New Skills & Services

Wow, do we have an energetic and adventurous little girl! In this new video, Rory demonstrates her new skill (climbing on top of her work bench) and her new vocabulary. Rory's languages skills are really amazing to behold. Unprompted by us, she is using dada, mama, hi, bye, bird, ball, up, go, all done, dog, apple ("ap-pa"), diaper ("die-pa"), and Elmo (see below). She is also a good mimic, repeating back many other words with some practice.
What is it about Elmo that makes this muppet such a favorite of kids?! Rory loves him. However, ...
... she likes to read her books in style, perched on her bench with a sippy cup to keep her company.
Given all of Rory's development, her daddy figured that it was time for Rory to start paying her dues to the household. I mean, it's only fair that she start carrying her weight around here, right? Rory, however, was not too excited about being "asked" to wear her own backpack!
Fortunately, Rory was convinced that the backpack really did make her even more adorable and sophisticated.