#TBT: Daddy's Boys

How is it possible that both of my boys, who look so different from each other, can still look exactly like their daddy?  I love finding old photos of Brian at the boys' current ages and comparing them.  Am I the only one that sees so much of their dad in them?

Brian at 18 months/Eli at 18 months

Brian at 4 years old/Theo at 4 years old

Cowboy in Training

Theo loved being on the farm all spring.  Everything was about being a cowboy.  Every hat with a brim was a cowboy hat, and cowboy boots were very important to life.  When I asked if he wanted to ride a pony at the zoo, he was concerned he could not because he did have his cowboy hat.  Now every outchy gets a piece of tape since his uncle taught him that is a "cowboy band-aid".  By the time we left he finally perfected his "Yee-haw" which originally had a Japanese accent when he said it, but now sounds more Midwestern. 

Theo really liked seeing his brother pretend to be a cowboy at the museum.  I think these two pictures show the big difference in Elijah from when we first got to Indiana and when we left.  He is growing so fast!


Early March



Early June

Baby Bears

Baby Bear 1 at 5.5 months

 Since my little guys are about 2.5 years apart, the seasons have been completely opposite for them as far as wardrobe choices go.  Eli hasn't actually wore too much of big brother's old clothes (even though I kept them, in neatly labeled zip-lock bags, organized by size).  But, I did make sure to get a picture of E in this same zip-up sweater.  It is too cute.  I'm going to have to make more of an effort to get pics in the same outfits at the same ages.

Baby Bear 2 at 7 months

Birthdays and Birth Days!

When I had a four day weekend recently, Theo and I traveled to Indiana to celebrate his and Maci's birthdays (amongst other things).  While there, we were lucky to have Annalyn arrive (a couple weeks early)!

Maci's first birthday!

 Theodore super excited about blowing out the candles on his second birthday cake!

 Both of our nieces now share a birthday in February a few days before Theo's.

 Theodore got two cakes for his second birthday!  (We had to include dada on the second one.)

And here's my case that Theodore looks quite a bit like me at this age, and not so much his dada: