My little chatter box!

Sorry, family!  Its been ages since we've updated you on Sophie's progress.
Life has been hectic in the best of ways. Big sisters are doing sports and Sophie
has 2 new playgroups that are filled with lovely mommies and their babies and toddlers. 

Sophie has had a real burst of language lately.  Her ASL is as sharp as ever but most
notably she's really become attuned to speech and has become a wonderful mimic.  She is also
vocalizing (often intelligibly) more often on her own. Here's a sample:

These are from a month ago:

Please Ball Down


Ball Please


Sophie loves puzzles



This is from today:
 Bubble Pop
 Mama Please


Sophie amazes and delights us with her progress each and every day.  We are loving life
and soaking up the last of her baby years as she's growing far too quickly!

Wyoming Summer Vacation 2013

We are sad to say that vacation is over and we're back to the old grind.

Check out some videos:

Here's Sophie playing peek-a-boo

Here's Sophie checking out her first frog. 

Baby Beethoven?

More fruit!

Daredevil Sophie on the Swing (Arent you proud of Mommy for not stepping in on the outrageously wild swinging action provided by Daddy!)

Sophie loves her animals!

Sophie is getting pretty good at distinguishing animal sounds. Here's a quick video:

http://youtu.be/58VIQi2nKNI

Ling sound toys

Sophie has been doing well with her therapy sessions. To make ling sounds more fun, we switched from cards to toys. Imagine my surprise when this snake turned out to be anaconda sized instead of just a beanie baby, lol. 

Sophie Sounds Off

Sophie's ears are 1 and 2 months old today and she's already making lots of progress.

We've been focusing on basic sounds and pairing them with various toys. We got this from
our SLP who found this on AuditoryVerbalTherapy.com.  There is a handout by Ellen Rhoades
called "Sound-Object Associations" that covers this and more.

Here's some video of Sophie's progress:

The Car gets a "BRRRR" sound

The Fire Truck gets an "Oooooo" sound

The Bus gets a "BUH-BUH-BUH" sound

Sophie also does Ahhhh for Airplane but I cant seem to get that one on
video.  

What is exciting is that the minute we put Sophie's ears on, she starts to chatter away.  She'll also still signing up a storm and learning new words each week in ASL.

And just for fun, here's Sophie trying to get a rise out of mommy by pretending to eat dog food...

Lots of Babbling

Sophie's weekly mapping sessions have increased sound to both of her ears very slowly over the past few months.  Progress is slow going but we have noticed that she is vocalizing a lot more than before.  Here's a clip of Sophie watching her sisters through a window.  I think she's trying to tell us that she wants to be out there with them instead of stuck in the house with Mom and Dad:

http://youtu.be/ydUAjkiG96U

I've got 2 ears!

We're behind on our updates.  So here the recap:



Ear number two was a much easier recovery than the first one.  The incision was a lot less red and healed super fast.

So as not to deprive Sophie of her beloved baths, we used a shower cap while she recovered this time



Sophie got her left ear activated today, so she got 2 ears going! That means the pilot cap is back on until she adjusts to having two spots on her head. Nothing different this time around, but it is exciting to see how she develops with both ears going.

Sophie also decided today would be a good day to learn to ride her lion bike forward instead of backwards.  Rawr!

Oh, and we got a cat for Sophie to celebrate her new ears.  Whoopie!