OH THOSE EYES

Our sweet Hollyn is growing up so fast and has the most expressive eyes! Besides the fact that they are as blue as a cloudless, summer sky, she also has some of the funniest looks! It is hard to catch her just smiling...she is either saying CHEESE as loud as she possibly can...

or laughing hysterically...

or staring wide-eyed in a kinda of funny daze...

It's harder still for me to catch her sitting still and in focus. Try my best I can't seem to keep up with her. She is a riot and lately has us cracking up at her need to wear her princess heels EVERYWHERE! Including while dribbling the basketball and dancing to the Mama Mia soundtrack!

She just adores watching Sesame Street. Her new words include "remote" which means - can I watch Elmo. LOL! :)

She is taking speech therapy twice a month and has excelled so much! She brought me a book the other day and actually said, "Read book please!" Three word sentence! Awesome progress! She also is very compassionate and whenever she hears someone say "ouch" or hurt themselves she says "Okay Mama? Okay?" or gives her sister or brother a hug and pats their back. She also is keenly aware of tone in music. And if she is listening to a TV program or TV commerical and the song begins to have a woeful melody, she tears up and starts to cry because she doesn't like the sadness.

Her heart is very tender.

She is constantly dressing up and playing with her baby dolls. And when she isn't trying to mother everyone, she is trying new climbing techniques to scale the stairs, the toybox, the bookcase, the couch. Her new thing is to pile up all the pillows on the floor in front of the couch then jump off the couch like a sky-diver! She loves to play "airplane" too and have us balance her in the air!

She is learning to share more and more with Jessa and we are catching them actually playing together! The most endearing new development is Hollyn's sweet questions when Jessa is still napping..."Mommy 'ere sissy?" "Mama Jessa wake up?" It is like she knows Jessa should be here and she just can't seem to play now without her sister. Jessa is doing the same thing if Hollyn is gone for some reason. It is very sweet and I'm so glad they are becoming so close. Wherever we go, Hollyn shows her smile and is quick to give others a friendly, "Hi!" or "Bye-Bye." Everyone seems to always notice her eyes and also her curly golden hair. God surely has blessed her with such beauty, a funny sense of humor, a friendly and warm personality, and most importantly, a loving heart. And every now and then...I capture her true essence and it takes my breath away!

She is such a precious treasure!