So for everyone that knows us they know Mackenzie has been a slow talker. She is delayed in speech and at times it's been some concern of ours and other times we feel she's very stubborn and is just moving at her own pace. She plays, laughs, climbs, runs, dances and claps but she just hasn't been so open about communicating with us. Her Dad and I both didn't talk until we were age 2 so there is hope that is the road she's going down.

The past few months she has shown some improvement and she will say "baby","look","duck and "hot". She tries flower but it's a lot of "fffff". No Mommy or Daddy. She said Dada back when she was about 8 months old but we realized that was just the babble of sound and it didn't mean anything.

Last Saturday we were at my brothers house and they noticed that she's doing a little bit of talking so that was nice to hear. That others recognized her sounds.

Last night my brother and sister in law were over and she was riding her 3 wheeler in the kitchen and I went to see if she wanted her sippy cup. While she was riding she reached her hand out to push it away and she also said the word "no" and kept riding. I was shocked! I don't think I had ever heard her tell me with so much authority that she didn't want something. It's usually just the push of the hand. So in a way, this was an accomplishment for us. I know that "no" will be the first of many and we will most likely tire of hearing it but last night I was pretty happy to hear such a small and strong little word come from her.