Sofia communication update

We met with our Occupational Therapist and our Speech Therapist today, and La Principessa added several more words to her vocabulary:

Signs:
31. play/toy
32. cow
33. pig
34. sheep

Verbal:
13. pig (with a very clear 'p')
14. moo
15. done (I forgot this one last time)

I tried on her bathing suits tonight in preparation for our trip to Orlando this weekend. She's really grown in the past few months. She looks adorable in the two "new" bathing suits (also hand-me-downs from G, but they hadn't fit until now).

I had the boys try on their bathing suits, too. Micah surprisingly still needs to wear the size 4 suits - the larger ones fall right off him!

I'm a little nervous about Micah going into a public pool (or at camp): the last time he was in a pool was at S&G's house in October, and he pooped! And tonight he pooped in the bathtub. Yikes. I'm going to have to have a long talk with the camp people before I send him there. Ugh.

Got the boys new flip-flops, and got Sofia some soft baby sandals (they are a 6-12 size, but very flexible, and fit better than the size 4). I love the Children's Place flip-flops, 2 for $5.

David is off to Edmonton tomorrow, but R is coming up to visit for a few days. And my dad is having surgery on his shoulder tomorrow afternoon.

I'm still feeling a bit spacy. The weather was very hot today, and then in the evening it cooled off and I started getting a headache again. There's a lovely breeze now coming through the windows, but it will cool off more soon.

Tried to get Disney's info people to get me food lists for Micah's allergies. Not easy to do, and they wanted to fax them to me. I couldn't find David's fax number anywhere, and then we got disconnected. So now I'm trying to look on line.

Oh, and I spoke to two potential tutors for Sammy. The one in Needham only works out of her house, won't actually go meet him at camp, so she's going to try to find me someone else in the area, but she's still a backup. The FState student is coming out her Thursday to meet us.

Ok, we're going to watch "Borat" now - J lent it to us...

Sofia's communication skills

Just felt like making a list of Sofia's words and signs to date...(I may edit this later to add more...)

Signs:

1. Dada
2. eat
3. more
4. please
5. thank you
6. dog
7. duck
8. cat
9. tiger
10. on
11. off
12. up
13. in
14. out
15. cheese
16. milk
17. water
18. music
19. book
20. all done
21. baby
22. brush teeth
23. telephone
24. hi
25. bye
26. fish
27. hat
28. help
29. car
30. wipe/napkin
    

Verbal:

1. mama
2. dada
3. dog
4. belly button ('beh beh buh' along with a belly wiggle)
5. duck/quack
6. hi
7. bye
8. specific sounds for both Micah and Sam
9. yup
10. clean-up ('lllllup')
11. hat
12. "sounds" like zip, zoom, whirr, etc.

She can walk while holding one hand (although she prefers to hold two hands, so she'll wave at random strangers for help in passing). She can take a few steps without holding on if she's balanced well.

She likes other kids and she likes men. Grown up women make her a bit nervous (since she thinks I might leave her with them to babysit!).

She's also got a strong talent for ripping paper!