Opposites attract, hopefully

Ever since we found out Bridget was pregnant with Jenna we thought maybe our girls will be the same age?! Then when we got our referral for Elizabeth and found out they were two months apart, we were so excited! Bridget and I made all sorts of plans for the girls about how they would be best friends and play together. We also bought them matching outfits and started buying toys and things in pairs, one for each girl. Now that they have been together for about four months, they could not be more opposite. Partly it is their background and Elizabeth is just coming from a way different place. Partly it is their personalities. Elizabeth is very slow to warm up and a lot more quiet than Jenna. Elizabeth is also a bit delayed and is more like a 13-14 month old, not 19 months like her chronological age or 21 months like Jenna. Jenna is so physical, she likes to run, climb and jump. E is not walking yet, but really wants to. I think it is a blessing and a curse for them to be so close in age. We expect them to be best friends, but at this age they don't really play together anyway, maybe when they are four? We also are temped to compare the two. This is not fair since they are so different, and E has a lot of ground to make up to catch up to Jenna. Plus all things being equal, they are just really different. It does make it fun to watch them. It is fascinating to see them with the same toy and how Jenna plays with it and then how Elizabeth plays with it. Then to see them fight over the toy. Just kidding, that part is not fun. It is amusing though that E is starting to fight back and not just take it from Jenna. It will be fun as they get older to see how their relationship develops. Hopefully opposites will attract and they will not feel compared to each other or feel competitive.

Here are some pictures from Monday when Jenna was over. Elizabeth took Jenna's role and was the ham! Jenna took Elizabeth's role and looked at me like she had never seen a camera and did not know what to do. I had put both their hair in pig tails, it was super cute!