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Amelia sat there reading books to Elmo on Saturday morning for probably 45 minutes.

She wants to read. We’re slowly working on recognizing some small words, spelling, recognizing upper vs. lowercase letters, and repeating elements in stories.

Her three constant companions these days are: Elmo (“I love Elmo so much”), Treasured Tales (a book of classics that Uncle Michael gave her for her first Christmas), and a giant lip balm.  She takes them all around the house and to bed every night.
Amelia asked me on Sunday “Do you want me to draw a cat?” I said “Sure!” I was pretty impressed by this drawing.

I’ve seen whiskers on circles in a few drawings recently, in retrospect.
She didn’t feel too well Saturday night and was very tired the rest of the weekend. We found this on Sunday after lunch- Amelia realllllly wanted to go nap. And did for 3 hours.

She’s o.k. today.

Daphne had her 18 month checkup today. She’s 28.5 pounds, and my back knows it. Tolerated her shots pretty well. She said a very good “butterfly” word for the doctor when she looked at the painted one on the exam room wall. That was very impressive, we both recognized it. I never heard that one before- though she hears it from me every time we pass the butterfly on her bedroom door! The doctor asked me “How long has she been walking?”. He saw her very proficient and speedy cruising, but she doesn’t yet let go. Soon…she look 3-4 steps a bunch of times yesterday. Tonight she didn’t want to do that even once, she just wanted to go to bed. Maybe she has what Amelia had over the weekend.

She has an evaluation of eligibility for speech therapy on Thursday.  Maybe I shouldn’t tell them she said “butterfly”?  Really, she has words that are waiting to come out.  She just doesn’t know how to move her mouth to say them.  We’ll see.