Words, Words, and More Words

Well, the doctor was right. Ashlyn is entering a language EXPLOSION! She is talking like crazy! Everyday she says at least a dozen new words. She is such a smart girl. Her favorite thing to say is "that hot". All food is hot to her. She points to all food and says "that hot". It is pretty cute.

She also said "Uncle" for the first time this week. Both of her Uncle Steven and Bryan were happy to hear that. We are hoping she says it for her Uncle Adam when he is in town this week. Ashlyn also knows all of her body parts. She can point to everything from her knee to her chin. She can also say most of them. We are working on colors. She knows yellow really well. She was just sitting next to me and out of nowhere pointed to her yellow pajama pants and said "yellow". She then pointed to Joey's yellow shirt and said "yellow". I only have 2 days of school left. I am so excited to get to spend all day everyday with Ashlyn. We are really going to work on colors, counting, etc.

Ashlyn is also really good at saying "please" and "thank you". Anytime you give her something she says "thank you". She understands everything you tell her. I am still getting used to the notion that she can comprehend what I am saying to her. For so long she never was able to respond and now she does. She follows directions really well when she wants to.

We are truly having an amazing time watching Ashlyn learn new things each and everyday. We feel so lucky and blessed to have such an amazing little girl.

This weekend we are heading up to Denver for a wedding. Ashlyn is going to be the flower girl. I am hoping that she can make it through most of the rehearsal and dinner on Friday night. Saturday is the big wedding. I hope she does okay. I am not worried about how she will do walking down the aisle, I am worried that she won't sit quietly during the ceremony. We will see. I will take lots of pictures. I have been really bad about it. We just seem to forget to take out the camera. Here are a few I took this week.