Steps in the Right Direction

Sophia has been making great gains these past couple of weeks. She's now walking full time. It seemed like one day she just decided she was ready to walk and hasn't stopped since. I expect that soon she will be running in an attempt to keep up with her sister. She's also been signing a lot more lately. She does the signs for milk, eat, more, all done, sleep, and she's working on the sign for cheese. The only word she's saying is "mama". Yale is dying for her to say "daddy". Another neat trick that she does is when you hand her a tube or bottle that looks like it could be lotion (for example: a Balmex tube), she pretends to squeeze some into her hand, rub her hands together, and then rub her hands all over her legs. Of course, I find it quite precious. We're working on teaching Sophia to be more gentle, especially with her sister. Her typical greeting for Olivia is to bap her on the head or or to yank on her hair. Olivia tries to be patient, but gets pretty frustrated with her. Yale says that he's seen Sophia petting Olivia's head which is a step in the right direction.