Two of a Kind

When Anna was only a few month old we decided to have another child very close in age, so that she would have a playmate. So that the two could grow up together and have an always friend to play with, day in and day out; two of a kind, or so we hoped. Well, Elise was born one year ago, 14 months after Anna, and it has been a challenging year raising two “babies.” They haven’t been quite old enough to play together.

However, something changed in the last week it seems….. They all of a sudden started doing things together, to our delight. The other day as Anna headed down the sidewalk she called out in her toddler-ese, “E-ise, come on.” And they toddled down the sidewalk together looking for the neighborhood cats; I was amazed.  Even so, they are just beginning to play together but we are excited.

Here are some fun pics of the girls:

In this pic below both girls wanted to put on their dad’s socks.