I got Ani ready for bed, and then lay down next to her. She was so comfortable, and it ended up being the very best session where she was able to do thing voluntarily that I've seen in a LONG time. I had my arm draped over her, holding her hand. At some point she squeezed my hand for some reason. I thanked her for it, and told her that if she ever wanted to squeeze my hand again, go ahead and do it. She squeezed IMMEDIATELY. Awesome. She was able to turn her voice on a lot, and really tried to use her mouth to make words. There were a lot of syllables, but nothing recognizable. I asked her if it was easier because she was comfortable and there wasn't a lot of distractions, I got a fairly positive "yes" to that question. During my singing, there's a Hanna Montana song (I've mentioned this song before), where there's a dramatic 3 strum pattern and Hannah (me) sings "Hey!". Usually I do the strum, then stop and say "What?" to Ani and won't continue until she vocalizes. Last night I wasn't going to stop, because she had been doing so well with her voluntary will. Well, SHE DID NOT DISAPPOINT ME! She vocalized right on time in the right spot in the song!
I have such faith in her. I know my Ani is in there. Different from Ani 1.0, but still Ani.
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