Hey There Baby!

Jolee has carried around and hugged on her teddy bears and Elmo dolls for awhile now, but just recently has she started playing with a baby doll that is in a carrier. A couple of months ago, we got a baby doll car seat carrier as a hand-me-down toy from our cousin Abbie, and it has been in the playroom this whole time and it would get moved around occasionally. But last weekend she came out and down the hall with this baby in the carrier, being oh so gentle and talking to it, saying...hey there baby, hey there baby, hugging it and patting it on the back. It melted mine and her Daddy's heart, we just sat and watched her playing and carrying it around like she knew what she was doing. Is our little girl really old enough to start playing with baby dolls and having that mothering instinct come out so soon? I mean for goodness sake it seems like yesterday that I was playing with dolls, and now my little girl is playing with them. WOW! Well I guess we should put baby dolls that have a bottle and all that good stuff on her Christmas list. These pictures were too cute and sweet not to share.