Big Girls

Big Day - French Braids for Stella

 

It was a pretty big week for Stella's hair.  Ha writing that sentence sounded ridiculous!!!  My little Stella Charlene has hair long enough for French braids.  They were achieved only because of Mickey Mouse cartoons on the iPad and a bowl of snacks in her lap.  She did great though, I was super impressed. 

 

 

I LOVE this picture below of us together because it is soooooo us, soooooo her!!!!  She is still often my shadow and her laugh is just contagious.  I love her little arm around my neck.  It almost makes me a bit sad because she seems like such a little girl, no longer a baby. I looked in the rear view mirror the other day and was kind of shocked at how big she looked in her car seat with her braided hair.  Her little face is slimming out and her thighs are no longer baby chubby, craziness. Not long ago I was putting away laundry and she calls out, "Mom where are you? I need your help."  I was like what when did this girl go from baby babble to full sentences? What, what this seemed to have happened over night.  

Oh how I cherish her.

 

 This big chick below, she has my heart too! I have been so impressed by her and this leap she seems to have taken into being 4.  She is eager to help with chores around the house and has a few age appropriate responsibilities but she is also thoughtful and helpful and kind to her little sister.  It blows me away sometimes!  A new thing for Stella is wanting to sit in her big sister's car seat - it happened once and that dang flowered car seat has been an object of Stella's affection ever since but Amelia is sooooo good about sharing and switching seats, taking turns and having patience.  I want to freeze time, cuddle her more, paint her nails more, read more books together because time is flying.  It makes me emotional to think that kindergarten is only another year away (although she is pretty jacked up about it already).

I just cherish this chick too!

 

So another sentimental blog post.  Chalk it up to me being a softy but there are just so many things I want to remember and never forget about them at these stages. 

 

~ Momma P