My Dear Nieces, I drew this fort for you :) Every time I see you or talk to you on the phone, my heart lights up! I smile at just the thought of your cute little fingers, squeaky voices, twirl dancing, and the smirky looks you shoot me when we play together :) I never want to forget these first 3 years together; these are my favorite memories with you two... - I got to stay with Mommy the day you were born and help take care of you both. I swaddled you over and over, I gagged when I changed your diapers and I was so scared I was going to break you. It was one of the best days of my life, I was so proud of your Mom and couldn't believe how perfect you both were and are! - I love how you put the marker lids on yours fingers and tap them like you have long lady nails. - It's adorable how u always ask me where Tom is...everytime ;) - I love how we play with buttons whenever you come to Lala's... and you hold up every other one and tell me it's your favorite! And how if I forget one at your house, you save it for me till I come over again. - You're both did so great Potty Training! I love how proud you were of your charts and progress and not needing diapers anymore :) - You're so nice to Lola, for some reason you're always trying to help feed her (at my house and at the cabin). The day on the deck was hilarious... Lola was soaked by the end and so were you ;) - I love seeing you play with the things I make you... and I feel especially special when you ware them out :) - You two make the cabin the best place on earth for our family! - Those little pigtails melt me everytime ;) It was the best present seeing your hair up for the first time at my birthday party last year! - It's adorable how you both enjoy dressing like each other... and it's hilarious when you try to trick me that you're your sister ;) I hope you'll always be best friends like you are right now :) - I love the times when you latch onto me in big groups and we get away for some space... it makes me feel like a million and it's some of my favorite times together! - It's so funny how you're fine with posing backwards for the photos I take for my blog. In this particular picture, I was trying to take a 'real picture' and both of you automatically turned your backs to me so I could do the usual ;) - I squealed when you and Mommy walked to my house and you were wearing these outfits and accessories, i LOVE your polka dots! - Jewelry making and crafts at the cabin is so fun together! You girls are so creative and I love the way you do things different :] - When you were 2, you walked like soldiers. It was completely adorable! - I can't wait for Strawberry Day 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, etc. It'll be the highlight of my year forever because of you two! - I love coming over to play with you...reading, dancing, playing tiger, dress-up, playing memory, making crafts, playing with buttons, sneaking you treats, polly pockets, painting our nails, going to the park, building forts, airplane & playing hairdresser :) - I think you're the prettiest, most special people in the whole world! And I promise to love you forever and ever! I hope I give you cousins someday but if not, you'll totally make my life just as perfect! Love Aunty Lala

37 comments:

  1. This is so cute! I hope you print out all those pretty photos and keep them in an album or scrap book of sort! :)

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  2. you just made me bawl my eyes out!
    i'm a first time auntie to my little sister's baby girl and i cannot WAIT to see her again and make special memories just like all those ones you just listed :)
    *sniff sniff*

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  3. This was the sweetest :) I LOVE that they pose backwards for you! haha

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  4. Sweetest post ever! You made me smile great big!!!
    xoxo~Meg

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  5. They are soo beautiful. It made me think of all the special things about my little guy - and also about how wonderful it is to be a mom. It also made me see what I already knew about you - especially from seeing how you play with my lukie - that you are going to be the perfect mom. And I think - that will happen one day when it's perfect. XOXOXO

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  6. That was so sweet and nice. I love all the pictures. You've really caught the meaning of best friends in them. c:

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  7. awww! so sweet LA. Lovely post, made me smile. :)

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  8. This is the sweetest thing I have ever read.

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  9. oh my goodness. those photos might be the cutest things i have EVER seen.

    adorable.

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  10. AHHH, I'm bawling right now Leigh-Ann. This is so special and you are THE BEST auntie in the whole world. They are so special and loved by all of us. They are growing up too fast though.
    Can't wait to go strawberry picking again this year. :)

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  11. What a sweet post. I love it. Makes me miss my nieces that much more! I wish I could have all these wonderful memories with mine as you do with yours.

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  12. A beautiful post...so heartful and full of love. I hope you get to have a little one or two of your own to share some of that love with. Cousins are the best.

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  13. This is so beautiful! Can you be my kids' auntie??? I love how you capture such great feeling in your photos, even with out faces. They are lucky girls!!!

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  14. this is so beautiful.

    what a wonderful thing, to put in writing all the big and little experiences you share together that make you love these darlings so much!

    you have really inspired me with this heartfelt post.

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  15. What a beautiful tribute... :) Reminded me how much I miss my niece and nephew... :(

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  16. this is darling!! you make me want to have twins! this is exactly how I feel about my 5 neices and nephews. They make my heart so happy & give me instant smiles. This was a great post, thank you for sharing!

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  17. *sob*

    kids make families wonderful

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  18. Beautiful! Them, and the person you are to them!

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  19. That was so sweet! *tear*
    Love you, LA!

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  20. Oh my word that is the sweetest post in the world! I have 2 nieces and I love them to bits and this post just made me feel all happy and blessed to have mine! Your neices are gorgeous too - being an Auntie sure is great! LOVE this post!!!!

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  21. this is the sweetest post ever, you are a special lady in these girls lives, they are going to look up to you so much!

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  22. they are so lucky to have an auntie like you - i write little love letters to my daughter marley from time to time, but she's not lucky enough to have an auntie who would take such time and sheer joy in her.

    this post of course is for them - but i'm sure you have touched us all with your love.

    all the best,
    tara
    http://elanvitalanthology.blogspot.com

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  23. i wanna write 'i love you aunty lala', (olivia) I wanna write 'i love you aunty la la' (kennedy) we like doing buttons ookkoooooooooooooooookkooookkkkkkkkkk
    kkkk
    "how tom and lola are doing?" kennedy
    "hugging lala is special" olivia

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  24. This is now my favorite post of yours, (previously your post to dad). Thank-you LA for capturing the beauty of my daughters and for seeing all their special quirks. You are a wonderful aunty Lala and they are blessed to have you. Also, Olivia said this morning that you are gonna have to come over again because her nailpolish is all off, but she said it in that deeper nasaly voice she does.lol. Love you sister.
    Also, knew mom would cry, but I did too.

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  25. Could you just tear up?! Love this post so much!

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  26. Aaaw....how sweet are they!! :) Love this to bits! So many cute little photos - and I totally love their pigtails, too! he he.

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  27. What a sweet post. Thanks for sharing.

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  28. This is too stinkin' sweet! You must be the best aunt EVER!

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  29. Ummm. That was just about the cutest blog post ever. Now I must go kiss my daughter.

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  30. It's always a joy to have a child, but how fun it must be to have twins! I have a 6 year old daughter myself and she was such a joy (and still is) as a toddler. It would have been heaven x2 if she had a twin sister. :)

    Great post.

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  31. This was such a cute post! It made me smile! You are very lucky and so are they to have a very loving and appreciative Auntie!

    <3 Julie

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  32. This is the sweetest post ever. Your nieces are very lucky to have such a loving aunt :)

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  33. this is one of the most precious things i've seen in awhile...love it. you make the best aunt in the world.

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  34. sweetest post in the whole wide world...

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  35. what a great post, i absolutely love the photo of the twins in the green bathing suits at the beach, that one popped right out! Of course, they were all great...and sweet

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  36. Love this. You're such a sweet blogger!

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  37. so so so so cute. i can't stand it!
    you're a lucky aunt, and they're lucky to have you!

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