I can’t believe it’s been six weeks since Tanner was born! Everyone tells you time flies when you have a baby and it’s so true. I think because they change so rapidly over such a short period of time, it seems even more accelerated. Now that Tanner has arrived, I’m also seeing Roman with fresh eyes – he was my little baby, but now I look at him and realize he’s a boy now. A big, tall, lanky boy.
Roman and Tanner actually were very similar in looks as babies, but in terms of size, totally different. Not only was Tanner 1 lb 8 oz bigger at birth than Roman, he is also gaining weight like a champ. I weighed him this week and he was 14 lbs 8 oz. I looked back at some of Roman’s growth numbers and found his 9 month doctor’s appointment…he was 16 lbs 7oz. Needless to say, most of what Roman wore in his first 6 weeks, Tanner grew out of within days. He is enormous.
Just for fun, I thought I’d share some side-by-side photos of my two boys at the same age – a little then and now. Enjoy!
Leaving the hospital: Going home with a cranky Roman in 2012; Taking Tanner home in 2015.
Tubby time! Roman on the left, Tanner on the right. Both boys were about a week old.
Kitty Love. On the left is Roman with our boy kitty TooToo; on the right, Tanner with TooToo.
My two little squoodges. We breed crazy hair.
Daddy trying a bottle feed, both 1 month old.
Fran loves Motorhead (and owns the t-shirt version of this onesie).
I mean, can you tell they’re brothers? 😉 It feels like last month that Roman was this age and I know I’m going to blink and Tanner will be three years old with a six-year-old big brother.
Thank you to all my wonderful friends who wrote guest posts for me while I was having some serious snuggle time. Just in case you missed them, you can check them out here:
Allie from Vita Train for Life: The Craziest Thing I Did During My Twin Pregnancy
Nellie from Brooklyn Active Mama: Believe. The Mental Aspect of Running
Ruth from She’s Wicked Healthy: 7 Awesome NO Equipment Workouts
Kristin from Deiss Energy Works: How Emotions Can Make You Sick (and what you can do about it)
Amanda from Miss Zippy: The Family That Runs Together
Susan from Simply Modern Dance: Patience in Your Yoga Practice
Jesica from rUnladylike: Train Your Brain – How Runners Can Overcome Mental Ruts
Brittany from My Own Balance: How Having a Baby and Living Abroad Made Me Face My Fears
Tina from Fuel Your Future With Tina Muir: 9 Things Elite Runners Do (That You Wouldn’t Expect)
What a great post Carly!!! So so adorable! Um…my 6 month old is 14lbs!? Tanner and Roman look so much alike!! Aside from Tanner’s chubby cheeks they are twins!
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Tanner is ENORMOUS. E-NOR-MOUS.
Snuggle time indeed. How could you not? They are both just precious and OMG, I know you’ve heard it 1000’s of times. THE HAIR!!!
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Ha ha ha ha – I know! It really is the first thing everyone says when they see him.
Aww! I love the comparison photos. That’s always such fun. And Des is so much bigger than Scarlet was and it’s funny to see. I think he’ll catch up to her one of these days.
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I think little Des has a ways to go just yet. He’s such a cutie. 🙂
I can’t get over the crazy hair! My two were baldies forever.
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Fran and I had lots of hair as babies so we were kind of expecting it – maybe not the faux hawk style though!
Love the comparison of your 2 cuties!!!
That hair is awesome!!! Yes, the time will go quickly and soon they will both be bigger than you like my boys:(
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I can’t imagine, Kim! But I also don’t know where Roman’s first three years and change went.
OMG!!! So much cuteness I just can’t take it. I love how you are so on it with the side by side photos! Both boys will absolutely love this one day. You have such a beautiful family and are so blessed!! Enjoy the heck outta those boys!!
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I don’t think I would have done it if they didn’t look so alike as babies. Although, since I’m replying to this a month later (SO ON TOP OF IT!) Tanner is definitely looking different from Roman now.