Love me, I was awake at 6:30 a.m. today! (Mommy still loves him, despite that fact).
Love me, I slept in until nearly 11 a.m.! (Mommy loves you, even if she is envious).
It's just one of the ways that our identical twins are different. Sawyer requires much less sleep - as in only about 8 to 10 hours a day - while Xander wants much more - usually 12 to 14 hours a day. It could be that quirky and cool thing, or it could just be their personalities.
This morning Sawyer was awake about 6:30 a.m. - which is early even for him - laughing and jabbering in the little guys' room. He knows Mommy is not going to get him that early, and is usually content to just amuse himself for a while. And when he wakes up, he's happy and ready to go for the day. He helps you put on his clothes and is ready to rush out of the room downstairs to get his snack (dry cereal and milk) and go play. And you can forget about a nap later, he'll just jabber and dance across the floor until you come let him out (if you're crazy enough to try, which Mommy sometimes is).
Despite brother's early wake up time, Xander was still asleep. He didn't wake up even after getting Sawyer dressed and ready to go downstairs. Or when Mommy sat down on the bed and rubbed his back. Or even after Mommy took Connor to preschool (Daddy was home to keep an eye on both little guys this morning). Even after Sawyer had breakfast - at 10:30 a.m. - he was still sound asleep! Xander only woke up when I went back upstairs to get him, at 10:45 a.m.!
Now, this is later than usual even for him, I grant you. Connor and Xander both tend to wake up somewhere between 8:30 and 9 a.m., depending on what time they've made it to bed. At our house, that's usually between 8 and 9 p.m. - depending on any naps that might have happened (and we're not talking about Sawyer, who has to actually fall asleep somewhere, like the dining room table or the couch, to ever get an afternoon nap).
It just goes to show, they're only identical on the outside (minus Sawyer's extra pound or two). Xander has much more in common with his big brother Connor when it comes to personality. Twin or not, it's fun to watch all three of the boys as they start to show more and more of who they are as individuals.