Yet another picture of Emily at the table – her favorite place. She ate three wantons right before I took this shot – so that’s what has gooped up her cheeks and bib.
Emily is saying a bunch of words now including: baby, bye, hi, mama, daddy (“gaga”), thank you (“gang goo”), ow, yay, up, eeieeio (as in “Old McDonald Had a Farm…”) and I swear she said “bless you” when I sneezed today. I found an excellent web page that talks about language development in babies and young children which says that babies can learn up to one new word every two hours when they reach the age of 18 months. All these new words are great news since Emily’s speech therapist said she wanted to see Emily have at least six words at her last visit (about two weeks ago). At that time I think she had maybe 3 or 4. I can’t wait to tell her the good news during her next visit.
Emily isn’t the only one learning new things. Ana (4 years old), is learning how to read and write. Here’s a picture of one of the first words she’s ever spelled on her own, “bat.” We set up the computer to a blank document with large font and she’s in there typing ALL the time.
My girls. Gosh they’re cute.
Good Job Ana!!!
Emily is getting so BIG! So happy to hear how well her speech is going!!!! Keep up the great work Emily…and Mom!