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I love listening to Elizabeth talk! With her limited vocabulary she tries so hard to form her thoughts into sentences.

On the drive home from church tonight the sun was right in her eyes. She asked for her sunglasses like this: "I want my sunglasses! I don't want my eyes to be bright!"

Elizabeth was playing with two pieces from a Lego set pretending they were a cell phone. She was telling her "caller" all about putting toys away and how Jonathan was helping her.

Elizabeth:Jonathan's helping me put toys away!
Me: Elizabeth who are you talking to?
Elizabeth: It's Izzy mom!
Elizabeth (to phone):sigh Sorry about that....

This morning around 6am Joshua heard Elizabeth's door open but she never came into our room to snuggle. After a little while Joshua went to look for her. He came and woke me up saying that he couldn't find her. (So not the thing a mama wants to hear first thing in the morning!) We went into her room to double check her bed, a large box that she likes to play peek-a-boo in and her closet. We checked the bathroom, the kitchen and she was no where in sight.

My dad is visiting for a few days and we were trying to be quiet. But I saw his head pop up from his air mattress and then Elizabeth's head pop up for a second. I think she melted her grandpa's heart. She snuggled with her grandpa for a good 2 hours!

This is one of the random phrases Elizabeth has picked up. And it's totally my fault. She overheard me say "oh happy day" in a rather sarcastic tone. And she ran with it. Thankfully she doesn't understand sarcasm yet.

Earlier today she was jumping up and down and yelling "happy day". After watching her do this a few times I asked her why it was a happy day. She looks at me says "la lu" (love you).

I love you too Elizabeth. And you're right it's a happy day.

Children learn by example. In other words, they watch your every move, listen to your every word. Sometimes we forget that. Elizabeth gave me my reminder the other day.

Elizabeth was playing at my feet while I was feeding Jonathan (he's breast fed). Elizabeth runs off to her room talking about the "an-mills" in her room (you know those fuzzy critters on her bed, the animals). She comes out of her room a couple minutes later with her teddy bear across her chest and a blanket that was thrown over her shoulder. With a grin I asked what she was doing. She replied "eanin" (eating). So I asked if her teddy bear was eating. She looks up at me and smiles and says "uh-huh"