Some Brags...

Our family room, eat in kitchen area, and kitchen are all an open L shape. So, I put a bunch of little gates up between tables, etc to try to keep O in the family area (play) part. Well, the little smarty pants figured out right away that she just had to crawl under the end table to get through. 15 ft of gated area and 2 ft ungated and she figured out how to get through! She is doing excellent with body parts, knows belly and toes now and can do nose on other people. She is talking and yelling but not really saying anything, but the fact that she knows how to express herself is great. She is taking bites of food instead of shoving it all in her mouth. She is pulling up to kneeling and sometimes stand on things. She is really getting "in" and "out" with toys and mastering her gumball machine (put the ball in the top, push the lever, the ball comes out). She is following commands like "follow mommy", "go get your cup", etc.
And now for the biggie... O had an OT appointment Monday and the therapist held her by both her hands (O's arms up in the air) and stood behind her and she "walked" about 20 feet! Just put one foot in front of the other and kept on going!!! It wont be long now until she is on her own! I am so proud of my little girl! i just hope I can get pics of her doing it! Until now she would just collapse and try to crawl because she knew how to get places doing that. now that she knows she can get to places on her feet, walking isn't too far off!!
E is mastering skill after skill also. She is learning to color in the lines, she can count to 10, can identify some colors (when she wants to), and she is getting really good at dressing herself. Still having some issues with getting shirts off and getting things zipped up. She tells stories with animation that has you rolling on the floor. She has gone from being super camera shy to being a ham. She was posing for pictures the other day and then would run over to see how they looked. It was hysterical. I have certainly got a "star" on my hands!!!
Here are pics of our walker and model...