9 months old - loving to stand up

I can't believe our little babies are 9 months old already. They wont be babies for much longer..... wow, toddlers soon. Their development has come along in major leaps and bounds in the last month.

Both boys LOVE to stand up and walk along while holding onto something. Benny has recently mastered the art of getting himself into a standing position. He now crawls around the room and stands up at various points, walks and explores as much as he can, gets down and crawls to the next spot. He's very pleased with himself and laughs a lot.

First is the video of Ben crawling up to the table. This was taken a few days ago.

Since taking the previous video, Benny has improved his skill and technique to get into a standing position. He can now stand up using almost anything. Thankfully he has also mastered the art of getting back down again!!

Below is today's video of Ben making a bee-line for the laptop. Notice the improved technique and skill..... and also see his other new trick. He now does a combination of army crawling and proper crawling. He started that a few days ago. He does about half-half now of army and proper crawling. He gets down onto his belly when he wants to go fast, and up on his knees when he wants to stand up.

Ethan is not yet able to get himself into a standing position, but he is working on it, and might master it in the next few weeks. Ethan really enjoys standing up, and often comes up to us and asks up to help him up. Very cute. He is getting very good at communicating his needs and wants with us. Below is a video of Ethan standing at the table, the toy he is playing with is one of the boys favorites. She is called 'Debra the Zebra'.

Benny and Tracie at the computer

Ethan at the coffee table

Ethan at the coffee table again

Benny playing on the floor

Ethan standing up holding onto Tracie

Ethan standing holding onto Sal's leg

Benny and Ethan playing with their new standing up activity table.

Benny standing at the couch giving Sal a cheeky look

Benny standing at the couch

Ethan playing on the floor

Benny at the activity table

Ethan crawling under the activity table

Boys again at the activity table

Ethan chewing on the activity table

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Since we found out Tracie was pregnant with twins we've had the dilemma of what type of pram to buy. Initially we had to have a side by side pram as both seats needed to be able to fully recline to be suitable for very little babies. Since the boys have been able to sit upright we've been thinking of buying a different pram. Our first pram is great, but it's very heavy, takes up most of the boot and is quite wide and often difficult to push around small areas, especially at the shops. Today we bought a new pram. It's lighter, folds smaller than our other pram and isn't as wide. There are of course pros and cons to each style of pram, and we will continue to use both prams depending on the situation.

Below is our first pram we've had since the boys were born.

Below is our new pram. Ben in the front, Ethan in back