where do i begin...

wow!  a year since i last posted?  whoops!

logan is doing well.  here is a quick update:

we moved to the dallas, texas area this past july and logan started kindergarten at an oral program at a mainstream elementary school.  his speech is really coming along now and can best be described by his older brother, "mom, logan talks really good now.  i sometimes forget he is deaf!"  he became a big brother for the second time in january and has declared brother #4 as his "bestest" friend since their birthdays are just a week apart.

here are a few pictures to get you caught up:

the Cochlear Implant camp in Dallas...

soccer season...

first day of school...

halloween (we were all football players from dad's three schools-- byu, ucla and univ. of florida)...

in the nativity at church...

basketball season...

playing wii with the family on new year's eve...

sporting my new blog shirt...

enjoying six flags theme park...

my first FC Dallas professional soccer game...

my 6th birthday...

valentine's day...

valentine's for my friends...

me and my brothers...

st patrick's day...

at my uncle's wedding...

my first camping trip...

easter...

visiting temple square in salt lake city, utah...

back to wisconsin...

 we made our second trip to madison, wisconsin to participate in the bilateral cochlear implant study.  Although it was two full days of travel and two days of straight testing, we had another great time.

it was really interesting to see the improvement from last year's results compared to this year.

one (of 3) airplane rides there...

 

DAY ONE:
localization tests...

  

reward time...

study break... 

 

showing off his sticker box...

 

 speech testing...

 

showing off his big reward for a day of great "listening & talking"...

 

relaxing in the hotel after day one...

 

strolling the local mall...

 

his dinner of choice, McDonald's...

 

  i had promised him ice cream but could not find an ice cream shop within walking distant, so lucky for me, he settled for finding a grocery store and getting some ben & jerry's with a bottle of colored sprinkles...

 jjj

DAY TWO:

more language/speech recognition tests...

 

break time...

non-verbal intelligence tests...

 

we always love our time with the kind (and patient) ladies at the WU speech center and look forward to going back next year.