Beach babies! Neil Patrick Harris and partner David Burtka bring their most precious cargo, 5-month-old twins Gideon Scott and Harper Grace, along for a Hawaiian getaway on Tuesday. “I love when they’re smiling,” the How I Met Your Mother star, 37, said recently.
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Aww, I love this family! Gideon and Harper are adorable. Actually, so are their daddies.
- klutzy_girl on
I just realized what an unfortunate name they picked for their daughter:-(
She’s Harper Burtka-Harris, and since I keep reading Burtka as butka (as in butt), she can’t even use only one last name because then she’d be Harper Harris.
- Sonya on
That fedora on Gideon is absolutely adorable!!
- Brooke on
PRECIOUS!! 
- Sarah S. on
Sonya, you’re reasoning totally escapes me. Say what? In any case, I can’t believe that adorable little fedora Gideon is wearing!
- torgster on
Sonya, I too do not see your point.
Anyway, a beautiful family! Love the babies’ beach attire.
- Cecelia on
awww their an adorable family.I love the ferdora,lol
- Tan on
Lol, I think David and Gideon are wearing matching hats.
- Mari on
Has anyone else noticed that NPH always seems to be holding Gideon and has never really said anything aside from griping about Harper? He seems to favor his son a lot more then his daughter…at least in interviews and photos.
- Victoria on
What a cute family!!
Sonya, what the heck are you talking about?
- Jillian on
Sonya- What’s wrong with Harper Harris? I actually think Harper Harris sounds good together, and there’s nothing wrong with alliteritve names (where the first and last name begin with the same letter). Anyway, the twins are adorable!
- CelebBabyLover on
My daughter’s name is Harper (after the great Harper Lee). It’s a beautiful name, no matter what last name it is used with.
They are a beautiful family!
- TM on
Awwwww:) Gideons Hat matches David’s and Harper is so cute in her outfit.
They are a wonderful family, all four of them:)
(Sonya – If you don`t have anything nice to say, why say anything at all….)
- Ally on
The pacifiers they are using are wub a nubs! We love them and we haven’t lost a pacy yet and we are going on 20 months.
The kids…and their dad’s are cute.
- tc on
Babies are so beautiful. Here is another picture of them
http://cdn.buzznet.com/media/jj1/2011/02/nph-lax/neil-patrick-harris-patrick-burtka-twins-lax-02.jpg
- MariaP on
Victoria,
Having had two children myself, one very calm and one VERY fussy, it can be difficult at first bonding to a very fussy baby. It can cause a lot of anxiety and stress and sleeplessness. It doesn’t mean that NPH loves her any less. I am completely enamored with my once VERY fussy baby, but it took more time to bond with him than to my calm baby. New parenthood throws all kinds of challenges at parents, and I assume that you are more apt to notice differences between your children even more acutely when you have twins, as they are experiencing their milestones side by side.
- jeepers on
Someone needs to find out where that wee lil’ fedora is from! I want one for my son!
- ForeverMoore on
Victoria.
We have only seen 2 photo set with Neil and the Twins. And in interviews he talks about both of their children equally. But it seems that people is looking for things to complain about when it comes to this family.
No matter what they do – in some people’s eyes – it is always something wrong……
They are beautiful together, and both Neil and David seems like they are good parents with much love to give each, other and their children.
- Ally on
Sooooo cute – loving the matching pink hat and suit on baby Harper B. Harris, so pretty. The wee hat on Gideon is too too cute, love it!
Victoria, I have noticed exactly what you said and it has been more then 2 photos and interviews (perhaps Ally has only seen 2). I noticed it even before seeing this new picture of NPH with his son and when I saw this thought ‘oh oh’. Good reading on Jeepers post, though I know for certain I would be darn sure I made special effort to bond with both no matter what. Does the ‘fussy’ baby get left alone, or is it just passed on to the other partner that perhaps has more patience with fussiness? Just curious ’bout that.
- Sam on
How rude to question someone else’s parenting. Fail!
- Sat on
sometimes babies bond more with one parent, and are fussy when the other parent holds them. harper may just be more fussy when NPH holds her and prefers david to hold her. i don’t think we should judge NPH from a few comments and several photos.
- anonymous on
and here I thought it was definitely NPH holding Harper and his husband holding Gideon.
Only thing I found “unlucky” was the way little Harper is being carried, – but then I remembered my baby sis enjoyed the most impossible ways to be carried becuase everything else made her feel uncomfortable in her stomach…
- KiKi on
Such a beautiful family! And those babies are just too adorable.
- Chloe on
Adorable family!
- Paula on
There have been times as babies (and still now sometimes) that for whatever reason, one of my kids would prefer their daddy to put him to bed, or only their dadddy could calm him down. Some of my friends have said the same thing about their husbands, and we’ve come to the conclusion that perhaps the baby is sensing our anxiety and frustration, or wgatever, so daddy is the one to hold and comfort them at that time. Perhaps that’s what’s going on with David and Harper? Jsut a thought.
- Michelle on
For those asking, I think the fedora is from Gymboree:
http://www.gymboree.com/shop/dept_item.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524445997778&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374306257431&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395917465&bmUID=1299987284989
- Jamie on
I just want to add to what other people have said that sometimes, for whatever reason, babies just don’t like to be held by a particular person. From what I’ve been told, when I was a baby I would fuss whenever my paternal grandmother even tried to come near me, let alone hold me (there was nothing bad or scary about her, either. In fact, she was one of the nicest people I’ve ever known!). And when she baby-sat for me, I’d cry practically the entire time. Understandbly, she was quite hurt by that as she wanted nothing more than to be able to spend time with me and bond with me.
