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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 sent…

Back to Speech

I’ve been super out of order in writing Sutton’s story and ever blogging… forgive me! Moving, having a baby, working, etc. can get in the way. Maybe I will make a new years resolution to actually blog…. Where to begin? Back in 2019 I suppose. It feels like a lifetime ago. When we first were…

my view

All three girls are home- no school today. Giving me a view of what our summer will entail.  The four of us went to Costco today- 1.50 hot dog combos beckoning our names. Walking through the aisles, one girl strapped to my chest, one girl sitting in the cart, one girl riding on the front.…

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 before…

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 with…

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 like…

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)…

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 out…

January Round Up

What I read… Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng The Matchmaker, by Elin Hilderbrand BSF Matthew Study Gentle & Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners, by Dane C. Ortlund I made a goal this year to finish two fiction books and one non fiction book each month. I am happy to report I am…

hurry up & wait

Wake her up. Don’t let her eat. Hurry up and wait. Wait some more. Hand your first born over to some doctors. “We will take good care of her.” You know they will, but still, you worry. Walk away as she falls asleep after some “silly juice” and a mask with the good stuff. Cry…

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