Peas In a Pod

Two little kittens, whose Mama is smitten,

With sweet little matching hats, oh my two baby dears,

Please grin ear to ear for a photo, yes just like that!

Peas In A Pod

Alternately titled: "Whatever Sissy is Doing, is Playing With, is Eating, I Must Also Do, Play With, and Eat"

Oh it can be a battle of wills sometimes. Just this evening poor Cam had to take several time outs because he wants what she is playing with and only the exact item she is playing with. He will not accept any substitutions because I think in his mind the only one good enough is the one that is good enough for her to be playing with. If he doesn't get his way he screams and cries. We try to encourage Riley to share, but we also want to make sure she feels like she can do her own thing.

There are moments, days and weeks where I worry I'm doing this parenting thing wrong. I don't always get it right and everyday is a learning experience.

But then there are times when I think we'll be okay. Like tonight when Camden took a time out because of a fit he threw over a matchbox car that Riley had. When he got up and gave her a hug to say sorry she patted him and handed him the car he wanted. He immediately found another one to give back to her and they started to play together. It was short lived before the next fit developed, but we enjoyed it anyway. That little glimpse told us that they do hear and understand what we are saying and teaching them everyday.

Like this day when Riley was painting in the kitchen. Camden marched in there and observed for a moment before crawling up on the chair next to her to paint just like his big sister.

There were a few tiffs when he tried to help paint on her paper, but they were so sweet sitting there side by side.

I want him to stay my baby just a while longer, but you can see how happy he is to be big just like his sissy.

Peas In A Pod

Good gracious, is it just me or are my "babies" looking big?
Dear time, please slow down.

Peas In A Pod

A monthly dose of sibling love. :)

Peas In A Pod

My two babies might simultaneously smile for a picture someday, but for now our timing is off.

Riley is a quickdraw. She smiles right away and then soon tires of the antics.

Cam is a slow-mo. It takes him a minute to warm up before he will smile for you.

Quickdraw + slow-mo = 1 out of 2 smiles per photo

She's smiling, he's just starting to perk up.


He's cracking up, she's done.


So for now a sweet kissing pic will have to do.

Peas In A Pod

It has become very difficult to get an increasingly wiggly baby and his easily distracted sister to take a decent photo together.

Sometimes only one of them is smiling.


Sometimes only one of them is actually looking at the camera.


And occasionally someone is getting smacked in the face as a certain baby learns his spatial awareness.

Peas in a Pod

My two babies enjoying the last lazy days of summer together. I can't believe how fast the time has gone! TG is officially back to work less than a week from now. We're going to make the best of our last 7 days of the summer of 2010 and we are looking forward to fun times with our family and friends this fall.

Peas in a Pod

Every morning when Roo gets up the first thing she says is...

Baby brudder awake now?

If the answer is yes, she beelines for our room and catapults herself up to smother him with her sweet kisses and head pats. Lately, she's been asking him to watch a show with her on Mommy and Daddy's bed.

He willingly obliges and I can't resist the chance to take a picture of my two sweet babies still in their jammies snuggling together.

Peas in a Pod

These two have stolen my heart.

They make me smile even when they are throwing a fit or demanding a feeding in the early morning hours.

I can't wait to see what little man's personality will be like. We already know that Riley is full of life and a little bit of drama. Will he be the same? Maybe so. Or maybe he'll be more like TG. More rational, less drama perhaps.

Either way I'm looking forward to watching the two of them grow up together.

My two peas in a pod.

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