Tonight we have another walker. It happened in a second before I could comprehend what was happening. She walked. Two shaky but independent steps. When I was just questioning if she really was watching Avery, Brooklynn took tonight's big piece of cake--she did it.
It was like she had a big secret that she was waiting until tonight to share. I tried time after time after time to get a video but it was a no go. Sister wasn't having it. This is how she is during therapy--all mad when she has to do stuff on command but happy as a clam doing things when she thinks no one is watching. On your own time, sister.
She has two speech consults coming up. Interestingly enough, she mimics more than Avery does-she will do exactly what you ask her to do (or don't as her to do--more of that in a sec). She signs "more" perfectly and she coughs when she sees you cough. Allison, her PT, thinks that she will pick it up quickly after she masters motor. Right now she is focused on walking (yay!!!) and crawling...which all happened so quickly that she will focus on talking soon. By 18 months the average toddler has between 50-100 words...we have a way to go. I'm looking forward to seeing what the SLP (speech language pathologist) says.
About a week ago I heard one/both of the girls say, "Op!" with a finger point to Jake. It didn't take long to realize that they were both saying "STOP!" to Jake. With a finger point. Two little mamas. I guess it is time for us to change our word we use with Jake. Oops.
Jake had his last day of preschool last week. My boy has grown. Next up-summer therapy and new orthotics. But he's still happy, so happy. Even if he gives 1,000 knuckles a day and says "Buh bye!" until I am blue in the face. On one hand we all recognize he is saying something---but he overuses whatever he learns and so teaching him a good balance is hard. He doesn't get "use it only when you are saying goodbye." Instead he uses it for everything.possible.everything. At night we hear him through his door saying, "BUHHHHHHHHHH BYYYYYYYYYE!" out the window (about a thousand times). We love our closed door. :)
Damn. So cute.
Rocked a side braid! New picnic table (thanks Aunt Kelley and Uncle Oumar) and a beautiful Memorial Day.
I didn't take a lot of pictures this weekend but I got a wonderful picture of Nanni and the kids. Love this!
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