New Words!

Hannah's doing so well. Just in the last two weeks she's started saying about 8 new words. In case your interested, some of the new ones are Milk, cookie, again, choo choo, uh oh, and tickle tickle, complete with tickling herself. She's doing really well, though I have no reason to believe that EI has anything to do with it. So far in the three months since referral, they've seen her actively one time. So I'll just say thank you very much that she's progressing in spite of them!

Thanksgiving Part II

Hannah had a good Thanksgiving, minus the fact that she only napped in the car between our house and Grandma's and between Grandma and Grampy's. She ate most of the day, just like everyone else, and sat down to dinner with us this year, instead of sleeping like last year. She was very good and seemed to have lots of fun. I can't wait for Christmas this year, since she's going to LOVE it this time!

"Buddy"

So an entire two months later, we have another new word. Hannah now says "buddy" when she means Gary. She wanders the house calling "buddy.... buddy" when he's at school. She also combined two words earlier this week and said "bye dada" so that's pretty big too. Hannah qualified for EI and they're coming for their first actual appointment today at 10:30. I hope that she cooperates, but I don't see why she wouldn't. She was very good for her evaluation.

Fall

Still no new words, but Hannah's EI evaluation is scheduled for next week. Should be informative to say the least.Hannah had a great time this weekend playing with Michael and picking pumpkins. My little baby is growing up so fast.

E.I.

So far we haven't heard from EI, and I'm getting frustrated. Everything I have heard says kids have a language explosion at 18 months and can learn up to 12 new words a day. Clearly that isn't happening =(

Mooooo

I swore I typed something more recently than that. Huh... oh well. Life is about the same. Hannah is still sleeping in her big girl bed, and likes it very much. She has a new word "Moo" which sounds more like "broooo" but very cute just the same. I'm hoping she'll get more words soon, but she babbles a ton and doesn't seem to care that no one knows what she wants.

New Bed

AMAZING... I can really say nothing else, as I am speechless entirely about last night.

Yesterday we got Hannah a second crib mattress to set up her toddler bed with. We put it in her room, put sheets and a pillow on it, and she bounced on and off it all day. At naptime she walked to her crib, and that was where she slept. At bedtime we read books in her new playroom, since that's where they are, and then headed over to her bedroom and we shut the door to begin our prayers, singing, bunny, night night routine. She walked in and hopped up on her bed and laid down... so we put her bunnies and her binkies in bed with her, said prayers and sang while she laid down and we rubbed her back, and then kissed her goodnight and said we'd see her in the morning, same as always. SHE STAYED IN HER BED ALL NIGHT!!!!!!! She cried for less than 3 minutes around 11:30, and then slept until 6! I realize that this is not a habit, or set in stone, but I'm so shocked!