Mommy, mommy – is that you?? I can’t see anything through my hair… I know you think my crazy curls are cute, but could somebody please get me a haircut?! Or at least a barrette?! Much better – thank you! (Now I can see all those silly goats at the fair!)

It is really hard to pick one word to describe Tess. She is so many things, especially as she enters toddlerdom and begins exhibiting the traits that come with that territory. She is sweet and easygoing, funny and curious, persistent and sometimes a little stubborn. Overwhelmingly, though, she is happy. She is the kind of…

Do you think she was trying to tell me something??

So far, Tess has been exactly what I would have wished for in a second child: always happy, easygoing, adaptable, a good eater, and most importantly, a good sleeper. She is also very good at entertaining herself. On the mornings that her sister is at school, I bring out all of the toys that Grace…

This morning, as I lifted Tess out of her highchair, she pointed at the window and said, "bird!" I turned around, and sure enough – there were two goldfinches at the feeder! I think she’s been purposefully saving up her new words in order to spring them on me when I least suspect it, just…

Sweet baby Tess seems to be changing right before my eyes. This morning I was putting yogurt on a little spoon, then handing her the spoon so she could feed herself. I’ve been doing this for a while now, ever since she showed an interest in her sister’s utensils. This morning, however, she started pointing…