Two by Two

How is it that my sweet tiny babies are 2 years old? Where did the time go? It really does not seem like it was that long ago that we were here:

Or that they looked like this:

Will...

Henry...

Alas, they are no longer babies. Its nearly impossible to hold both of them at the same time and they are becoming more like boys and less like babies every day.

Oh William.

He is such a force of nature. He is high strung yet such a happy, go-lucky kid. He adores his brothers and loves nothing more than to play with them but is also very content to play by himself. Nana thinks he will be an engineer because he seems fascinated by how things work and move, especially trains. Without exaggerating, we have watched The Polar Express approximately 100 times in the past 45 days! I call him the Tasmanian Devil because he seems to blow from room to room with a crazy laugh. He is still such a daddy's boy but will give mommy hugs and kisses and cuddles. He is an adventurous eater and will at least try everything once. He may be the only one of the boys to try bungee jumping or skydiving but that's what we love about him. He is larger than life and will always be the life of the party.

And then there is Henry.

Sweet, sweet Henry. He honestly has one of the sweetest souls I have ever encountered. He loves hard and he cares about everything and everyone around him. He is eager to help out and his type A personality (wonder where he got that?!?!) comes through in the funniest ways. He can't stand for something to be out of sorts (a closet door open, a toilet seat up, a change to his routine or schedule) and even with his budding language skills he attempts to correct people. Right now he is a Mommy's boy unless Nana is around. If Nana is here, no one else exists. Its as if they are soul mates :) Henry is very smart and catches on to concepts extremely quickly. He loves animals and fish and imaginative play and adores playing with his brothers. Henry is NOT an adventurous eater like Will. In fact he is a self proclaimed vegetarian (unless its hot dogs or bologna). He LOVES fruit and veggies but everything else is hit or miss. He also has a mischievous streak in him but he is more the planner and Will the executor :)

These two boys have brought us immeasurable joy. On a daily basis we look at each other and one of us says "can you believe we had 2 babies at once?". Sometimes it is hard to believe but we wouldn't have it any other way!