Making things even more interesting, for the most part I was just fine with my other grandmother. And perhaps strangest of all, when I got older I ended up being closer with the grandmother whom I had once rejected than with the one I hadn’t (sadly, I didn’t get to know my paternal grandmother for very long, as she died when I was only six years old).
Point being: Babies sometimes do things that make no sense whatsoever, and perhaps Harper simply doesn’t like it when David holds her.
- CelebBabyLover on
@kiki
A lot of people (on other sites as well) have been commenting on the way David is holding Harper. Did you notice his right hand in under her bottom? It doesn’t look that impossible. I have held babies with one hand at their side and one hand beneath them plenty of times. I don’t find it anymore odd than the way Neil is holding Gideon.
@Victoria
I noticed that seemed to hold Gideon in more public pics. That doesn’t really mean anything. But if a child is having problems and is upset for long periods of time, then it makes sense that the parent with more experience with infants would spend more time comforting the child and in turn bonding with that child. Keep in mind this is just an observation and has no bearing on the actual family situation.
@ Sonya – Harper is a great name.
- hannah on
It is perfectly normal for babies (and children) go through periods where they are more attached to one parent than the other, in fact I just had lunch with a friend who relished in cuddling her ten month old becaue “When her dad’s around it’s like I just don’t exist”, and not long ago, my cousin complained that his yongest daughter won’t even let him hold her when her mother is around. If there are more pictures of David carrying Harper, it might just be that Harper prefers to be carried by David, not that NPH doesn’t lover her. It may also be that NPH is more stressed out by her fussiness than David, and that she picks up on that and therefore is calmer when held by David. Or it may just be a total coincidence, after all, we haven’t seen many pictures of them. At least I haven’t.
- MiB on
Victoria, I said the same thing a while back, hopefully he notices it and actually tries to bond with his daughter.
- ANNA on
Something is definitely off with the way NPH discusses his daughter. Sad.
- Shannon on
I’m with the camp that maybe Harper just prefers David over Neil at the moment. You see it all the time with babies. Also, maybe when they got out of the car, Neil was on the same side as Gideon and David was on the same side as Harper. If that’s the case, it would make more sense for Neil to get Gideon and David to get Harper, rather than both adults to walk around the car to get the twin on the opposite side.
They are super cute babies and I LOVE their names!
- Anonymous on
But why? He said she was fussy and needed breastmilk. It’s probably true. What else? I only saw him talk about “these two”, “their smiles”… seems to me that you’re making it up.
David is always the one holding Harper according to what you’re saying yet no one complains that he doesn’t bond with his son.
- Alice on
Well in the picture of them getting out of the car, the nanny actually got both of them out and then David grabbed the one that was closer to the outside. NPH just carried the diaper bag.
- ANNA on
Have you thought about how hurtful it can be for this family with all the allegations you come with. And to say that Neil is loving one of his children more than the other is just main blowing!!!
What I have heard is that he has talked about both them like “they began to laugh today” our daughter, our son, but mostly he uses “these two” when he talk about them.
You draw conclusions on a few paparazzi photos (taken within a few seconds) and a magazine article. You talk like you spent much time with them, because it seems like you know who carrier whom, feeding, bathing, taking care of – at all time.
I hope they never say who is biological whose. People can speculate as much as they want that Gideon is Neils.(I think it’s rude to speculate on it and disrespectful to the family)
And think that you know the answer…., the public has no right to know the answer to that, and the public have no way to know the answer to that. The truth is that only David and Neil knows it for sure.(thankfully)
Gideon and Harper is Neil and David’s daughter and son in every way.
Do not forget that it is their family you speak condescendingly about – what if people would do that about your family……….
They are going to be good papa and daddy and they are one adorable family.
- Ally on
@Ally – how do you know they’re going to be good parents when you’ve only seen a few pap photos and a magazine article?
Same same same – you’re drawing conclusions with such limited information.
Which child belongs to who? I thought these were twins, fraternal twins. No? Can one twin belong to one man and the other twin to the other man?
- Sam on
Am I the only Mom that has or had a kid that preferred their husband? I hope not! I’m on the side of those that said she maybe prefers David.It’s normal or so I’ve been told.The babies and Daddies look healthy and happy.
My oldest has always rather have daddy then mommy. Once she was off the boob, she’s never looked back. I’m sure she and I have years and years of therapy ahead of us
- showbizmom on
Alice- Very good point! No one is saying that David is ignoring his son!
- CelebBabyLover on
Sam- Maybe she just has a feeling. Also, in regards to your question about which child belongs to whom….this is what NPH said in the article with the twins debut photoshoot: “We inserted two eggs, one with my sperm, one with David’s sperm and they both took,”.
So one baby is biologically Neil’s and the other biologically David’s. However, despite the fact that they are actually half-siblings, babies born in that manner are still considered fraternal twins from what I’ve read.
Interestingly enough, I also found this little tidbit in the article: “Harper has been fussy but Gideon is the easiest baby in the world,” says Burtka. So David has also talked about Harper being fussy while Gideon is easy. It’s not just Neil, people!
- CelebBabyLover on
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