update on Elli

Elli just went through her 6 month review with Kids Who Count. They are coming out 5 times a month to our home with occupational therapy, physical therapy and weight/health checks. She is doing really well and met all the goals that were set 6 months ago. Here is a list of things she is doing now:

• She finally began army crawling (she has been mobile for a long time by rolling everywhere, but it's nice to see her crawl)
• She is saying Bradley, Dad, book, bear, baby and lots of others. We are working on identifying them all.
• She can sign milk and more. She tries to sign book, but somehow she ends up signing Jesus instead. That's okay, it's a good sign to know too.
• She weighs 15 lbs. 3 oz. and is 29 1/2" tall (she was up 9 oz. and 1/2" for the month which for her is tremendous, especially considering that she had stomach flu for 1 week)
• She LOVES to read books
• She can make the sounds of monkeys, dinosaurs and light sabers (Bradley thinks that is awesome!)

As they tested her at her review they found that she is at the 14-18 month level for her cognitive development as well as her fine motor skills. She is still behind in her large motor, but now that she has figured out how to army crawl she will strengthen her core and arms and it won't be long before she catches up on all of those things. She will begin play group in May or June (after RSV is over), and that will help her progress a lot! She is such a sweetie!

She is showing off her tongue. She loves to play with it and makes silly noises. She also thinks that to blow a kiss you have to have your tongue hanging out all the way. She is so cute and makes us all so happy!!!