Yesh.

I have been concerned over the past several months, that Violet will be a late talker like her dear sweet brothers. Little Lainey Rose already has quite the vocabulary, and Violet has been content with mama, dada, no, and nodding for yes. But just recently she is beginning to be quite the little talker (for one of my kids anyway). Whenever I ask a general question, like, "Who left these dirty socks on the living room floor" before anyone else can answer, Violet pipes up, "ME!" "Who left their bowl on the table?" "ME!" "Who left the toilet seat up? Who left the sink on? Who left the bathroom door open?" "ME!" So, that was her first real attempt at something other than mama, dada, and no. Then, finally, last week she woke up saying baby, which of course is just too cute. I've been waiting for so long to hear the word baby come out of my baby's mouth, I just think it's the cutest thing when babies can point to another baby and call them a baby, it's just so smarty pants-ish of them.

Then, last night during family home evening, we were talking about being children of God, and I was using the new nursery manual Behold You're Little Ones. I was pointing to a picture of nursery aged kids and asking, "Is she a child of God... Is he a child of God?" to the boys, and then I turned to Violet to ask her the same question, expecting her to nod her head in affirmation, but instead, in the sweetest, softest, just above a whisper voice came the answer, "Yesh." So I asked her the same question about several other little children, and got the same angelic answer, "yesh," each time. Then I asked her, "Are you a child of God?" To which she answered, just as softly, just as solemnly,"yesh." I had no words, Karl and I looked at each other, and there was nothing else to say. We finished up the lesson appropriately, but the most important part of it was in her sweet little word. I love her so much, and am so happy she is a part of our family. She adds such a wonderful new dynamic, and is such a naturally sweet and loving little girl.