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| That's our Lily! |
On the 12th Lily was officially active for 8 months and my oh my how she has changed! Not only did she grow more hair and get so much taller, but she speaks and understand so much. She has always been a talker/babbler and now she talks almost every minute she is awake during a day. Like a normal toddler if she is quiet you better go see what she is into!
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| Getting the ball for Leland! |
One of the things I love to stress to people who meet her is she is like any other toddler. A few weekends she even went out and played some catch with her brothers. The one difference between her and other toddlers is the amount of equipment that can be damaged by a ball while playing catch. My sons would throw the ball and Lily was suddenly very close to being hit by it. This wasn't their fault it was more that Lily wanted the ball and as soon as they threw it she was on it!
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| I want to play catch too! |
We sometimes get the comments that it is sad or that people are sorry that Lily is deaf. We don't get offended by it anymore we just tell them she is like any other kid and with her cochlear implants she can "hear" like any other kid. She is by far the most courageous kid I have had, not because she has implants, but because she knows no fear other than strangers.
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| Jumping with Daddy! |
Speaking of strangers...guess who is not so much of a stranger to Lily anymore?!? Cheryl no longer has stranger qualities in Lily's mind. We often get to the office early and we play outside until Cheryl arrives. Starting a few weeks ago Lily now runs to Cheryl when she sees her coming down the sidewalk. It really is one of the cuter things she does!
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| Waiting to see Cheryl |
Over the last few weeks Lily has learned bath time words and foods! It took Lily a little bit of time to warm up to the idea of giving the baby a bath, but eventually she got really into the concept. After all she seems to love anything that has to do with babies. We learned bath, bathtub, soap, water and many more fun bathtub words. Lily has known and signed water for a few months now, but it was in the context of drinking. It is neat to see her pick up on the other contexts of words. Foods she had no problem with seeing as Cheryl picked so many of Lily's favorite fruits and vegetables to start with. Lily is a fruit and vegetable fiend! We have worked on strawberry, banana, orange, carrot, peas, yogurt, and milk! Oh, we can't forget the eating utensils! Lily has also picked up bowl, spoon, and cup! Her speech is coming right along!
In this weeks video not only will you see Lily say a few of the previously mentioned words, but you will see her talk in sentences! Where did those come from?!? Cheryl and I were completely amazed!
As always we are so excited about Lily's progress and how far she has come in, what seems like, a few short months. As Lily's daddy often says "She is amazing!"
