Can't Hear You

  Yesterday was our final day of evaluations. We had two appointments in the same day. E was not that interested in being in the sound booth and kept signing, "I'm finished." The information we recorded was not very complete, but was consistent with previous evaluations. We had to make a choice on cochlear implants so that we could move forward with scheduling surgery. Even though Advance Bionics is back on the market, our ENT wants to give them a little time before he is ready to implant them again. I guess they need to win back his trust. We opted for the Cochlear Freedom internal (the last model) with the new N5 external. We are not super happy with that since it definitely feels like settling, but it seems to be the most reliable at the moment. If Advanced comes out with their new, waterproof processor before his surgery though, we will definitely be having a new discussion.

  I found this super cute shirt at Crazy 8 a couple of weeks ago. The cooler weather and the audiology appointment seemed the perfect opportunity to wear it. It is still a little big, but SO CUTE! The audiologists loved it :-) I especially love that his expression in the pic matches his shirt!

"I Can't Hear You!!"

  A friend sent me a link to a Craigslist listing selling the complete set of Signing Time dvds and cds. We got them yesterday. The set sells for about $700 online and we got it for $100! When we picked them up, they had never even been opened. We were very excited to find such a fantastic deal. E loves the series and many of our friends are hooked on it with their kids as well. They are fantastic to keep him entertained on our long trips back and forth to his appointments.