it happens all the time! and now that I have two girls, they end up matching even when I don’t mean to do it. Oh, and I also wish I had bought those cardigans from target in bigger sizes as extras for next year

Yes! This morning my daughter (8 y.o.) dressed herself in navy pants & pink/purple shirt. I dressed my son (7 y.o.) in navy pants & rose-colored shirt. I was dressed in navy workout pants and a pink shirt. None of it was planned, but we were all in our favorite, most comfortable outfits.

Yes, it happens to me with my 2 girls all the time! The other day we all went out wearing striped tops! I love, love stripes, so I tend to buy a lot of it, for all 3 of us!

You two look so cute together!

I never seem to match my boys But I do love dressing boys.

you two are so cute. Your audrey girl is PRECIOUS, I tell ya. I love her in piggy tails!
you cracked me up about the 1800′s portrait! ha!

I wish…my almost 6-year old loves ruffly, sunshine colored clothes. I, on the other hand, love incredibly bold colors with striking patterns, simple styles. I do dress my two boys similarly, though; although, not on purpose. My 4-year old likes to dress himself, so he will come out wearing almost the exact style/patterns that I dress my 1-year old in.

I LOVE your mini me… You two are adorable! Ok, where did you get those shoes in the last photo, so cute for fall

I thought I was the only one who did that!! I constantly find myself coordinating with my daughter – sometimes to the point where I find the need to change clothes if we go out somewhere! I LOVED this post!

i wish it did, but i have no girl to match with
Just a boy…and although he’s the best there are so many times i see cute girl clothes and wish just for a minute that i had a little girl to buy them for. oh well. maybe some day.
p.s. LOVE your white jeans. I am always on the hunt for the perfect pair. Can you tell me where they are from?

I’ll have you know I went out and bought that brown cardigan last year, simply because I saw you wearing it in a “what I wore” post. And I love it!

It actually happens with my husband and boys but not really with my girls since most of their clothes have been given to me by friends and family.

Emily… I’m in the middle of packing for a weekend away in Big Bear (figured out clothes for my three EarlyGirls, the hubby, and finally me), and I needed a break. Your post popped up on my email, so I had to take a look… and laugh out loud. I had just packed the exact same yellow gingham button down from Old Navy. Great minds think alike, right? Now, if only you would tell me where you got those GREAT animal print flats!

You & baby look great! Very classy

The sad thing is… for things like going to church and etc. I get everyone’s clothes together – including Hubby and I unintentionally coordinate all four of us almost every time! My girl (4) LOVES pink so she has a lot of that color and neither of my guys wear any pink so we usually don’t all “match” but we do coordinate! Now… if I could just get hubby to agree to a picture session

White pant info please!

This happens to me as well, and I have a little boy! It is usually unintentional. I suppose I dress for my mood and that goes for his clothes also. I must admit that every now and then I do dress him to coordinate with what I am wearing. Well, I am going to be carrying him around all day, pressed up against my shirt and I don’t want us to clash!

Well, it does help that you are both QTPA2Ts! Seriously, you look like you have it all together, all the time. I did try to dress my girls alike, but now that they are both in their early 20′s, and they have mentioned how silly it is for “older moms” to try to dress like their kids, I’ve given up. I go to my favorite Nordstrom or Coldwater Creek department, and color myself happy. =]

seriously so stinkin’ cute.
it makes me can’t wait to be a mom:)

I want to paint you and your matching daughter!
So beautiful you girls are.
pve

I noticed that same thing, when my daughter was little. She is a 30 year old now, and we continue to laugh about matching, accidentally, even though we don’t live together. One of us shows up to the other’s house, and sure enough, we match!

Every single day! I thought it was just me!

So cute and how nice to have all these photos of just you and your baby girl! You will treasure them as she grows, I’m sure.
The matchy thing inadvertently happens in my house too….I think having clean whites or darks has something to do with it! The worst is when my husband matches me too much when we are going out (and HE has to go change! )
I think you need Sound of Music matching outfits made from old drapes for the whole family! What do you think??

You girls are just darling! I have the same problem we have an 18 month old little boy though. But for some reason we always end up leaving the house color coordinating. It’s worse when my husband is home too I can’t tell you how many times I have hollered into the closet while he is getting ready to not wear a certain color and he already has it on!

So I read this post yesterday and got a kick out of it. Then as I was getting dressed this morning I picked out my favorite red flats and debated my deep purple cardigan….in that moment, I realized I had dressed my two year old daughter in…you guessed it….red and deep purple. I thought about your post and laughed out loud, I guess I never realized that I dressed both Chloe and I based on my mood.

I went with the black cardigan.

Oddly enough, since my brother and I were in middle school (me) and high school (him) we have always matched! One day it went as far as: he woke up got dressed and left for school, and i didnt see him at all. Then, I woke up got dressed and went to school. We both came home from school and were wearing the exact same thing – denim overalls and a green long sleeve shirt! To this day, over 10 years later, we still have color coordinated, unplanned, outfits.

i find that when i pick out outfits for the kids i often coordinate them without really trying to. i like the boys to “match” a bit and i think it’s fun when we all kind of look like we “go” together! you and your daughter are beautiful! susan

it happens to me all the time. even with my boys. even though none of our colors coordinate today, we are all wearing stripes with jeans! haha. love your daughter’s outfits. all so cute!

