Brace yourselves

The girls have grown a lot lately. Nina was jump-roping in the living room just now, and she's so long.  Long arms, long legs, long hair... Look at this:

She's even standing still for 2 seconds, so the picture's not blurry

This girl knows how to strike a pose!

I can't even tell you how much time I spend in a week brushing and braiding all of this hair. In this dry static-y weather, it tangles right up unless it's braided every morning.

Now check out Maggie:

She's getting so skinny all of a sudden too! Almost nothing left of that adorable little tummy. :-(

Here she is reading her book.

They're just so beautiful!