Prayers Needed

Today precious baby Annaleigh passed away due to NEC. Please keep this family in your thoughts and prayers. My heart just hurts for them. I couldn't imagine what is must be like to loose a child but it has to be one of the worst things for a parent to go through.

http://threecheersforbabies.blogspot.com/


Please go hug and kiss your family because you do not know what tomorrow will bring.

Much Love,

Tanna

PLEASE, PLEASE Pray for this family...

Please send prayers tonight to this new triplet family. They are losing one of their precious preemie babies to NEC. My heart is breaking for them. http://threecheersforbabies.blogspot.com/

Bye, Bye

So earlier today while I was at work I got this e-mail from my Mom:

"Tanna, your dad was just leaving and he was waving and saying bye bye to the babies... all the sudden Colton waves right at him and looked and said "bye bye" and waved again! It was plain as day! I've never heard him actually say bye bye and know he knew what it meant, have you??? I can tell he did!"

Colton has had his CI since March 24, so he is considered 4 months old in hearing. He now says Mumma and Bye Bye!!


Much Love,

Tanna

We are 2 Years Old

I am sorry I haven't been posting in a long time but I have just been soooo busy with work, the kids and Colton's therapy. By the time the kids are in bed I am so tied I just get in bed and go to sleep.

The trio is doing great!!
Lincoln: He has become such a Daddy's boy. He LOVES his Daddy!!!! The minute his Daddy walks in the door Lincoln becomes Gary's shadow. Lincoln is still using his own language but is really starting to use works we can all understand:)

Colton: He is our biggest baby weighting about 3 lbs more than the other 2, at 25.6 lbs. He has now had his Cochlear implant turned on for about 2 months. It is a lot more work that what I had first thought. Right now we are exploring more therapy options for him. I am terrified that we aren't doing enough for him now and it will effect the rest of his life. The problem is, is that really no one in this area has had much experience with a CI kid under the age of 3. Out of the 106 children in the ISD right now only 6 have a CI. In a few weeks we are going to be taking Colton to therapy up at Texas Tech. I pray that it is the best for him. He is doing good at wearing his implant (we have only lost the head piece once). We have the CI turned up to normal hearing range and as he gets older and is able to tell us what he is hearing the CI can be tweaked. At this point Colton is measuring at a 3 month old hearing level, which we are told is good since he has had the CI for only 2 months. He is vocalizing by grunting and cooing much more to communicate and just 2 weeks ago said Mumu. I walked past him to go to the bathroom., he got upset, followed me and started to bang on the bathroom door yelling Mumu. I don't think he truly meant to say Momma but I am taking it since Kota and Lincoln said Dada first!!

Kota: She is the toot of the bunch. She gets into EVERYTHING and teaches her brother to do bad things!!! You have to watch what she says around you because she will repeat what she hears!! She is saying up to 3 word sentences and can sing some of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Start".


June 22 the kids turned 2 and we had a fun Micky Mouse party. We had a great turn out of about 40 people and had a blast!! Here are a few pic's of the party and some of our summer fun.








Mickey Mouse Birthday Party




Outside Fun


Science Spectrum




Air Show






Family Reunion

Much Love,
Tanna

I am Back!!

Ok so I know it has been forever since I last update my blog but things had been so crazy around here that I haven’t found much time until now. The last time I update we had just gotten back from Disney World and had a blast. On March 24th Colton had his Cochlear Implant turned on. It was amazing to see him react and hear for truly the first time.
He had a typical reaction of crying when it was turned on, and I loved it because at that moment I knew it worked.
He has been back to the Doctor one other time since it had been turned on, to have it turned up. Today he is hearing at normal levels. It is a lot more work then what I thought it would be. He is doing really well at keeping the implant on and only purposely takes if off when he is REALLY mad or if he wants attention. Bother and Sister are doing really good at leaving it alone. Although, I have caught Lincoln and Kota a few times trying to put it on their own heads to see what was the big deal.
Right now we are working with Colton and teaching him to listen and really hear. Though different therapy methods we hope he will pick up it up soon. If any readers of this post are fellow CI parents I would love to have any helpful tips or teaching methods.
Well I better get back to work. I promise to update a lot sooner next time because I still have so much to write about.

PS. In the next day or so I will upload the video we took of Colton having the implant turned on.

Much Love,

Tanna

Quick Update

Hello all,

I just wanted to update everyone really fast before bedtime. Colton got out of the hospital March 1st and as it turned out his RSV didn't turn into pneumonia, he was just really dehydrated. We ended up still going to Disney World but just postponed our trip a little. I will update you all more when I get a chance.



Much Love,

Tanna

We are Still Here

Colton is still in the hospital but we hope to get him out today. He is off the IV fluid and off oxygen. All his test results have come back saying thathe didn't develope pnemonia but was just really dehydrated from being sick with RSV. We are just now waiting for the Dr to stop by and let us goin home. I am so ready!!!

Much Love,

Tanna