1. Firs of all, he went from this…

…to this.

This man is like wine; he gets better with the years.

2. He has the best hair (and smile) in the world

We’ll never get tired of saying it… NEVER!!!

3. …and facial hair too

4. He is an awesome daddy!

“Italian holiday train travel, family of 7”

“No better way to spend a beautiful lazy Sunday. Gone fishing”

5. He can cook AND bake

6. And he would take you a photograph while doing it all at the same time

7. He likes to set things on fire

8. …and girls too

9. When he sings…feels like heaven!

10. ARMS

11. We love him because he makes these faces

And we know he could scare your worst enemies away if he gave them one of these looks.

12. He has improved his own personal style over the years

And he did it pretty well!

13. And the best part of this… WHITE PANTS AND SUSPENDERS, GUYS!!!

14. Because he can melt a whole crowd when he plays piano

15. He loves himself so much that we get to have lots of selfies

16. Seriously…he REALLY loves himself

17. But of course, he loves his brothers that much too!

18. Now he doesn’t have 20/20 vision anymore, but that, my friends, is not that bad after all…

Just look at him wearing glasses, LOOK AT HIM!!! Can he be more perfect?!?!

19. Sometimes he makes music babies…

…and real ones too.

20. He has his OWN beer to get drunk with

It’s called Mmmhops, how awesome is that?

21. And he is not only a musician but also a DJ now!!

I am DONE!

22. Those eyes!!

23. Those moves!!!!

24. He is the kind neighbor that would help you fix anything in your house

But in the end, he’d accidentally break it worse.

25. We love him because KOALAS

How can you not love that furry chest? (We’re talking about the koala)

26. He can make you pregnant with just one look

BAM! Now you’re pregnant.

27. As if all that wasn’t enough, he also fangirls, a lot…

Like…A LOT

28. Every time we see him, he makes us feel like we’re in a movie. Literally.

29. And when we thought he couldn’t be more perfect…HE LEARNED TO FREAKING SAIL!!!!

30. Because he loves his fans!

He truly inspires us in many ways.

31. And because he is simply the best!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAY!!

This is how Isaac, Taylor & Zac all look today.

Totally hot, obvs.

But it THIS was the Hanson that captured your heart.

The long, flowing locks. The multi-colored ’90s shirts. The awkward dancing. SO ENTICING.

To celebrate our three favourite brothers in harmony, here are 30 signs you were totally obsessed with Hanson growing up.

1. You spent hours trying to perfect the Hanson symbol.

No binder was safe from this symbol. Nor were your text books – or even your own skin.

2. You would wear several necklaces at once because that was totally Taylor’s thing and made you feel closer to him as a person.

3. THIS WAS YOUR LIFE.

And it was so necessary to have EVERY SINGLE ISSUE.

4. You were 100% prepared for Tulsa, Oklahoma, to be the booming metropolis you were going to spend the rest of your life in.

5. This commercial changed what you ate for breakfast for the next few months.

6. And after seeing that commercial, your parents let you eat nothing but Eggo waffles for breakfast, just so you could get the t-shirt.

7. You also suddenly started drinking a lot more milk.

Mmmilk.

8. You seriously considered taking up the bongos as a hobby.

No reason…

9. Or perhaps maybe the drums.

10. This was your bible, and it lived on your bedside table.

11. But even unathorized biographies were not beneath you.

Especially when there was an ENTIRE BOOK on your fave Hanson bro, aka YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND.

12. You recieved a fair amount of teasing and abuse for not liking “cooler” bands, but you got used to it, and would defend your boys no matter what.

13. Because of this, Hanson fans were a tight knit fandom – before “fandom” was even a word.

You screamed together. You cried together. You had confusing pre-teen sexual fantasies together.

14. “Tight knit” unless another fan thought they were going to marry your Hanson brother of choice. Because obviously he was YOURS.

15. When The Moffats came out you were like ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!

And anyone who listened to them (or dared say there were better than Hanson) was dead to you.

Like, nice highlights guys. Srsly.

16. When you saw Hanson live for the first time, it was like a 90 minute non-stop orgasm, even if you didn’t know what that was at the time.

You literally could not handle it.

17. And to re-live the magic, you definitely had this LARGER THAN LIFE-SIZE “Live From Albertane” tour poster.

18. And this became the soundtrack to the Greatest Night Of Your Life.

EVER.

19. You were writing Hanson fanfiction before “fanfic” was a thing, and even before 1D fans even discovered “shipping.”

20. Christmas is not the same without forcing your entire family to listen to Snowed In.

21. These two VHS tapes were your most important possessions. If anything happened to them you literally would have died. DIED.

22. Because they included the amazing “what do you reckon?” moment.

And this!

As well as the magical moment with Tay BRINGS THE CAMERA INTO HIS BED AND IT WAS LIKE YOU WERE THERE WITH HIM.

23. Watching the Strong Enough To Breakdocumentary as an adult made you relive so many feelings.

24. This was the dark day that you feared, but never expected would come so soon.

It took some time* to get over.

*5 years

25. As was this.

26. AS WAS THIS.

27. And let’s not even talk about the fact that Taylor Hanson is 30 and has an ELEVEN YEAR OLD SON.

HE HAS FIVE CHILDREN.

28. Or that between the three of them, they now have 10 children.

TEN CHILDREN. TEN.

29. When Hanson appeared in Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night” video you were overcome with a kind of jealous rage you hadn’t felt since 1997.

Oh, how nice for Katy Perry to have your dream band perform at her stupid house party.

30. And when Taylor Swift said this you were like, “LOL Swift that’s hilarious, ME TOO!” But secretly made you feel very suspicious of her.

Thank you for making our teenage years amazing, Hanson.