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Thanks for the responses to my "what's grosser than gross?" question--though most of them were disgusting personal experiences or notes for Eric. I still can't think of any new ones myself, and neither could Jerry last night. Next up, post verses of the ever popular "diarrhea song". Just kidding, you don't have to do that---but if you'd like to, don't let me stop you. I'm still in third grade.

Big news over here at our house. Last Thursday's speech therapy was a giant step forward--Evan imitated sound for his SLP for the first time. Ever. Up til now, he's just been working on behavior or imitating movement, but on Thursday he started imitating the "a", "b", and "o" sounds. And he hasn't stopped yet. At home in the last few days, he's imitated those sounds as well as "p", "d", and "t". And he's doing it more consistently--he's able to come up with those sounds (or something close) almost every time I ask.

We're just so excited.

And Ev's blossoming in other ways too. Suddenly, he's able to point out all his body parts and can point to pictures in books (something most little ones can do, but it's always been a stumbling block for us). He's coming up with signs we taught him last fall and haven't used since, and using them on a regular basis, correctly. He's more social and active and seems to be learning so much.

What's caused this sudden change? Is it preschool, or therapy finally kicking in, age, fish oil or Mikaele's request for distance reiki healing on Evan? It could be one or two or all of these things, but I don't care. We're going to keep doing it all and hope that we continue to see such great improvements.