I have a walker!

You heard me right! Or, read me right?

These boys have taken so much longer than their brother did to walk. Hank is still not walking. When they were ten months old, they were able to hold on to our hands and walk with no problem. When that happened, I thought it would be a matter of a few short weeks before they were walking.

By their first birthday, they were walking by holding on to only one hand. They were champs, pros even! I expected them to take off any second.

Then they turned 13 months, and nothing changed. Fourteen months. Fifteen months. Still waiting.

I started to worry something might be wrong with them. We went to a party last weekend, and our friend's 1-year-old son was already walking, and my babies, who were obviously older, were not. It was kind of disheartening. What if they just decided it was easier NEVER to walk?

Then, yesterday, we were all hanging out in the living room (minus Mitchell because he's at his dad's) when Harry stood up in the middle of the room. He's been doing this a while, but he usually just stands up and sits down over and over again. This time, he just stood there a while and then kind of lurched forward a little bit and fell. Then he got right back up. I encouraged him to walk toward me. He looked at me, but I was kind of far away. So then I encouraged him to walk toward his dad.

He took two steps and threw himself at the couch.

I was so proud. I've never been so excited about two little steps.

From there, he just kept going. Today, he was going back and forth in the living room. Right now, he's getting a lot out of it. We all clap and tell him how amazing he is when he's walking. He's not yet using it as his primary means of getting around, but he does it a lot for the claps and hugs and excitement.

Hank is taking it all in. I was hoping if Hank saw Harry do it, Hank would just take off and walk. But it hasn't happened like that. I suppose he'll start when he's ready. In the meantime, I'm just comforted knowing that there's really nothing wrong with them. They just prefer efficiency.