a two year Christmas reflection

Two years ago I got on a plane, 32 weeks pregnant, with our 6 year old and 4 year old daughters. I’m not sure who had the harder path- Dave in his truck with Rue Bear and a shaky trailer, or me overly pregnant on a plane with two kids🙃 A one way ticket sentContinue reading “a two year Christmas reflection”

El Cancun & CI Anniversaries

Happy 2 Year Anniversary Activation Day to Sutton’s RIGHT Cochlear Implant! Suttons’ CI surgeries were done in succession, with about 2 months in between, so we have opted to celebrate her activation day for her right CI as her “Hearing Birthday.” This is our second year celebrating, and we have made some traditions!! But beforeContinue reading “El Cancun & CI Anniversaries”

The Big Switch

In planning for this upcoming school year, we had decided for Sutton to stay at her current school, which is an auditory-oral language school. This means that the focus of the school is on listening and spoken language. Her classroom was led by a certified deaf/hard of hearing teacher, and Sutton was in class withContinue reading “The Big Switch”

Where oh where are our Hearing Aids?

Shortly after Sutton’s diagnosis we went to her audiologist to get earmolds made for her hearing aids. We got to pick out the colors, the style, and we could even pick whether it was sparkly or not. In these moments, you try to make the best of a hard situation. I imagine it’s probably likeContinue reading “Where oh where are our Hearing Aids?”

Thoughts from an Elevator

It had been a really fun Saturday. Beach, coffee, sunshine, salt water. We changed things up and went to a more popular beach area, and we parked in a parking garage. After rinsing pounds of sand off the girls & changing them into dry clothes, we decided to go grab an Acai bowl (smoothie bowl)Continue reading “Thoughts from an Elevator”

February/March Round Up

What I read… Greenlights, Matthew McConaughey Little Secrets, Jennifer Hillier BSF Matthew Study Gentle & Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners, by Dane C. Ortlund I am doing terribly at updating my blog and actually keeping track of what I read! I need the library to have a list of what I’ve checked outContinue reading “February/March Round Up”