and me to go out and get it while she stays home and "comforts Paige"


E was on the potty and needed some help. D went in and E said "I love you and Mommy both, but I want Mommy right now" - already the diplomat.

She uses "lovely" a lot. "It's a lovely day", "this is lovely music"

So many beautiful boobs!

E cracks me up. She went with me to the lingerie dept to return a bra. She was exploring and disappearing around the bra and panty racks. When we walked out of the department, she said, "I saw so many beautiful boobs!" (=bras)

In between bedtime books, she was whispering in my ear. "Why are you whispering, Elizabeth?". "So you can't hear me."

and later she was looking at a Maisy book that had butterflies, ladybugs, etc, etc. She said, "Momma, if a ladybug lands on the mouse's nose will she sneeze?".

We've had a pretty rough few weeks. Poor Paige keeps getting whopping colds that keep her (=us) up at night. Last Saturday night was a killer. Paige was up for most of the night and finally fell asleep at around 5:00. D and I, with only about 2-3 hours of sleep in our heads, were finally getting some zzzzs. Then at 6:00am I hear E drop out of bed, patter into the bathroom, "oh, no. I need sleep", and then i could hear her lift the seat, "oh, good, she's gonna pee on her own". And then, "Mommmmy!" and crying. Poor kid had to go but spent too much time trying to figure out the front/back of a skirt (at 6 am???) that she ended up peeing on the floor and was in tears. And to top if off, I turned on the light and saw that one of her yes was red and puffy with early pink eye. Ugh, what a morning.