Enssle Family

Long overdue

July 11th, 2007

I just posted a ton of pictures from the last month. We’ve been very busy lately with out-of-town guests and family. At the end of June we had my Mom and Rex visiting from Kansas, and at the same time, one of my roommates from college, Deirdre, was visiting Colorado for the first time! Before that we had Neal’s Mom spending the weekend with us. Most recently we had Neal’s Brother and Sister-in-law visiting (they hadn’t seen Anna since Thanksgiving!). We had a great time with everyone!!

Anna has changed so much since my last post! She’s really getting the hang of this walking thing. She can now stand-up in the middle of the floor without hanging on to anything. Her therapists are amazed at how quickly she’s progressed. It is still a complete trip to see her walking around. She has finally advanced to the next room at her daycare. Almost all of the kids in her new room are walking, which provides some very positive peer pressure for Anna. So far she seems to have adjusted well. She still gets pretty frustrated and often bites herself (yikes!) to vent some of that frustration. I’m not sure how much of that is her frustration with her left hand, her still-unsteady-walking, teething, or her language.

In the language department, Anna has made some very significant progress. She is constantly mimicing our sounds and tries to repeat words back to us. They may not sound like the same word, but she is practicing - so we are very happy. Her new favorite word is “Go!” She loves to ride in the wagon and will tell Dad to “Go!” when she wants to go fast.

Two of Anna’s canines have finally broken through. She was an extremely grumpy bug while cutting those. I think she’s working on her final two (until second-year molars) because she’s starting to bite everything in sight - herself, toys, furniture, carpet, me. On Monday Anna was just a mess. She cried at the drop of a hat and couldn’t stop. When she finally calmed down, she was a slobbery, snotty, tear-soaked mess. She was just wet all over. Ick. I will be so incredibly happy when she finally cuts these final teeth. I’m sure she will also be relieved.

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