My boys at 3 and 16 months

I find it so interesting having 2 boys 18 months apart. It's so fun to see all the ways in which they are similar and the many more ways in which they are different. It blows my mind on a daily basis how, two boys, from the same parents and so close together can be so very different.

Barrett loves fruit. When he eats a burger or a sandwich, he eats the insides and discards the bun or bread. He hardly eats (it seems). He will eat anything for the most part, just not very much. He favors any fruit or berry, yogurt, carrots and sweets...the kid has a sweet tooth which clearly didn't come from me.  He loves to help, with everything. He can build with legos for a long period of time. He really is a self directed kind of kid. He plays in the sandbox, in the yard, in the house without needing a lot of intervention. He is also stubborn and hates to go down for naps (and always kind of has). He loves to cuddle and needs some time to wake up in the morning. Generally, he likes to sleep in. Sometimes I have to wake him up for preschool and he will say "lighs off mama! Sleeping." He sleeps mostly calmly and right next to Nick (like glue). He is pretty controled emotionally but when he is tired he gets naughty and does everything he knows he shouldn't do. He is busy and active and very good with his body (jumping, running, kicking, swinging a golf club, etc). He is like a cartoon character. He will do things like a full belly flop off from the swings and onto the grass, grin really big and get up and do it again. He smiles often.

Gentry loves food. Any food. Doesn't matter. He eats. A lot. Fruit, veggies, bread, spaghetti, meat - I mean seriously whatever. The kid just likes food. He feeds himself and he is very enthusiastic about it. If he had a theme song it would be the "food glorious food" song from Ice Age the Meltdown. He is fast and mischievious but the biggest cuddle ever. He is so easy to put down for naps but then wakes right up when he is done and is so cheerful and happy and ready for the day. He also wakes early and is spritely and ready to go! (insert the poor mama face here). He wants to do what Barrett is doing. He also wants to do things himself. He wears his emotions on his sleeve. If he is mad, he cries - loud - and hard. He is busy with a capital B. He is tough - like really really tough - like kind of a badass he is so tough. The things that Barrett has done (intentionally or not but mostly just wrestling too hard) and Gentry has just taken like a man are countless. He is the most terrible person to share a bed with. He twirls and kicks and moves and pushes. I call him "the bad citizen" for his sleeptime antics (he goes to bed in his crib but always ends up with us...) He loves to be chased. He runs fast for how little he is and giggles and laughs and thinks it is like, the funniest thing ever.  Lately he has been doing this "evil" laugh all the time and it seriously is the funniest thing. Muahahahahahah!