Things are going pretty well. ELLIE has settled in nicely and is quite fond of Amanda, and vice versa. Amanda has an ear infection and a cold so ELLIE has been extra attentive toward her. ELLIE likes to lay her head on Amanda's lap whenever possible and in the car, she puts her head right next to Amanda's head and "hugs" her. It is very sweet! ELLIE is doing well on all of her command drills like "get meds, light, sit, down, stay, shake, stand, turn, wave, get, here, closer, wait, give, hold, up, on, etc, etc." Amanda is already petting ELLIE when asked. Everyone agrees that Amanda is much more attentive and able to follow directions now than ever before. She waved bye-bye a bunch yesterday when asked. She was particularly enthusiastic at waving bye-bye to the doctor. As soon as Amanda feels better, we will begin working more and more each day with ELLIE. I think ELLIE will be a big motivator for Amanda.

School starts for me and Dan on Thursday so things are busy with planning our courses etc. Katie also starts Thursday and is quite excited about her new school. We have a lot of meetings and commitments this week and next, but things will start to calm down by September. Unfortunately, we all have the same cold Amanda has so that puts a little damper on things. At least we are all getting through it at once though.

Well, I had better get back to work. Have a great day!
God Bless!
Susan