Silly and Sweet

This sweet, silly, funny, strong-willed, imaginative and all-around awesome little girl is growing up before my very eyes. It makes me sad. Happy-sad, I like to say. She has not had the easiest transition to life back in G-ville (sans 24-hour audience). We have had some rough days lately, but on the whole, this girl is pretty fabulous.

She comes up with some hilarious stories and songs, too. Sometimes her songs include insights into her rationale for disobeying. (I always love these.) Susannah is great at taking care of Coleman. If he accidentally (insert a bit of sarcasm here) picks up one of her toys, she gently replaces it with something she thinks he will enjoy more. Most of the time, she really is pretty sweet about it and she helps watch out for things that are too small for him. She is such a helper, and boy, can she make her brother laugh!

Here are just a few faces she uses to get him a-gigglin'.

My baby is turning into a little girl! She is growing so quickly! In fact, her long body is almost as long as her crib, so this weekend she is getting a big girl bed. The bedding arrived this week and she was thrilled with it. "Oh good! There is a lot of pink and I love those flowers!" she said. See, doesn't that just sound like a big girl? I imagine there will be some tears when we tuck her into her big girl bed for the first time. But, knowing Susannah, there won't be time for too many tears before she launches into her list of bedtime demands- singing Adelweiss, swaying, one more drink of water, one more chance to potty, putting Baby Hal's clothes back on, etc.