Today I had my *last* appointment with my Early Intervention team. I scored so very highly on everything! My “adjusted age” for scoring is 11.5 months, and I scored exactly that on fine motor skills, which is very good. But in some areas, such as communication, socialization, and gross motor skills (running, walking, etc!) I scored over 17 months!!! So they had to discharge me from the proram, yeah! I will miss them, we played such fun games, and they really gave my mommy a sense of confidence when they came once a month to make sure I was developing perfectly. I will miss them!
I can say so many words now! My first was “kitty”, then “Jessie” (here I am loving up Jessie), then “daddy”… and then I added “more”, “meow”, “woof woof”, “GG” (for Great Grandma), “grandma”, “mommy” (only once), and this morning, “banana”.
—> add “whoa”, “wow”, and “ball” to that list 
The weather was not too nice today, so the water came to *me* – I splashed daddy so much!
Look carefully at my ears…can you see it? My birth mommy Jenelle *knew* I would look adorable with earrings!
I did not feel a *thing*, but even so mommy almost passed out
My neighbors and good friends Ricky and Tommy watered me in the pool – I *loved* it, I have no fear!
My God-sister Annalise is in the front, I am still sucking that lemon in the background. I am very sad because Annalise is moving to Memphis in a few short weeks 
Daddy took me backpacking on the beach, I loved it, of course. The weather at the OBX was *perfect* the whole week. It was my first sand/ocean experience. It took me a little while to get used to the sound of the surf and the feel of the sand, but I am adventurous and up for new experiences (in fact, I *live* for them!) and by the end of the week ended up loving the beach.
