Saturday, June 11, 2005

A journey by two...

Over the last several months I have been searching through our pictures of the boys. What you see below is the fruit of my search. They are in parallel - month for month from birth to 1 year. You can see about mid-way through where they begin to part ways. They look a great deal a like until around the 6 month point when their personalities and physical differences become more pronounced.

My purpose in this was two fold: (1) Showing all of you the year in parallel and how much our boys look a like and how much they differ and (2) I wanted to go back and see for myself. They are growing so quickly. I have all the pictures from Janice's pregnancy with Nathaniel up until now on my computer which presents a unique opportunity to browse the past at any given moment. They are organized by year, month and date. It is a lot of fun. It is good to go back often to remind yourself of all the good times. Soon there will be three little cylinders in our engine making the car go even faster. As the blur of life increases remembering the captured memories will be even more important.

00months
1st day: Nathaniel (left) and Benjamin are getting some love from the most beautiful mom of them all, my Janice.

01months
1 month: Nathaniel (left) and Benjamin getting their first bathes.

02months
2 months: Benjamin (left) and Nathaniel getting some sleep.

03months
3 months: The infamous "who's who photo".

04months
4 months: Nathaniel (top) and Benjamin just chillin' out.

05months
5 months: Nathaniel (top) and Benjamin showing off the gums.

06months
6 months: Benjamin (top) and Nathaniel in froo-froo and frogs.

07months
7 months: Nathaniel (left) and Benjamin flirting with the camera.

08months
8 months: Nathaniel (left) and Benjamin playing with balloons which they both really enjoyed when they were this age.

09months
9 months: Benjamin (top) and Nathaniel crawling. Well, Nathaniel is crawling anyway.

10months
10 months: Nathaniel (left) and Benjamin living in a box.

11months
11 months: Benjamin (top) and Nathaniel illustrating that bald is indeed beautiful.

12months
12 months: Benjamin (top) and Nathaniel enjoying their first birthday. Thoughtful and the entertainer. Two very different little boys. If you would like to have the full size versions of these images for better printing click here. I hope you have enjoyed the pictures. Maybe I will continue this up through 2 years...hmmm... only time will tell. :)