The family album of Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

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One big happy family! Neil patrick harris and his husband, David Burkafound love together, but their love grew even stronger when they welcomed their twins, Harper and Gideon.

The couple met in 2004, but did not expect to start a romance with each other. said Harris Out magazine in 2012 that he had no intention of settling down at the time.

“I remember being in my mid-twenties and laying in bed thinking the rest of my life would be solo,” says the How I met your mother alum explained.

At the time, Burtka was in a challenging long-distance relationship. “I was in another relationship when I met Neil and was doing the long haul, from New York to LA. It was a bit on the rocks. Long distance is so hard,” he recalled.

Harris and Burtka began to spend time together platonically, but the professional chef was attracted to the actor.

“We started hanging out with other people, and we had lunch or something, but nothing romantic. I thought he was cute though, with those amazing blue eyes that are just mesmerizing to me,” Burtka said at the time.

Later that year, the Michigan native split from his ex and went on a first date with Harris to see the 2004 movie Taking lives. Three years later, Burtka proposed to Harris. The Missing girl star later posed the question to Burtka in 2008.

The duo took the next big step in their relationship when they welcomed fraternal twins, Harper and Gideon, via surrogate in October 2010. The new parents made their engagement public in 2011, five years after Burtka first proposed. The Doogie Howser, MD alum and Burtka got married in 2014 in Perugia, Italy.

said Harris Us weekly in April 2019 that the secret of their successful relationship is communication.

“I think when you bottle things up and you live in some sort of facade, it seems to lead to more problems, so we talk about things when we have problems with each other,” he said at the time.

The pair also love being parents to their children, raising them in New York City. said Burtka Us in October 2019 that they couldn’t imagine having a family on the west coast.

“We live in Harlem, so they see a lot of things and they’re exposed to things at a young age,” says de Annie and the Gypsiestar said at the time. “I think they grow from that. I think if you live in a house in the Valley of Beverly Hills you don’t get to see as much, while here you get so much to see and experience. I think we’re really lucky to be in New York.”

Scroll down to see photos of Harris and Burtka’s family through the years: