Random March Pics

lots of random, fun pics from March 2013 (see? I'm catching up to the present!)

Sadie and her BFF madi being princess pianists 

Morning hair and a donut :-) keepin it authentic here 

I LOVE that they play together so much more than I expected!

Ella and our neighbor that we walk to school every day. They looked like such big girls to me I had to stop and take a picture!

Love this sweet Chocolate face 

Someone is going on at least 6 months of a bandaid obsession!

E: Mom! Look! I helped Sadie her her pajamas on and we're TWINS!!

Mornings these days

I've discovered that Ella's deep love for Sadie and her obsession with her cuteness exists even when she first opens her eyes in the morning.  So, I've started bringing Sadie into her room in the mornings and laying her right next to Ella to wake her up.  Every morning Ella opens her eyes, sees Sadie inches away from her and a huge smile spreads over her face and she says in a groggy but high pitched baby-talk voice "Good morning Sister!" and is up for the day happily.  If I go in by myself to wake her up (since she's started ignoring her alarm) she burrows under the covers and requires being dragged out of bed.  I hope the Sadie trick works for a long time to come :-)  Such pleasant mornings!

This is what an almost 5 year ago difference looks like! Ella seems SO tall to me now!

Smiles!

Chatting

  

Pensive

Crazy Faces!

A few days ago, I told Ella to leave Sadie in the middle of the bed and to get dressed for school.  I came back a few minutes later and  Ella built Sadie a "fort" so she couldn't roll off the bed. A pillow on one side and stuffed animals lined up on guard on the other :-)

Princes Sadie

Ella LOVES playing games on pbskids.org and played a series of games in order to "win" the jewels for this crown.  Then she printed it out, cut it out (perfectly-she's a cutting savant), and typed in "Sadie" with no help and brought it to me.  I wish I had a picture of Ella showing it to me-she was bursting with pride and excitement and couldn't wait for me to put it on Sadie :-)  I had no idea the sisterly love moments would start so soon but they are plentiful already!  I love both of these girls SO much!

Sisters

Sadie's First Hours

Aunt Marissa brought Ella to meet her sister as soon as we called so Sadie was only about 2 hours old when Ella got to hold her :-)