Sadie

I'd like to start this post with a picture of Sadie that my brother painted. I took the picture to do a portrait in oil pastel myself, and then my brother called looking for a picture of her. This picture was perfect for the prompt he was given in his class. My brother Brian is a fairly new member of the art community. He started painting about a year ago, if not a little longer. He shows great promise, and I just really liked how he captured my little Sadie in this painting so I thought I'd share it.

Next I would like to thank the Buie family for this awesome idea. Sadie had a lot of fun making these butterfly wings, although she was a little disappointed that she couldn't actually fly.

She was so excited to make her wings that we ended up making them before getting ready for the day, hence the pj's and her messy hair.

Yes she has marker and chocolate from a granola bar on her face,

but I still think she is a cutie pie.

And then I left the room for a few minutes and I came back to this. This is what happens when I bring markers into the house, and why Sadie usually only has crayons. Don't worry she isn't mad, just chewing a pretzel.

Oh how I love my little Sadie. She is getting too big already, and it makes me sad thinking of the day when she'll be old enough to leave and start her own family. I just hope she stays her sweet self, and that I can teach her everything she'll need to know.

Our Sweet Girls

Miss Sadie is getting so big. I can't believe she is going to be 3 in less than a month and a half. She is very excited too. She tells me all the time how she wants to have a megamind, tangled, hello kitty party. She can be a pill sometimes but she always asks me if I'm happy and tells me that she loves me. She loves being a girl. In these pictures we are making hair bows while Ellie was taking a nap. I think Sadie's favorite part was the buttons.

Here she is showing off her new hello kitty hair bow.

Miss Eloise is every bit as much of a pill as her sister. She is the sweetest baby, until you hold a bottle or toy in front of her face and she can't get at it. She will be six months old on thursday the 5th. It has gone by so much faster than I could ever have imagined. She has discovered her feet which has helped her learn to roll over. She gets frustrated really easily though because she can't crawl and she wants to. She is a great laugher, though like her sister her laugh tends to sound a little evil. We all laugh because both our girls have deep man chuckles instead of little girl giggles. Ellie also loves to sing. Whenever I sing to her or she hears someone singing she screeches along. Tonight she was my little blogging helper. She loves her sister, and usually Sadie can get her to laugh the hardest. She does the same for Sadie. Whenever Sadie wakes up grumpy, whether from a nap or in the morning, all it takes is one look at her sister and Sadie is instantly in a good mood and talking to her sister. I was afraid of how hard it would be to have two little ones, but now it is so much fun I can't imagine it being different. I am lucky though, I have two great sleepers. Now my only fear is teething and that I'll actually have to get up at night : ) I can't help but wonder where my hardcore momness went, maybe it will kick in when it has too.