Bailey

Got a really cute puppy couple weeks ago. Lincoln loves him. But it has been a long time since I have had a puppy. I forgot the teething experience.




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Bailey

Got a really cute puppy couple weeks ago. Lincoln loves him. But it has been a long time since I have had a puppy. I forgot the teething experience.




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35 test

Blogging from my phone. Let's see if this works.

Lt told me last night that he had a great time playing Mario kart with me. Made my day since normally he only wants to play with dan. Yeah. It is true. Dan was at school so I was the only option. Ignoring that fact



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36 - life

Is sometime a little hectic. Worked from 4am to 7pm yesterday. Got home to put little man to bed. He can light up a day. We have a hearing appt on the 25th. And I have the 1st week of June for stay cation. Pretty excited about that. And now off to work again

Pictures by the weekend.

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37 - hearing

Lincoln needs hearing aids. Yup. You read that right. Hearing aids. On and off for the past two years I have wondered about his hearing but in the end always chalked I up to being a kid with selective hearing. In november he had his only ear infection with us. The doctor said he had a hole in his ear bit that it should clear up after the infection was gone. Last month lt's teacher said she thought he might have a hearing issue. So we took him in. The surgeon said he had a hole and that there was scarring and that surgery was more successful at 7 or 8 and sent him to an audiologist to determine his hearing loss

The audiologist said lincoln was amazing. Yup. Know that. He is moderately deaf in his left ear and mildly in his right. It was sad and scary to see how outside the normal range he is. And to think it might have been this way for the past 2 1/2 years. To put it in perspective he is outside the range of hearing the differences between most letters. If a noise is behind him he can't differentiate where exactly it is coming from. It a crowd gets noisy he can't differentiate the sounds and it will be overwhelming to him. A hearing impaired kids tends to be super tired at night because his brain has worked so hard to process sounds all day long. Well that explains so much. Poor little man.

I know it won't be a big deal once we get used to a routine of having to wear them day in and day out. But I am not looking forward to it. I don't want an added thing in our routine. I should shush tho because I talked to lt this evening about them and he said ok. He said he would be happy because he would be able to hear. Isn't that what it is about. Him hearing and him being happy.

And yes I did tell the principal again how much his teacher Rocks!


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38 days of blogging

There are 38 days till I am 36 years old. I am challenging myself to blog everyday till then. I miss blogging. There has been a lot going on but honestly the idea if catching everyone up is a little overwhelming. So, I will do it slowly over the next 38 days.

Here are some highlights I am sure I will blog about.
My husband quit his job to go to school full time
Lincoln and school
Lincoln and his hearing
Our trip to Monterey
Dieting
My knee
A new dog
My parents adventure.

Looking forward to updating.



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No friends!

This past monday night the little man and I had a long evening. first we had gymnastics, then Costco, then home, bath, books, and bed. LT was TIRED! As we were reading books he decided to have a melt down about how he had no friends at school. This surprised me because he always says recess is his favorite part of the day but he was adamant. He was so sad that it made me sad...very sad! I told him to keep asking kids to play with him and I am sure they would. But, as I left his room I started wondering how much of this is true. I love my kid just as he is. But, to be honest, he is a little naive or slow on the up take. I believe that as he gets older and understands human nuances more he will be fine but I could see how kids may be frustrated by him sometimes. I wondered how much being adopted plays a part in this.

Fast forward today. I ran into his wonderful teacher and asked if little man had any friends. Her response, "oh yah". He plays with different kids all the time. She then went on to tell me that she hears this all the time from all of the kids, even the most social. She said that kids don't understand the term friend yet and that one little thing and they say they have no friends. Whew! Not adoption related. Not LT related. Just kid related. I can handle that.




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