Good news...Madelyn seems to finally be over her jet lag. It took her spending a night with her grandparents on Saturday for her to decide that she was ready to sleep when it is dark outside for the whole night. However, she came home and slept all night last night too...so we are feeling pretty successful. That being said, we are going to go easy on the travel for a little while.
Although Madelyn's vocabulary is not extremely extensive, she added two new very important words over the last week. Her first breakthrough word is "no." We knew it was coming...she's been saying "yes" for almost as long as she's been talking so it stands to reason that "no" would make an appearance sooner or later. In many ways this is a good breakthrough because now she can answer questions with a negative instead of screaming or throwing a tantrum. However, she is very expressive in her "no" answers. It involves head shaking and hand waving as well. It is often difficult not to laugh at her.
The second important word that Madelyn added to her vocabulary is "Aubrey." We have been encouraging her to learn Aubrey's name, or to say dog or puppy or something to refer to Aubrey other then shouting "ba!" and pointing. She didn't appear to be making progress, but the first time she saw Aubrey after we got back she started saying Aubrey's name and she hasn't stopped. She asks about Aubrey all the time, and wants to hold her and pet her all the time. Aubrey generally seems pretty happy to see Madelyn as well.
So, now that vacation is over we are settling into our fall groove. I'm sad to see summer go, but I know that fall and winter have good things in store for us.
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