she's a big kid

it has been in the works for quite some time now...

the amazing vocabulary
the adult-like phrasing (responding to a question with "actually...")
the developing preferences that are expressed quite vocally and adamantly
the changing face, the long, thin, mostly-graceful limbs

ellie is becoming a big kid, joc and i both realized it was coming...

but the scales have been tipped, she is DEFINITELY a big kid now...why? (don't get too excited the diapers haven't exactly come off yet)

because she has now come to embrace that essence of big-kidness. Namely that when a camera is pointed in her direction, it is an opportunity to make an obnoxiously goofy face. Goodbye to all those sweet candid shots of toddlerhood. Maybe she'll recover by her wedding day.