can you hear me now?......

a friend of mine was telling me one day a while ago about how cool it was when he realized his niece understood what he was saying.......i had kind of forgotten about that story when about a month or so ago it hit me.......casey understands what we say.......ok she's not responding back in full sentences, but if you tell her to go get her green eggs and ham book or pick up a particular toy she does it.......i said the other day, ok time for a diaper change, and she ran into the living room, sat down on the carpet and laid down (in diaper change position).......it's so neat to see her turning into a little person........i look at 4 and 5 year old kids and wonder how they get from casey-like to that.......at 4 and 5 you can have conversations with them, they walk all the time by themselves, they color without eating the crayons, they eat without needing to be coerced......they're like a totally different species than a 16 month old.......but seeing her understand what we're saying is definitely a huge step towards that.......i'm really proud of her!......