Thursday.

  PP did so many wonderful things today! She signed "open" for the first time at Speech Therapy at Children's! It was monumental! A little while after that, when the therapist asked PP to point to her mouth while showing her what to do, PP pointed to her own mouth and made a "mmm" sound. This is also very big! She is imitating the action while making a deliberate, consonant sound. Consonants are a harder sound to make so I can see that she is gaining strength in her face. She will be able to move her muscles the way she wants them to, eventually. It all takes lots of practice. I have been using sign language with PP since she was a tiny baby, and she is just recently able to sign back to me. We have always practiced daily (slightly obsessively) to keep things progressing and to keep challenging PP.
  We have even started to do back to back therapies. Days like today, when we have two therapies in one day, our schedule runs very tight. It is hard for PP to get on track some days, but she seems to do very well when we have a busy day. I can tell she gets tired, but I know how much I can push her until she becomes Crazy Child. Days like today can make her CC. The ones where we have three therapies are even worse, though they are few and far between.
  Today, we got out the door late, but made it to ST at Children's on time! Don't ask me how that happened! Therapy went very well today, and when we got home it was about ten after eleven. Oh man! Laura, the Speech Therapist from the school, was coming at noon! I needed to get some chores done and start some lunch! I did it, even though I had a certain someone clinging to my leg the entire time. With lots of coffee, I am so awesome at time management. The two of us were sitting calmly at the table eating our PB-n-J's when Laura arrived. During lunch, Laura and I talked about the different things that PP has been doing the past month, periodically stopping our conversation to admire something about PP. Even if she can't talk, PP is a very social girl. She likes to feel included in the conversation.
  Anyways, during Laura's visit PP signed "help" and "go" for the first time! I was astounded. Seriously, little girl, four milestones in one day?! Heck yes! I am so proud of her! Now that she has mastered walking, she will master communication. This process will take a long time, or so I've been told. We will see what PP wants to do!
  She is snoozing now, what a little sugar dumpling!

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