ouch!!

Last weekend, while playing with his younger brother, Logan took a tumble off of the back of the couch and hit the back of his head on our awful marble floor. We rushed into the ER because he was showing signs of a concussion. We found out that he indeed suffered a concussion and also fractured his skull! He spent the night in the hospital and was feeling good by morning. We had his implants checked out and luckily everything was fine.

because of the concussion, he was dizzy for about 5 days, so he crawled around the house...

his big brother, tanner, wanted to get him a "get-well" gift. here he is getting out his own money to use--so sweet...

that's me!!

we frequently visit the John Tracy Clinic's website to see what's new with them. logan was with me when i clicked on it this morning and he noticed his picture at the top even before i did! click here to see for yourself why he thinks he's famous! (he's in the orange shirt)

I have a triathlete!

logan competed in a triathlon to benefit the Children's hospital here in town.
click here to see pictures.

any suggestions...

we have trouble with logan wearing any kind of helmet...baseball helmet, bike helmet, etc. because he has bilateral implants. he can usually wear a helmet, with just one implant on, but both him and I prefer that he wear both (especially outside when he is riding his bike). have any of you found a solution to doing this? do you have to do your own "maintenance" on the helmet and maybe cut some of the padding out where the coil is? any suggestions?

Deaf girl on So You Think You Can Dance...

So You Think You Can Dance is one of my favorite shows. i grew up a dancer and spent every waking moment in my mom's dance studio as a girl. i am always impressed with those that can dance with a hearing impairment since music is such an important part.

allison @ Yahoo! Video

and the "best big brother in the world" award goes to...

we have always felt that Tanner (our 7 year old) was a special addition to our family. he truly came equipped to take care of and nurture Logan. i shared this story on our family blog, but thought it was too sweet to not share again...

Logan started soccer this year and although he loves it, he plays very cautiously because his implants constantly fall off. a few times, they have stopped the entire game to call me over and help him place them back on--which has embarrassed him a bit. my husband thought that maybe a head band would help keep the coil on (the circular part that attaches to his head). after a trip to the sports store with Dad, the boys came home like this...

i asked my husband why he bought all three boys a headband and he told me that they all wanted one. but later that night after Tanner's game, i asked Tanner if he liked playing with the headband on. he told me, "No, it kind of itches and I look a little stupid because no one else on my team wears one. But when we were at the store, Logan didn't want to wear a headband, so I thought if I wore one, he'd want to too and not feel so weird about it." Me--(sniff, sniff). and it worked, Logan now thinks its cool and can't wait to wear it during his next game.

i love this kid!

Birthdays!

last week in school, logan talked about parties and came home with a party hat on.

he had so many questions about birthday parties, so...we made another experience book!

Which group does it belong to?

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Great Calendar...

We are working on the days of the week as well as "yesterday" and "tomorrow", so we began doing the calendar activity found here, on the Listening room & Logan really enjoys it.

learning to describe...

A great game to play with your preschoolers is learning to name an object just from hearing clues and then, in turn, learning to describe objects for you to guess. Logan loves this game. He is still trying to get the hang of it and usually just tells me the animal that he is trying to describing, but we all have a lot of fun with it.

We are hoping to improve on clarity in Logan's speech. With the unexpected loss of our baby last month, Logan's "home therapy" has been slightly neglected and it is really starting to show. We are eager to get the ball rolling again.

Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Breaking News for CIs!

New Cochlear Nucleus 5 System launched the world's thinnest CI last week. Click here to read more!

We have been busy...

We have had a busy & fun summer. After our west coast trip to the John Tracy Clinic, we stayed with Grandma Boyack in Las Vegas for 3 weeks and then to Virginia and D.C. for 3 weeks to play with cousins at Grandma Cragun's lake house.






We had a sad event happen on August 16th with the death of our unborn baby girl. I was 7 months pregnant--you can read more here.

Logan is progressing day by day and we have a lot of work to do over this next year in order to try to meet our goal of mainstreaming him by kindergarten. He is attending the same Oral program that he attended last year and is excited to be back at school.

We went back...

We have been on the west coast for about 7 weeks and just arrived home last week. Our trip was centered around attending the John Tracy Clinic in LA for their 3-week summer session. It was so nice to be back. I have been waiting for the past year, since leaving LA, to return to all of our friends at JTC. I am always amazed at how much information there is to gain and I loved sitting in the parent classes every day from 9 am-4 pm learning--all over again-- how to better help my Logan.

our cute little apartment...


too many in the elevator...
The Family picnic...

playing in the HUGE yard at our apartments...

They had a "sibling program" that Tanner attended. He absolutely loved it. He made friends, played games and learned a lot about hearing loss and how to help Logan...



The siblings acted out how sound goes through the ear, to the brain. Tanner played the 'stapes'...

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

some yummy treats that we received from Wonderland Bakery...
Logan and his teacher, Sarah...
Logan and his SLP, Meghan (Meghan was Logan's preschool teacher when we attended a year ago)...

All of our new friends...