Happy Thanksgiving!!

Well I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I know we did! We definately have a lot to be thankful for this year! On Thursday we ate Thanksgiving lunch with Robby's family and it was wonderful, as usual. After lunch, we loaded up and headed south. We got to Blackshear, to my parents' house, about 7:30. We got up very early Friday morning to go shopping. This is a tradition that we do with my Aunt Cindy every year. We go shopping for a while and then come home to another huge Thanksgiving lunch with my family. Of course, Peyton stays home with MeMe and Poppy and gets to sleep a little later than we did. Our Thanksgiving lunch was wonderful at my parents' as well and we really enjoyed visiting with everyone. They really enjoyed spending time with Peyton.

Peyton is doing really good! At first, I was worried because he wasn't responding to anything but now that has changed. I seem to forget that he has to learn how to listen and to respond to sound. Friday he really started turning to sound and to his name. Yesterday, when we were leaving MeMe and Poppy's house he looked at Poppy and said "Bye" just as clear as can be. I thought we were all going to pass out. He also started saying "Hey" this weekend. We tried to get him to say "bye" again but it just came out as "I". That's ok...I'll take it! Now that we are back home he is really responding to his name more, not all the time but definately more than he was. Thanksgiving has a different meaning for us this year. We are very blessed!

First day of therapy…well not really!

No, it’s not his first day of therapy but today was his first day of therapy since his CI was turned on. It really wasn’t the therapy session I was hoping for. Peyton cried a lot and I think he is just really tired. He did respond better but I was just hoping for a little more. Candace and I both think he was just exhausted both auditory exhaustion and physical exhaustion. He’s had a really busy few days. We went early today because of being out of school for Thanksgiving Holidays and Robby didn’t go. My sweet boys from Pembroke, Blake and Garrett, are staying with us for a few days so they went with us. Blake and Garrett (and their parents) are very good friends of mine. They are like family to us and we are very excited for them to be here for a couple of days. I met their parents’ on Sunday. Monday we went to the Georgia Aquarium and had a blast. Peyton loved it. Then we met Robby’s parents and nephews at Logan’s in Athens for dinner. It was a very busy day but we really had a great time. Those boys are the best ever. I can only hope that Peyton grows up and behaves as well as they do. They have to go home tomorrow and it makes me sad. Today after therapy, they played with my nephews and will play with them some more tomorrow. I am also keeping a friend’s little boy so that she and her husband can go to Atlanta with our youth group so I will have a house full of boys tomorrow. It will be a lot of fun though!

MY BABY CAN HEAR!

It worked. Peyton’s CI worked and now he can hear. I felt so sorry for him because it scared him to death. He cried every time she turned it on which was great because that meant he was hearing. Jolie, our audiologist, was very pleased with his response. Now the fun begins! We still have a very long road ahead of us but at least we know it is working. When we left Jolie’s office, Peyton heard the traffic on the interstate that runs right by the parking lot. He really didn’t know how to respond but he definitely heard it. How exciting!! When we got home, we played everything we have that makes noise and he just kind of looked at it strange. I know he is wondering what in this world is going on!

Tomorrow is activation day!!

Well tomorrow is our activation day! We are VERY nervous. I guess my worse fear is that he won’t respond and the CI won’t work for him. I keep telling myself that if that happens it won’t be the end of the world but I just want my baby to hear and eventually be able to talk. He is such a smart boy that I just want the very, very best for him.

Short trip!

Well we loaded Peyton up today for therapy and got almost to Eatonton about 20 minutes away from our house and Ms. Candace called! She is sick!! Oh no!!! We hate that she isn’t feeling well and we sure don’t want it so we turned around and headed back home. Peyton liked getting out of the house even if was just for a little bit. When we pulled back into the driveway, he looked at us like we were crazy. Sorry buddy!!