Suddenly seams older

Recently Skylyn has appeared so much older to me.  She talks with such clarity, purpose, thought and whit.  She even pushes herself to be bigger by asking to do things all by herself that she sees her older brother and sister doing.  (For example, just this afternoon Titus and Aaris asked to walk around our  loop to a neighbor's to see the new born kittens there.  I wasn't going to let Skylyn go.  She seemed to little to go on a walk without her mommy.  But, when she heard Titus and Aaris talking about going she turned to me and said, "I go with my brother and sister."  Well, she had never referred to them except by their names before.  Her sentence seemed so grown up that I decided to let her go.)

She tries negotiating with me.  She intentionally expresses certain body-language to communicate her feelings.  Plus, physically she is older looking.  Her hair has grown and her body is leaning out in certain areas (not much in the tummy though since she still puts down a good meal three times a day.)  I grow more in love with her every day.  She is like a chameleon to me - constantly evolving.  Thank you God for knowing how our family need each person and the special qualities they contribute to our family unit.

Okay, so now I need your help.  I need to send a picture in to ACU for their magazine.  I've done it for the other two to announce their arrival to our family, but have yet to do it for Skylyn.  I can't decide which picture to send.  Anyone want to help me choose?  (click on pictures to make them larger.)

 pose 1 - hands on face

 pose 2 - inside grabbing back of legs

 pose 3 - inside smiling

 pose 4 - outside laughing & one pony-tail showing

 pose 5 - outside laughing with both pony-tails showing

 pose 6 - outside normal smile

 pose 7 - outside laughing with hands on skirt

pose 8 - outside smiling with hands on skirt