2-7-10

I know that the blogging has been few and far between. I really wanted to be better about updating, but I haven't been getting as much sleep as I'd like, so I've been taking every opportunity to take naps when I can. With only 5 weeks left before Lily's sister is here, there has also been a lot to prepare and a lot of appointments to go to.

Lily has had her ups and downs but all in all has been doing wonderfully as usual. Her speech is coming along very nicely and she is using more sentences and putting more thoughts together. She has a much easier time communicating, though there are times we still have no idea what she is talking about (I think that's still a probably some of her typical peers share as well).

Lily's echolalia is gone, at least at home anyway. Apparently Lily is having a hard time processing information at school, because her echolalia is still very much present at school. They are also concerned about her speech, in that it has not improved. All this is puzzling to me since she does so well at home, so I'm going to need to figure out why she does better at home than at school.
The good news is that she now qualifies for speech services and has started to get speech therapy at school twice a week.

Here are some of the cool things that have been occuring lately:

• Lily said today that she was hungry! (oh, the small things that mean so much...FINALLY)
• Lily asked Daddy yesterday to COLOR! (this has always been an activity that she hates and struggles with) Lily actually DREW some pictures and used multilple colors. I was so excited to see this when I got home from work yesterday!
• Daddy and Lily went for a walk today and Daddy asked her where the bird was and she said, "Right there, next to the pond!"
• When Daddy and Lily went for a walk and they came to a fork in the sidewalk she asked, "Do we go this way, or this way?" and pointed in each direction.
• Yesterday, Lily was upset because I was at work and she had missed me, so she was crying and said, "I wish mommy home! I wish mommy hold you" (it's so nice when she can verbalize how she is feeling and share why she is upset).
• The other day Lily put the head of one of her princess figures into her mouth and said, "Hey, it's dark in here!" (I always get excited when she's playing and doesn't use scenes from movies as her dialog)
• Lily sat in her highchair and said, "want snack" and I asked her if she wanted some banana and she said, "want raisins" (most people would think nothing of this, but she has NEVER before asked for something specific that was actually good for her!)

More to come later!