old mcdonald

Sophie woke up very talkative today. The first hour she was awake, I probably heard more noises from her than I have in the past 2 weeks combined. And then after lunch we had one of the best renditions of Old McDonald we've had in a long time. I honestly don't know how long it's been since she's made this many noises. Early 2010, maybe, or last fall. Last Thursday she was making more different sounds than she had in a while. We heard 'd', 'g', and a blowing noise like an 'f'. We hadn't heard an 'f' since April, I don't think.

We're not sure if all this noise is from the extra speech therapy she gets now, the new medication we started last month, or from going to school. But whatever it is, we're glad to hear it and hope it's an indication of greater things to come.