Ella has been making progress — mostly in the developing personality area. She seems more interactive with us which is great. She hasn’t started tap dancing yet and she hasn’t began speaking a second language but there are more times when she is clearly “playing” with us and it’s nice to develop more of a relationship. For example, when she is around people she doesn’t know, like at the JCC babysitting or at a friends’ house she turns and grabs on to me like she doesn’t want me to go anywhere. After a long time it is good to feel she acknowledge a special, secure mother-daughter relationship. In the feeding department, Ella is now using a plate, however, for some reason she likes taking all the food out of the plate and putting (or throwing) it on the side and then eating it. We haven’t quite figured out this “sorting” logic. At least she is not throwing the plate. She’s come close a few times and that’s the perfect opportunity for learning “NO!”. She loves pears and wants to eat the pear whole or suck it rather. That’s great. We’re so happy about the independence. Just being able to leave her to eat by herself is great. Ella has these moments when she just gets so excited like when in her gait trainer listening to music or in her hi-chair with all of us having dinner. She just starts kicking her legs and flailing her arms. One can’t help but smile and laugh around her.