Ella is 16 months old and has decided to walk this month! She's taken a couple steps at a time before but started walking between Chris and me a couple weeks ago and a week later choosing to walk on her own all over! She still falls after about 10-15 steps (or 3 or 4 sometimes) but is definitively walking :-)
She also got new open fit hearing aids recently and new hearing tests that make it seem like she has a sloping hearing loss like Chris (which makes a lot more sense than what they'd been telling us before-that it was a flat loss across all frequencies). She hears speech at 25-30 which is not bad at all (2o and under are normal). The new settings on her hearing aids (not nearly as loud as before) coupled with an open fit insert (allows the sound she can hear well to get in while ear molds do not) should cause her to leave her hearing aids in more and really help her hear better than she has been. Very exciting.
Ella is starting to say more and more words! She's just beginning to really mimic a lot of what we say. She used to only repeat words she was familiar with but now she seems more interested in just saying what we're saying. She was saying "apple" today rather recognizably. She signs but does not really say "please" and "thank you." She says "more," "all done," "duck,"dog," "turtle," "bath," "up," help," "mama," "dada," and "nana." She's getting very good at recognizing people and can pick them out of a crowd (nana, grandpa, aunt amy, christopher, hannah, aunt julie, aunt holly, uncle carl, lexie and probably a few more). She really understands so much!
She's very interested in the dogs right now and always want to play with them and go outside with them. She really wanted to give Brooklyn some water yesterday and was standing by the sink with Brooklyn's cup saying "he he" (which means help). She looked so pathetic I decided to put a little bit of water in the cup for her. She then tried to walk, holding a cup that is about the size of her whole torso, back over to the dog's dish. Since she's only been walking for about a week I knew this wouldn't go well and sure enough she fell and spilled the water after about 2 steps. She looked up at me looking so sad and I told her it was ok and turned to get a towel to clean up the water. When i turned back around she was trying desperately to pick up the water in her fingers and put it back in the cup. She's SOOOO cute!
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