The little things

So Mallie is doing great! She is becoming quite the tester of patience these days as well....learning how to push buttons. She has never had us yell or tell her no up until recently. She has had her implants now for about 3 months and never ever messed with them. Well lately she has been pulling them off (just to fire us up) she will even shake her little finger at me when I tell her NO! I love it even though I don't. she is learning so much now that she can hear. She knows what words mean and that is amazing!! Also on her physical strength - since getting her the little NIKES - she will now bear weight on her little legs for a few seconds. without them on she don't like her feet touching stuff. for the past week we have been working on standing while I hold her and I have noticed a huge improvement on her over all body strength. She also grew 2 inches since March!! That is a ton for her - she now is 26.25 inches long and was 13lbs 5 ounces. Her weight to height ratio is really not that bad. As we all know she is little and will always be, but by no means is she malnourished. She is doing very well with eating...drinking not so much. Its hit and miss. She still does her bottle in the morning and one at night. I am trying juice in the daytime and sometimes she really drinks it up and other times not so much. Also still trying sippee cups - right now she does drink juice from her bottle. We go back to the audiologist this week and the developmental pediatrician is some time in July. So we are busy busy here - working in the yard and summer in general. I am so thankful to have a less stressful life this summer with our little Mallie girl. We are finally on the right track to normalcy - haha whatever that is :) Happy Fathers Day to all the great dads out there!!!