In doing so I stumbled upon these two pictures. The top one is Cora on her 2nd birthday, the bottom Claire on hers. Seems I am a creature of habit. They are seated in the same chair, eating the same type of cake, wearing similar headgear and looking equally adorable. These pictures made me cry. Guess it doesn't even take a Hallmark commercial these days.
I love every ounce of those babies. Who are no longer babies. Which is why I was crying.
The chub is leaving their cheeks and their vocabulary is more smart than cute these days. And while I am so eager to see what life holds for them, today I am mourning their littleness.
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Amen! Sad to see them grow up so fast. They're beautiful! Many, many more wonderful years ahead--with many more gorgeous pictures too!
wow those two pics really are the same, but so sweet, I think it makes sense to have more than one! I am envious of girl moms. I love my boys but I do enjoy pink, where do the days go?
I hear ya sister. I wish the cheek chub and the mispronounced words could stick around for just a little longer. And as far as I'm concerned Hallmark has been missing the boat for years by not featuring squishy little babies in their ads. It's a million dollar idea. Gets my mascara running every time.
The two's aren't terrible-only testy. Darling girls, of course.
How old are your girls? I thought the two's were pretty awesome. I was having some... uh... issues.. with the three's recently. Then, the Blizzard of 2010 hit our area, and I spent a couple days with someone else's kids (at work). Now, I think my kid is a saint.
I was looking at him today, and it hit me like a Mack truck... when did you get so big?! Every time I do my digital scrapbooks or sell his old stuff I get weepy.
I was just thinking of doing a very similar post about my kids. Something about how I love them as they are now but I sure miss the toddler Tyson and the baby Eliza. Sigh
ps your comments are the best, they always rock my world. thanks muffin.
Oh and listen to me complain about my baby turning 10 months. I am a little freaked out that my daughter is 3 months from turning 3. I want to still say she is two!
I love that both of your girls have such a similar picture.
So true about the speech and cheeks. I love chub.
No 2 wasn't so terrible and it is sad to see them grow fast, but there are other great moments too. I try to remind myself this every single day.
WHYYYYYY do they have to grow up? I think that every time I want to snuggle my too-old-and-too-cool-to-snuggle-with-Aunt-Shell nephews.
Your girls are super cute! Does claire have her ears pierced?
No, I LOOOOOVE TWO! I so hear you about the mourning - I seem to do it every day with my two little guys. Thank goodness you have a lovely blog to document these stages!
The twos are far from terrible. It's the threes that kick me in the head. Every time.
And don't EVEN get me started on why they can't stay babies. I'm a good baby mom, not a good child mom...which leads to an even worse teenage mom, I fear.
I was working on a similair post. I cry too :( Bittersweet. Our babies are growing up.
lovely Amber, I hope I dont look like a stalker, I dont know how else to get a hold of you! I made boots, my son bit his head off, I am already getting requests for the boys' next birthdays! I make the fondant from scratch there is a recipe for it on my cake posts!
Beautiful babies. :) Time moves fast. :)
me too!
and the twos were heaven compared to the threes around here. now that we're at the fives, life is pretty good.
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