My Funny Girls

What’s new with Eliana?  

Today we had a BIG breakthrough:  For the first time ever, Eliana kept her underwear dry ALL DAY.   She even went on her first outing, to Trader Joe's, with underwear on!

Eliana is still figuring out her relationship with Leah.  Her favorite new pastime is to stand extremely close to Leah so that Leah reaches out to her.  Then, Eliana screams, “Mom!! Leah’s touching me!!”  Or, “Mom!!  Leah’s drooly on me!!”  This can easily happen a hundred times in a day.

In other cuteness, this afternoon, I told Eliana that I was about to shut the television as her show was ending.  I've been warning her that too much television will turn her brain to mashed potatoes.  As I went to shut it off, she wailed at the top of her lungs, "But Mommy, I want my brain to turn into mashed potatoes!!”  So, I guess all my warnings about mushy brain didn’t exactly convince her. 

One of my favorite things about Eliana is hearing the great questions that she asks.  As we were reciting her new Bible memory verse, (Genesis 1:1:  In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth), she asked with great curiosity, “Did God create them both at the same time?”  And later, knowing that her Auntie lives far away in North Carolina she asked, “How many years would it take to drive to Auntie Rhonda’s house?”

And lastly, special thanks to Eliana’s guardian angel.  She fell out of her “learning tower,” and banged her head, neck and back onto the hard tile floor in the family room.  The whole thing happened in slow motion, as I struggled to scoop her up off the floor while also holding Leah.  She cried for about a minute, before assuring her still worried parents that she was fine and ready to keep playing.

What’s new with Leah?

Leah has found her vocal chords, and her latest trick is a combination of high-pitched squeals and ear piercing shrieks.  Her favorite time to do this, of course, is right at Eliana’s bedtime. 

Leah is also following in her big sister’s footsteps.  She takes great satisfaction out of teething on my chin.  As soon as I hold her face up to mine she lunges her mouth at my chin and starts chomping away, just like Eliana used to.  The second way she is acting just like Eliana did is quite amusing to me, but not so much to Pete.  Mostly in the evening, when she is tired, she cries hysterically when Pete picks her up and tries to comfort her.  I come running in to the rescue, and Pete passes Leah over.  Not only does Leah stop crying instantly, but she also turns her head around to look at Pete and gives him a huge, ear to ear, toothless smile.  Is she mocking him, or just happy that she has her Mama?  You decide!