Alice is so hungry to learn. This morning we woke up at Jill's house. We brought Alice into bed with us for a snuggle. Mark began naming some objects in the room. He pointed to a picture on the wall and the window three or four times. Alice then would point to the picture and the window and Mark would say the word. After a few rounds of this Alice was saying picture and window almost perfectly. I think she's going to be a chatterbox. Alice is getting over some of her phobias. The last time we were at Jill's she was terrified of Jill's dog Callie and would cry whenever he come near. On this last visit she seemed more interested than scared. She also seems to be over her fear of swinging that developed over a long winter off. She has moments when she still gets scared but she really seems to be trying to face her fears.