Before the cruise we had been a little concerned that Cezanne was not quite getting this whole talking thing, she seemed either lazy or “slow” because she would only say just enough to give us a clue as to what she wanted to say. We looked for advise on what to do, even tried to make an appointment to see a “specialist”. Well the cruise seems to have got us over that hump, we are now much better with the talking thing… We can pronounce a number of words very nicely and to our delight Cezanne now says Mommy and Daddy, not just Ma or Da. She is also keenly aware of her own name, and while she can not quite pronounce it yet herself, she does refer to herself as something that sounds to us like “ish-ya”. We will continue to work on that…

Cezanne will also repeat what you say to her if she thinks the words sound funny but only until she has has enough and then you can stand on your head and whistle but if she does not want to say the words again she will not - still a very stubborn little girl…

No other news this week… Back to the routine and off to swimming with Daddy again tomorrow - a new class and new facility so hopefully it will be fun !