progress report

Haylee continues to laugh whenever the word, "toot" is said.  In fact, the kids had been in bed for an hour one night and Olivia finally came out and said that Haylee kept laughing and saying that and keeping her awake.  Funny girl.  I'm trying not to encourage it, but it's hard when you see her little sense of humor come out.
Haylee has been making better eye contact too.  On March 19th, Allison (her ABA therapist) came in the house and said, "Hi, Haylee."  Haylee responded, "hi."  Then again while Allison was leaving, she said, "bye, Haylee" and Haylee responded, "bye."  All without having to be prompted!  We were both impressed.
On March 17th, I put some radon test tubes in the basement.  I was telling Allison about these test tubes and where they were so they weren't disturbed during therapy.  Haylee was nearby, but playing on her ipad when I told Allison this.   We were actually all upstairs during this conversation.  A little while later, when we were all downstairs and Haylee got up for a break from therapy, she marched right over to where I had hidden the test tubes and climbed up on a bench to see them.  She never climbs up on that bench and looks up on that desk like she did and so it really makes me think that she was listening in on the conversation that had taken place between Allison and I.  I was pretty amazed.
Haylee is making progress with therapy it seems.  She seems to be repeating things a lot more and has even discovered a few toys that she really enjoys playing with that don't between with "ipad" or "phone."