...she answers, while holding up 4 fingers.My baby girl is two. When asked, "Aliya, are you a baby?" She gets a big grin, shakes her head no, and says, "Big girl." When asked to get a new diaper from the bin, she pulls out a Pull Up and says. "Big girl." When walking up the stairs together, she suddenly lets go of my hand, says, "Stay," and continues walking on her own, and at the top annoucnes "Big girl."
My little baby is a big girl. And she could not be cuter, sweeter, or more delectable. I can't stand it.
Disneyworld, Feb 2009, where we celebrated the first anniversary of Aliya's Airplane Day. Each time we would see a character, Aliya would yell, "Me hug! Me hug!" And each time we would at last be at the character's side, after an interminable wait in line, she would bury her head in my shoulder and say, "No. No. No." very quietly. Repeat every 15 minutes for 4 days. 
Aliya's birthday party, March 22, 2009. A joint party with Anika & Alexei, all three Delphin Babies turning two within two weeks of one another. All big kids now.
And of course, some random silly cutitude, from recent months:
