a little talking

Today has been interesting! Lewis has been making some better attempts to talk. He woke up and quickly imitated "uh oh." So we asked him to say "uh oh, baby" and he said it for about a half hour straight. He's been saying 'baby' for the last few days. So off and on all day he paired 'baby' with his other words, and then tonight tried to say 'milk.' We are hoping this is the beginning of more verbal imitation. Here's a video.



This afternoon we got to hang out for a little bit with our friend, Mandy Guss. She's one of our volunteer therapists, and Lewis loves her and her iPod. She has several apps just for kids and he has greatly enjoyed learning to use them. She'll be leaving for the next month and a half to go to staff training with Campus Crusade, and let's just say we'll be missing her!


One other random thing. I bought Lewis a new reinforcer for therapy at Kiddos (a local consignment store). It's a Leapfrog Phonics Bus and it's kind of old school. But for less than $4 it has been an effective tool! When you turn it on, it says, "Let's ride the phonics bus." Lewis has been taking that literally and actually trying to ride on it. Funny boy.