at long last

here are a couple photos of the girls from the last two weeks:







thea says "this is my little sister helen. i love her," to anyone that will listen. she tells this to me and zack at least twenty times a day. helen looks at thea and just smiles. she's clearly already taking in every word that comes out of her big sister's mouth, which runs non-stop from the minute she wakes up until the minute she goes to bed... SO. MANY. QUESTIONS.