Growing Up

My baby girl is growing up so fast!  She has finally decided to walk instead of crawl and it is so much fun to watch her explore everything from a new level.  John and I love to run after her and listen to her squeal and laugh.  Today we went to the dog park and she had so much fun.  As most of you know her puppy, Bayla, is her absolute favorite thing in the world so being with a lot of dogs was like heaven to her.  We didn't let her go inside the park she just walked up and down the sidewalk outside of the fence for over an hour screaming "PUPPY".  Everyone at the dog park enjoyed her as much as she enjoyed the dogs.  

She is also spoon feeding herself!  Yay!  Mommy is so proud of her.  She truly amazes me each and every day with all that she is learning and doing.  I am reminded everyday (well, 3 days a week) about the struggles that many families go through with kids with special needs.  Working with the kids I do allows me to really appreciate each and everything Kaley does and never take anything for granted.  

Kaley is also talking up a storm!  Who would have thought that would happen having such a shy, soft spoken mom!  :)  I think she is supposed to have something like 5 words for her age (I am sure one of my SLP friends will correct me on this) and she is well above that!  This is what she says (and I know some of them don't really count cause she doesn't know what they mean and some aren't real words but mommy and daddy know what they mean):

Mom, mama, mommy

Dad, dada, daddy

Puppy

Doggie (which doesn't quite sound like that)

Bay-bay (for bayla)

Baby

Baba (I am sure you know what that is...but she doesn't have a bottle, it is a sippy cup)

Ba (for bath)

Pease (please)

Tane too (thank you)

Toy

Happy (but it's typically, happyhappyhappy)

Pretty

Down

Bubble

Ball

Nigh-nigh (for bed)

Bye-bye

Apple

Turtle

I am sure I will remember some more later but for now I am going to clean the kitchen and get ready for bed!  Enjoy the video!