Thursday, September 19, 2013

Deja vu all over again

Remember a couple months ago when I compared the girls' baby pics?
Well it's time for round two.

As a refresher (without all that pesky archive visiting...), here are the girls around 1 week:

Left: Piper //  Right: Finley

And here they are around 12 weeks:

Left: Piper //  Right: Finley

Ummmmm....what?!

A: stop with the growing. I want to squish them both down so they can snuggle in the crook of my arm. Forever, and ever, amen. 

B: Mini-Piper, much? It's kind of freaking me out.....I knew they had some resemblance, but I didn't think they looked that much alike. Seeing them side by side though...It's pretty undeniable. They're sisters alright. 

I've started to notice their similarities more and more. Other people always told me they saw it. Especially if Fin was asleep (causing her cheeks to relax and look a little more full), or making the signature Bowden frumpy-face. (They come by it honestly...but it doesn't come from me.) But I wasn't so sure. They just seemed so different to me. But as time went on, I would catch glimpses of Fin that were the spitting image of Piper. I can remember identical expressions, or similar snapshots from their early days. And as hard as it is to describe- I would always say that Fin looks like what Piper could have looked like as a baby. I didn't think they always resembled each other tremendously when compared at the same age, but I could definitely see the sister-ness in them at their ages now, and could picture how Fin might grow up to look even more like Pipes. 

Fin does still have her own look though. Her head is still...ahem...normal sized (compared to the noteworthy noggin her sister boasts), and in general she's just a little more....twee. I don't know how to describe it. She just has a little bit of elfishness that can't really be put into words. It just is. (and is adorable.) She not a small baby (though she is smaller than her sister by a bit at each milestone), but something about her still seems delicate. And I know I'm biased, but I think she might just be the most precious thing ever.
  
I just can't put into words how lucky I am to have these two little mushroom-clad bundles of joy. I might have to stop taking these pictures or I'm going to want a filmstrip's worth of Bowden girls. But judging by these two, maybe that wouldn't be so bad after all...

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If you're interested, you can check out Piper's growth, side by side here.

9 comments :

  1. I can definitely see the resemblance...no doubt they're sisters. But!! I still think Finley looks a wee bit more like you!! Can you do a post that includes baby pics of you and Dustin so we can compare??? I have nothing better to do, apparently.

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    1. I should do that! I'll try to dig some stuff out.... People say she looks like me, but I don't really see it. Maybe a side by side is in order.

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  2. twee. favoritest word of the year. done.

    I'm all about the babies over here. so keep the pics coming. swooooon!

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    1. your wish is my command. (though more baby pictures were actually my wish too!)

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  3. Sisters for sure! I see the likeness, but can also see some individuality. It is amazing what God does when He makes little people, how unique and yet alike family members can be. So overwhelming to think about. I second Rachel and Crafty, keep the posts coming!

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    1. It's so crazy! Makes me want to have so many more just to see how they're little faces and hearts would turn out!

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  4. That second picture? It is crazy how much Piper looks like Dustin and Finley looks like Piper.

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