nope, they are not identical

here are some close-ups of both the boys together (jake on left, ben on right).

now it is up to you, do you think they look alike?

i sometimes call jake "wolverine" b/c of all his dark hair and chops.

todd and ellie call ben "benji" or "benji-o." 

 jake giving his superman pose. ben is flexing for the ladies.

love these boys!!!

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 those eyes are so different from one another. i don't know if you can tell, but jake has a pretty dark complexion like todd did as a baby and my dad and brothers pete and michael are. it is fading a bit, though, so i'm afraid he won't keep it- sad!

  the girls wanted to get in on the photo action.

i think jake looks more like abby and ben like ellie. 

also interesting note: from the time i was pregnant, ellie always said baby a (ben) was her baby and baby b (jake) was abby's. while the girls absolutely LOVE both boys, they have each kind of taken to one baby- ellie to ben and abby to jake. 

gardner village witches

todd took the girls on trax (one of their favorite things) to see the witches at gardner village.

pumpkin patch

unfortunately it was going to get dark while we were at the pumpkin patch, so we quickly took some token photos and then got right to picking out pumpkins. the girls loved pushing the kid-sized wheel barrows while going down the rows of pumpkins to find our perfect pumpkins.

FOUR KIDDOS

i haven't posted in awhile... and this is why!

january i was very tired. very tired. i thought it was just the aftermath of the holidays along with my cfs. however, it was just not improving. 

turns out i was pregnant! 

i went to my obgyn for my first visit and found out i was pregnant with twins!! there are no twins in my family, so you can only imagine the surprised look on my face. (i just saw my doctor for my 6 week check-up and she commented on how it was in that examine room where i found out about the twins and the look on my face. it must have been a good enough look to remember 7 months later.)

 benjamin

 jacob

ellie was so fun to photograph. it is nice when they stay still and look at the camera.

and abby is 2. so, no photos of looking at mom (although she would look everywhere else!)

and... abby wouldn't keep her jacket on- so her photos are of her in a t-shirt. (i love this one of her actually looking at me. you can tell exactly what she is thinking!)