It might get too hard to keep documenting all that we are hearing and seeing but that is a GREAT problem to have! I bolded her words she said below to make it easier to see! Sometimes she is copying what word was said which is a huge start because she did not do this before Son-Rise!
Here are some underwater pictures from swim lessons with Allison last week when she was swimming towards me. Allison got a great underwater camera and it captures Ashley's pure joy of being in the water. She was a special education teacher and her backyard pool is perfect place to have lessons with no distractions. Allison is amazing! She has taught Ashley to swim to the side if she falls in and how to swim from side to side! However, you can see we still need to work on Ashley keeping her mouth closed in the water to keep her from swallowing the pool! :)
Saturday
During morning Session with me, we had a tea party and I poured a little water into each cup. (She loves any kind of water play and pouring water). She got really interested when I poured water into each cup so she came to join me on the floor. She poured water back and forth between the cups and she said "water" multiple times. Then I asked for my cup and said "drink water" before I drank my cup. She then drank her water from the cup and she asked for more "water". I kept saying "drink water" and then she said "drink" two times after!!!!!
We also had a Son-Rise team lunch meeting to discuss program, challenges, how to encourage her verbal communication and brainstorm ideas for new games! We then celebrated Ashley's birthday with Tinker Bell cake and sang Happy Birthday! However, she was sooooo focused on the cake she seemed to tune everything else out! :)
In afternoon session with Haley, she said "don wan" for don't want and "water" again multiple times while washing hands after potty! Water is the word she says everyday now and multiple times in the correct context!
Grammy & Papa also got Ashley a new slide for her birthday so she really enjoyed that in the Playroom this week! There were so many games and activities our team got to make using the slide and encouraging words "up" and "down" each time.
Sunday
When we were buckling our kids into their car seats to leave for church, Jeremy said "Awesome!" to Noah about something he said. Ashley then said "Awe-thumb!" in same tone and excitement that Jeremy did. We both paused trying see if we heard correctly and then quickly praised her saying "Awesome Ashley!". She then said it 3 more times smiling and looking at us! She also said "Bubble" twice when looking at Bubble Guppies book!
At church, she was very happy, active and made great eye contact. I just had to take a picture of the corner of her classroom. Why???? Because she is not sitting there rocking anymore like she did this last year!!!! Yay! :)
In afternoon, session with Miranda she was very affectionate, playful, and lots of eye contact. She said "nu-uh" for no when answering Miranda's questions. We made a visual schedule for Ashley so when she sees who is coming to play with her she grabs their hand immediately upon entering front door and pulls them upstairs!
During session with Jeremy, she said "dada" when Jeremy was tickling her. In the evening, she said "ba" for bath and then "mama" when I was drying her off. We are not 100% that mama and dada were directed at us but we still loved hearing those names! She also repeated "thank you" after I said it in the kitchen sarcastically to both kids for grabbing at all items on counter while I was making dinner. :)
Before bed, we were all sitting in the entry room around the train table. I started playing game with Noah asking him what all our names were and pointing. When he got to Ashley, he says her name like Ash-a-lee! and she smiles when he keeps repeating her name. When he stopped, she then said "Ash-a-lee!" just like he did and had the biggest smile like she was so proud of herself! Yay! She then said it 4 more times!
Monday
Ashley said "Awe-thumb!" again to me that morning after I said it. In session with Wendy, she said "necklace" two times while they were dropping necklaces down slide. They also did different games with a box and Ashley said "box" 4 different times. She is also starting to say "uh" for up and "Duh" for down slide.
In Session with Tracy, she said the words Water, drink, and Awe-thumb!. At speech therapy, she said "snack" very clearly and "I wan" several times.
Tuesday
In sessions with Kellie and Brogan, Ashley said "chase", "Ash-a-lee", "Awe-thumb!", "water" and "no" to Kellie's question. After going potty, she told me "done".
When we were walking out to Allison's pool for swim lessons, Ashley paused looking at pool and said "Awe-thumb!". Then during lessons, Ashley worked on jumping into the deep end and swimming to the side. She did great and we were praising her saying "Yay!!!" and then she responded "Way!!!".
Wednesday
In sessions and at lunch, she made some really great approximations for snack, melon, chips, chicken, blue, jump and wash!
Ashley turned 6 years old today and I sang Happy Birthday to her multiple times with tickles which made her smile! We got her new Tinker Bell figurines to replace her set she has had for last year which lasted longer than I thought since some have no feet, arms, wings, heads, or hair! When she opened her gift and then handed it to me, she said "Awe-thumb!"!!!! It was fun to see her face go from shock, realization, and finally joy with hand flapping over her gift!
Thursday
Ashley got to do part of her morning session in backyard with Kellie playing with water table, hose, dirt, sidewalk chalk, bubbles, and the swing! She seems to love it outside and requests a lot for "water". It also fills a big sensory need Ashley.
She also said "no" 3 times in session in response to questions of which toys she wanted off the shelf. She said "Wee!" and "Awe-thumb!" going down the slide in her playroom. We got some close approximations for basket, bowling ball, rub (washing hands). She also had fun looking at her mouth in the mirror repeating "Ash". Then at swim lessons, she told Allison "no-no"!
NEW GAMES
Bowling - she wanted to turn the pins upside down to watch the 3 balls inside.
Hot Wheels Racing Track Ramp - she mostly just wanted to flip the ramp up and down.
Mummy Game - (wrap toilet paper around person) she ran around unrolling the paper and then enjoyed throwing in the air. Brogan put some on her head and she admired herself in the mirror!
Friday
In session this morning, we had fun again with toilet paper and the Fairies enjoyed going down the slide too. Her new Disney Fairy Toys have not left her side since she got them on Wednesday. When I was sitting with her, I was pointing and saying all the Fairy names. The last one was Tinker Bell and then she said "tuh".
At speech therapy, she said "more" and "no, no, no" when she didn't want the Princess game to end. She also did a close approximation to "Help me" when needing assistance on the game. In OT, she said "more swing" very clearly so that was 2 words!!!
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