Having boy/girl twins gives me the opportunity to see the similarities and differences in their development. So far Shenzie has been first for most things and Heaten lazily catches up at his own pace…and then ZOOM! He quickly passes her by without looking back. It seems he is doing it again with walking. A full month ago Shenzie took her first assisted steps and started cruising around. Heaten was content scooting around from place to place while Shenzie shot past him. When Heaten started cruising around I would have to stand him up and get him down because he hadn’t yet learned how to pull up and sit back down. That all changed this weekend.

This weekend Heaten learned how to pull up, sit back down, crawl, take steps assisted and unassisted. Ummm. Hello…I guess when the lazy stops he gets really ambitious. He started pulling up on Thursday night and by Friday night was a pro. He took his first assisted steps on Saturday and on Sunday he tried to walk from the coffee table to the couch all by himself. He isn’t scared at all. They both cruise around the entire house, walk behind their mini cars alone, take steps from one piece of furniture to the other, and takes steps to me and their daddy.

We now have two very mobile babies on the verge of walking. It is a little race to see who’s first. My bets on Heaten.

As an added bonus they both got a tooth this weekend. Shenzie is now at 6 and Heaten is at 2. Once again he is taking his sweet time catching up.