Sisters? Twins? Strangers?

Jeff and I constantly find ourselves in awe at how our two girls can be so alike in some ways, yet not even resemble sisters in others! Since day one, our sweet Hannah seems to carry the weight of the world on her tiny little shoulders. Nothing escapes her, and her heart is as big as they come. If she were to hear of an ant being stepped on in the tri-state area, the news would bring her to tears. Addi, on the other hand, well … there's a good chance she was the one who stepped on the ant in the first place! Not to be mean, of course, she's just constantly in four-wheel drive and wouldn't think to stop and look where she's going!

When Hannah was a mere three days old, she had perfected what is best described as The Death Glare. If someone got too close or made any sort of motion as if to say they were thinking of picking her up, her eyes would narrow and she would have them backed in a corner before they even knew what hit them. Adelaide has a look that is equally as dangerous, but she tends to only target little old men. She can make a grown man trip over himself when she decides to turn on the charm and flash one of her smiles. I fear her first full sentence (complete with a southern belle accent) will be, "Sugar … why don't you just come on over here and wrap yourself around my little finger!"

They are rubbing off on each other, however. When we're watching a movie and a perfectly legit, yet somewhat silly, part comes up, Hannah used to be absolutely horrified at the character's actions. "Ma Ma, that's not safe! (gasp!) Why is he doing that? Doesn't he know he could get hurt?!" Meanwhile, her sister would be belly laughing next to her. While I would have thought some of the storyline would have been lost on our 1-year-old, it's our 3-year-old who misses the majority of the plot as it takes her so long to recover after seeing Diego zoom down a zip line, or a frog taunt an alligator. Now, Hannah still informs us that his actions were not in fact safe, but she's learned to let out a giggle or two as well. And while Adelaide can still make a Grandpa swoon, she's learning Hannah's skill at carefully reading people and limits the number of Grandpas blindly following her to one or two a day!

There are many more examples of how our two girls run the gamut in their personalities, but you would think they were twins by looking at their baby pictures! Can you guess who's on the top and who's on the bottom in each of these pairs? Hannah will paint a picture for everyone who guesses right. She'll probably paint one for you if you guess wrong, too, as that girls does love to paint! Good luck! Even I had to double check a couple of these!

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