My Big Sister & my little Niecie : )

My sister, Emily & my sweet little niecie Maya are here visiting us from Germany for two weeks. We are having SO much fun together! Our girls are loving it too ~ I think they anticipated Auntie & Maya coming as much as I did! : ) We have had lots of time just to hang out, play & shop. We have a double stroller so we have been using it for Ava & Maya & they look like little twins! They are only 7 weeks apart, ~ Maya is 17 months & Ava is 15 months. They are both petitie & they look very much alike with blue eyes & blond hair. They are both doing & saying the same things so it's really fun to watch them together. They play very well together aside from the occasional & very to-be-expected moments of grabbing toys from each other & then squealing back at each other! Even though we know it is sinful (& of course we are helping them), it's really cute watching them interact & "work through" their little baby issues ~ so sweet! I love to see them hug & love on each other! Since our big girls love their little Ava & are so good at taking care of her, they have done great with loving Maya too & have brought her right into their little girl club! I tell you, there are a buncha little girlies over here ~ I LOVE IT! I just really love having my sister around! So fun to sit & talk while drinking our morning coffee & watching our little ones play, walking (even aimlessly) around Target or Walmart & just BEING together! We are going tomorrow to have a pedicure together for my birthday & then on Sunday we are going to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra Christmas concert together then Randal & our girls will meet us for dinner. My kind & very awesome Hubby is going to watch all 5 of our precious little girlies for our pedicure & the orchestra ~ what an awesome man I have! : ) Emily is my only sister & we are very close. I am already fighting back tears as I think of her leaving for Germany for another 3 years next week! Hopefully God will allow us to be together again before too long! We still have plans for lots more shopping this weekend & next week. Since Emily & her family have been in Germany for a year, she hasn't been able to go to Target, Walmart, Old Navy & the Mall in what seems like forever to her! : ) She is very happy about being able to do all of her Christmas shopping while in the States! My little girls are AWESOME shoppers & they love being Mommy's & Auntie's little helpers so they are having so much fun too! They help us shop but they spend most of their time playing with, entertaining & "taking care of" the babies ~ which, of course, they absolutely LOVE! My Hubby has the next few days off so we can all do some fun things together, we are all very excited about Daddy being around with us too! My sister is a wonderful wife & mommy ~ it has been fun watching her "mommy" her little girl up close since we've been apart for the past 15 years! She is the kind of person you just want to be with, I look up to, love & respect my big sister! We have already taken LOTS of pictures so I will be posting some very soon ~ hopefully tomorrow! I just can't keep my camera off of my little cutie pies + 1 !