Violet

Our little Violet is growing so fast these days.  It's like she's become a little girl in the span of a few weeks.  She's really putting a lot of words together for 4, 5 and 6 word sentences, and saying just about everything, or tries to.  It's such a fun age to see what she'll come up with next.  Marn and I almost everyday notice something new with her personality, new word, action, or emotion.  It's amazing and so fun to watch!  I's especially fun to see her really taking notice in how we act, or what we say, and then tries to copy it.  The mimicking started a while ago in a picture we posted - but it's really taken off to a whole new level now.  If Marn's talking to me, she'll repeat the last few words, or summarize the sentence.  So fun, yet we need to be fairly careful. (ie: we can no longer say, "what up bitch" in a ghetto kind of voice, because you just know that she'll be repeating that to the wrong person!  lol  Don't ask why we say that?  It just started a while ago and we think it's funny...)
The other day in the car she said "Daddy, I hear a plane!  I hear a plane, Daddy!".  She was right, a prop plane was going by.
I need to start writing these things down because I forget, and they happen so often.  It's just so fun to hear her come up with new things and longer sentences, especially when she gets the context right.

With the new baby just around the corner, maybe we're just subconsciously taking notice of her a little closer because deep down inside, we know her days of being the baby of our family are numbered. It's a funny mix of emotions when I think about her and the new baby.  How can you be really excited and a little sad at the same time? You start wondering what kind of parent you'll become when the new one comes around and how it'll change our dynamics.  What kind of challenges the new one's going to bring us, especially with regard to Violet and our interaction with her.  Let's face it; we've been pretty lucky with Violet.  Her (mostly) excellent sleeping, great eating, her laid back personality, and awesome hugs and generally happy mood have been amazing things.  How's she going to do with this change?  How are WE going to do with the change?  How is the baby going to be different than Violet with eating, sleeping and the ease at which she seems to pick new tasks up?

We have about 2 more months before we'll find out.  Until then, we're just really, really enjoying watching Violet grow, interact, and become a little girl.