these two.....

I love taking note of all the ways these two boys are alike and different. Most of the time I think they are complete opposites, but then every once in a while I will notice a little something that reminds they are indeed related.

- Cannon is pretty rough and tumble while Charlie is very cautious. We were playing at the play structure at Carls Jr. the other day and Cannon would climp up higher than Charlie would. I know Cannon still has some of that "no fear" mentality that babies have, but Charlie has been cautious since day one.

- They really look nothing alike. Most people would never guess that they were brothers. The only big similarity is their bright blue eyes.

- Cannon likes to make lots of noise and get messy and Charlie likes the quiet and to be clean. Cannon loves the vacuum and gets excited when he sees it. He also thinks the very noisy paper shredder is pretty cool. Charlie hated them as a baby. If Cannon is starting to get upset or fussy, Charlie is very quick to tell Cannon "that is enough of that!"

- Charlie was very easy to get on a schedule and liked it. Cannon has not been on the same schedule for more than 3 days in a row in his whole life. Just when I think we are making some progress on one, he decides to get up at 4am just for fun.

- They both are very sensory sensitive. They love to rub their faces on soft things and smoosh their faces into pillows. They both sleep on their tummies with their arms tucked up underneath them. They are both very sensitive and particular to touch.

- They both were late talkers and walkers. Cannon is close to walking, but he is very cautious like Charlie was. I think he could do it, he just needs to get up the courage to just let go. He is also just now starting to babble and imitate a lot. Charlie was the same way and then once he did his language skills took off like a rocket.

Two boys have been too much fun. Love watching them grow and cherishing their unique characteristics.