This during this period, Ava went from being a baby who could barely stand to a toddler who races around the house. Ava now understands language quite well. She can say at least two dozen words and responds accurately to almost every question you ask. If you ask her how she is today she'll reply "good". Ava knows the name of everyone in our household as well as close friends and can identify a person's nose, eyes, mouth and ears. Moreover, Ava recognizes and imitates the sounds of a cat, dog, pig, duck, horse and sheep. Simply put she's brilliant, but all parents think that.