A difference between boys and girls?

I have heard that there are quite a few differences between girl and boy babies (besides the obvious genetic and physical differences.) Although I know that there is no for sure in those either. Mostly just personality or possibly how your parents treat the difference between a boy and a girl. And in our case, I also wonder if it is partially due to the first vs. second child thing.

I had thought that Gwen was going to take longer than Trevor did to learn to walk...but nope. She was walking a few weeks earlier than he did. However, I think it has taken her longer to learn to climb and now finally descend stairs. I had thought with Trevor, he was quick to want to climb on everything. But only just recently has she started climbing on things. We finally brought up the Christmas decorations which are stored in big plastic totes. She has loved climbing on those.

What seems to be different with her is her small motor skills. She is very independent feeding herself. And part of it is normal development. She now wants to have a spoon to feed herself with anything like cereal or yogurt, or will play with silverwear after eating, pretending like she knows just what she is doing.

What surprised me most recently was that Russ tried to get Trevor to play his new Connect Four game, which he didn't want to do, but Gwen was interested in it. It only took her a few tries to figure out how to put the checkers into the game. So it's now her game to play...hee hee.

Then there are her words. Trevor's big word used to be "ON" for when he saw lights that were on. Gwen's similar phrase and word is "Dark" for when the lights are off. And actually if we are outside in the sunlight she likes to say "Bright!" But I can't get her to understand that lights inside can be bright too. She's been picking up a lot of words and I do remember Trevor doing something that she has been doing lately. If you ask Gwen a question like if she wants water, she usually answers: "No" when she really means yes. Most of the answers she gives are no, regardless of the question and how she feels about it.

I'll be back shortly with our coming Christmas....