Her words are getting increasingly useful. She said cup this morning while eating breakfast, so I got out her tiny porcelain cup. She was ecstatic. I pour a tiny bit in the cup. She slurps up some, blows bubbles in some and pours the rest out on her tray. Every once in a while she puts a morsel of food in her mouth, so for me it is a good tradeoff.

She screamed ‘coming’ so I got up and let Ella through the gate to join us downstairs. I can’t hear well enough to know that Ella just walked down the stairs, so it is a good thing that Sam told me. She communicates very well! (I often tell Ella I am coming to let her know she can stop whining or scraping the door.)