I LOVE this post:-) You look so gorgeous, and your daughter soo cute! Great outfits!

I wish…my little darling is almost 3, going on 13 and knows exactly what she wants to wear, how she wants to wear her hair, & what accessories she’s going to adorn her head, arms and feet with. Most of the time it is a scary combination of all her favorite things that don’t go together. I don’t battle her unless we’re going somewhere important. More often than not, I am that mom at the grocery store with a daughter wearing “dress up” clothes or an un-matching outfit.

P.S. where did you get your darling animal print ballet flats with the buckle toe…gotta have ‘em! Thanks!

all the time! i usually don’t notice until we are in public, then i feel really silly because it probably looks intentional!! oh well, at least we look cute!

Ha, ha! I’ve noticed the same thing with my daughter! But like you said, I’m the 1 who buys the clothes and pick them out for the day, so it makes perfects sense. So if you ever see holly and I both in sundresses, the same color, or maybe a cardigan over jeggings, it’s because it was just that kind of day!

So cute! I love it. If only I had a girl, and wonderful clothes like yours.

Now, don’t think I’m a strange vampire or something when I say this, but: you have a lovely neck. LOL! I was thinking, “Man, how does she pull off looking so gorgeous. Even if I had those clothes, I couldn’t pull that off!” I think your neck makes you look so graceful! OK…this is probably officially the weirdest comment you’ve ever received.

you both look great! I like to compliment my boys which is easy as navy, white, denim, khaki and gray are my favorites! And, at least you aren’t dressing in matching Hanna Andersson- I don’t like that look on a grown woman-it’s not good. I know awhile back you were looking for a dress for the wedding. Funny I don’t even know you, but I find myself looking for things you could wear. Didn’t find a dress you might like but check out the coat from Anthropologie’s catalog, issue ten 2011 page 9- ruched marigold coat…. so pretty. I thought of you when I saw it.

Happens to me all the time and I have to say I quite enjoy it!

I have twin girls and another girl who is 14 months younger than them (they are all teens now.) I don’t know if we all matched, but I know THEY were always coordinating. I never did the twin/matching clothes thing – but all 3 of them would have on something that had the same look or color.

Adorable. I have two boys and sometimes I have to restrain myself from color coordinating myself to them! You two look so sweet in your photos!

yep! i totally am. today my little miss little sis and i were all stripes. most of the time it is not planned just fortuitous.
my big girls and i not so much (although i can still get away with having them dress all matchy, matchy and for the most part they love it still – little miss big sis is starting to express angst at little miss middle sis wanting to match but i persist…).
and by the way, love your outfits – so much i actually own most of them. too funny to see someone else wearing your stuff (granted i buy most of my clothes at cheap and easy major stores, so i should expect to see others matchy, matchy with me…)
have a great day!

I find myself matching how I do our hair without realizing it!

yep. my sister makes fun of me.

Loved this post! I have two girls and I do this all the time unplanned! Subconsiously picking out a coordinating color for the day. I am so impressed you have it picture documented so well!

My daughter and I are always dressed in similar outfits too! I think it is like you said, I am picking out the clothes for both of us so it is whatever mood I am in. I would love to know where you got the skirt in the last picture (the striped one). I saw a little girl yesterday with that same skirt and just loved it! I am too shy to ask someone in person, so I’ll ask you! Thanks!

I am nearly 25, but back in school for my second degree and am also back at home with my parents. My mom and I get dressed at different times, and there are morning when we don’t even see each other, but I’ll come home from work or school and we’re wearing the same shirt. Not the same colors, but the exact.same.shirt! Then my mom always goes to change, and I have to tell her that I don’t care to be seen wearing the same shirt. Then, I can find her in public, because I always know what she’s wearing!

That is a totally cute dress, from Walmart. May I ask how long ago you bought it, in hopes that it might still be on the racks…even though it’s Fall now and I’m probably kidding myself? Very pretty, and I kinda want one now. Thanks for sharing these funny, cute photos of you two! : )

Yep I’m guilty too! After having two boys that are now 11 & 8, (sniff, sniff) having a little girl at age 2 to dress is just the best!!!!

yes… I have a 3 year old little girl and I often find that we match. Never intentionally… it just sort of happens! She even picks out her outfits at times and she picks out clothes she wants to wear and sometimes they are just like what Im wearing. Too funny! I love having a daughter and love that she loves clothes too….

I’m laughing so hard! I was just thinking about this the other day – and I came to the same conclusion. I dress myself and daughters in what I’m feeling that day, so that must be why it always appears to be matchy-matchy.. only not on purpose. Glad to know there are so many others just like this!!

Where can I find the dusty lavender shirt?

Where can I find the dusty lavender shirt? Y’all look soooo cute in allll the photos!

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I find I do that with my son! I’ll put him in an outfit for the day and when I look in the mirror, I realize the color scheme is similar to what I’m wearing! One day I put him in a onsie with black and white horizontal stripes, and passed by a mirror and realized I had thrown on a shirt with black and white horizontal stripes too! I guess my mood dictates what I wear, and since I dress him too… poor guy matches his mommy!