Hannah is stubborn. Hannah is spiteful. Hannah has a strong personality born to lead and taking orders from people, for her, is not an easy task.

Hannah is just like her father.

I’ve mentioned before that I really hoped that Livie would be more like me. More passive. Not stubborn. Go with the flow. I knew if she was like this she wouldn’t shine as much as Hannah did and that she might have issues with living in her shadow but I promised myself that I’d make it up to her. I’d let her know she was just as fabulous as Hannah even if she wasn’t as funny or outgoing. I’m not outgoing. I would know what she was going through.

Except in the past 2 weeks, Livie has shown us that she is not like me. She is also just like her father. Maybe even more than Hannah is, if that’s even possible. Hubs mom was telling me this morning that Livie pulled something that Hubs used to do when he was her age. She put her down for a minute to do something and Livie was all offended by this. When she said “Ok…come here. Let Nana hold her” instead of coming to Nana…she freakin laid down on the floor…sprawled out…giving her this look…and WOULD NOT COME. Hannah did some similar things like this but never actually did this exact thing. The exact thing that Hubs used to do. I won’t even get into her fits now of throwing things when she’s mad.

So, while I prayed that I wouldn’t have 2 strong, stubborn, BIG PERSONALITIED children…that prayer was not answered. They will bicker even more than I thought. They will fight me on everything, just like Hannah already does. But they’ll make me laugh so much like Hannah already does. They’ll come home with stories about boyfriends and school and dance that I’ll share here and we’ll all laugh together. I’m scared of the gray hair I’ll be getting from these two. I’m dreading the future arguments with Livie I was hoping to avoid with a more passive child. But when I look at the big picture, I’m kind of glad about this. I’ve always hated how passive I am…how I let people walk all over me. My daughters won’t be like this. They won’t take crap from anyone. They’ll be strong and independant.

They’ll be rockstars.

Speaking of rockstars, Livie sang to me last night. Like all night. I decided to get a video of it. Right before she sang she decided to destroy my living room with toys so excuse that mess.