We haven't posted an entry in a long time. Tani has grown so much. He started walking at 15.5 months and has been saying words. His first word was "Mommy" and then came "hi", "no", and "cookie". Soon after came "yes" (or "yeah"), "car" and "ball". Now he can often repeat a word such as "door", "duck", "key". He also now knows the ASL signs for milk, more, hungry, car, and done. He loves cars - he likes to play with toy cars and explore real ones, including sitting in the drivers seat, playing with the steering wheel and other buttons, and trying to put the key in the ignition (he's getting close). We can now sometimes have little conversations with him and he understands although he often gets frustrated that he can't communicate what he wants. But he often can and is a very happy guy. He says "hi" and "bye bye" to people now - he can really make them smile. This photo is of Tani at 15 mos.
