Comparing

I am talking about my kids - of course! I don't think about it until I actually do it. However I have been comparing them since Austin was born. I would say, oh Logan was bigger, Logan wore this, Logan never wore that, Austin smiled before Logan, Austin eats better than Logan, Logan slept with me - but not Austin. Austin is more laid back, Logan was more into TV, Austin gets into everything, Logan seemed more in tune with people, ETC. Well this list goes on and on, from their pooping to their playing. I have been known to obsess about how Logan reached a certain milestone before Austin has. Just two weeks ago I was saying to a friend, "I am worried about Austin. At one Logan was saying several words and Austin only says mama and sometimes dada." Of course my wise friend reminded me that ALL babies are different, all babies do things at different times, all babies will reach their milestones when they are good and ready. However me being me I still worried. That was until Friday. I was sitting on the floor coloring with Logan and Austin toddles over. Well I just figured he was coming over to see what we were doing or to put a crayon in his mouth. I reminded myself that Logan wouldn't hold a crayon or even try to color until he was 18 months or older so surely Austin wasn't going to sit and color. Boy was I wrong. My sweet baby boy sat down next to me, picked up an orange crayon and began to color on the paper with the biggest smile on his face, reminding me that I can't compare my boys and I need to stop. They are two different babies that will grow into two different boys. They will have different wants, different needs, different likes, different dislikes and that everything they accomplish and do will be different from the other but just as wonderful.