more bits

is it? - mia's new thing. she will tell you what something is: "the hat is purple, mama" and then, a second later, will say "is it, mama? is the hat purple?" she does this for everything. confirming that she was right in the first place and showing off her new questioning skills. her growing sentence structures really are amazing.

for the love of baby - mia now has 3 baby dolls. a cabbage patch kid ("big baby"), a regular baby ("other big baby") and a cabbage patch newborn ("little baby"). she insists that they all sleep with her and they take turns riding in the stroller. at least one of them always has a poopy diaper (which is weird since mia never has a poopy diaper) and they all need hot milk in their bottles. all day long. she is so ready for the real baby to get her. she asks me every day if the baby is coming. and when? wednesday? no, not wednesday, mia. but soon.

we've started preparing the nursery and have taken out old clothes and toys for washing. yesterday she took a teething ring out of the nursery and told me "this is for me, i'll take this home now." um, ok...when i told her what it was she put it back. she didn't want to play with anything that was meant for the baby to chew on, i guess.

but she's doing really well considering all the change in the house. she made me lie her down in the crib so she could stare at the mobile "like the baby" and giggled because she is obviously too big for a crib now. she told me all about her big bed and then went on to tell josh and i all the things she's going to teach the new baby to do when it gets here. like sit. and play.

she's gonna be an awesome big sister.