Harper went from saying a few words to literally saying everything overnight.  It’s crazy…..she knows what everything is….it is just so amazing to me because it isn’t like she learned all those words overnight and then said them the next day upon learning them.  But her little mind had been storing all that information and finally one day she just decided, I’m going to blurt out everything now.  She has even started to put two words together sometimes…often the word “mine” is one of those words.  She is still the happiest, cutest, smartest, funniest little girl and we all adore here.

Today I took all three girls to the ophthalmologist by myself.  I was a little nervous about it, but they were angels.  Emerson and Avery both had appointments and Harper came along for the ride.  Avery and Emerson took turns sitting on my lap when it was their turn to be examined.  When it wasn’t their turn to be examined, Avery and Emerson both sat with Harper…holding her hand, giving her a boost, asking her if she needed anything.  They are both so great with her…they are constantly making my heart smile.

On the way to the ophthalmologist, I was having a conversation with the girls and I asked Avery and Emerson if they knew what a twin was.  Emerson responded “yes”.  I asked her what it meant to be a twin.  She said “to be happy”.  How awesome is that.  I posed the question to Avery and Emerson because I’m not convinced that they know that they are twins and after my conversation with each them, I’m still not convinced.  I think the fact that they have a younger sister who is so close in age they tend to focus on the fact that they have two sisters.  We generally do not refer to them as the twins, although we certainly do not intentionally not use the word twins.  I really think they define themselves already more as individuals with two sisters.  My girls fascinate me and I hope this fascination and admiration for my girls always is a defining factor of me.