My giggly angels

Have I mentioned it before? Recently, Bibou has turned into such a joy to be with. Finally, my sweet, giggly, thoughtful baby is back. Man that was a long 1 1/2 years of whining, moaning and stubborness (she gets that from Daddy!). She does lapse once in a while (she IS still a toddler too), but overall she's been great! And she's really funny, talkative too. She loves to gabble gabble gabble. She still is much stronger in French than English. Though you can tell she wants to.. but just can't find the words, so she'll make it all up. Vocab still really strong though. This evening, while I was in the kitchen making her dinner, she came up to me as said that I was really pretty tonight, that I had a pretty skirt on, and please 'spin'. lol. Yes, she's really into pretty dresses right now. She would get very excited if we say she can wear a pretty dress... she would choose the prettiest one too - her favorite right now is one with lots of petticoats underneath so that the dress is 'puffy'. She put wow once she has her dress on, and run to the mirror so that she can look at herself in the mirror and primp in front of the mirror. She'd do little curtseys and tell herself that she's really pretty and that she's got a pretty drerss. It is just hilarious to watch. Daddy and I were in stiches! Oh and she's into dancing now too. Kinda like 'ballet-ish' as she lifts her arms high in the air, and does these long slow sweeping moves with her arms. You can see some of these moves in the pictures of her in her angel / fairy dress up dress, which is now her favorite. My little sweet pea is getting all princessy on me.


She's also really sweet on her baby sister. She just adores her little sister and her favorite thing to do right now is to make her laugh... which is real easy 'coz Angel's just is soooo giggly. And she's got this infectuous squeal of laughter which we all love to hear. Bibou just loves to stand in front of her (when she's in her swing) and do funny antics for her, and Angel just often obliges, as she always does. It's so heartwarming to see the two girls together, Bibou's so sweet on her, does on her and I think quite protective over her. (It is my prediction that Angel will be the bully and Bibou the kind and gentle and patient one. But whatever the future is, it is my greatest hope that they will be really close as they grow up together and be best friends forever. It must be soooo good to have someone so close to you to love and share everything with you. And hopefully they'll guide each other.) You can tell from these pictures how caring and gentle she is with her baby sister; how she holds her and has a good hold around her. My angels looking after each other.



Angel's progress is astounding. Recently, she's been able to look at something and grab at it, and hold on to it (well, and stick it into her mouth! She sticks everything she can grab into her mouth, and when there's nothing to grab, she loves sucking her own fingers / hands). She's also learnt to grab her own feet. She's babbling quite a lot, saying vowel-like like 'mummmm'. She still does that chin jutting up thingy that I just adores. She wakes up really lovely too, she just coos and sucks her own hand until I come get her (though there are a few times when she grumbles as she's probably too hungry!). She's drooling quite a bit.. I'm guessing she's going to be teething soon. Sigh, fun times ahead! The past few months, since she was 3 months old has been just bliss! She's soooo sweet and responsive, without any problems at all. Makes one want to have another.... but then you remember that they turn into the terrible twos and threes!!


























Here's a vid of Bibou playing with Angel, and asking her to 'look at Daddy' for the picture (and she tries to pose for a pic too)!














































Here's a really dark video, so you can't see a lot of detail, but you can hear the squeals of delight coming from Angel... and who's making her so happy - her adoring sister!