Kiernan had try outs to be a peer model for the Cued Speech preschool at the school that I work. It went well, and he'll be able to go there next year. I'm really excited, as we all need to work on our cued Speech a bit.
My summer vacation started this month, and I can't explain how excited I've been. I've been waiting for a break and have a chance to hang out with our two boys all the time. It will be different, but I look forward to it. We don't have much planned for the summer as Bryan still has to work full time. We are just waiting for Patrick's tentative Cochlear Implant which is scheduled in August. We did have an appointment with a psychologist for Patrick, which was the last required appointment we had for him before officially approving him as a candidate for cochlear implants. The appointment itself went well, it was basically just to make sure he was developing normally over all, physically, socially and emotionally. There is obvious delays in listening skills and speech skills. He has yet to babble with consonants, but he does love talking. He does have some language skills, he uses a specific sound to call for someone where he says "aaah" and then makes a noise as he breathes in. He will look at the cat when we cue kitty, and lok at Bryan when we cue papai. He is beginning to know the difference between some animal sounds as they are cued and said to him. I'm excited to see him continue to develop.
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| Kiernan got a hold of my phone and was having fun with it. |
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| He decided to get every single stuffed animal and sleep with them all. |
This little is guy is now crawling everywhere.
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| We went to the Chiconteague Beach, which was beautiful! |
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| This was at the DC temple grounds on father's day |
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| He now pull himself to stand and lets go all the time. |
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| Just a really cute picture. |
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| Kiernan is always trying to "help" Patrick. |
Playing So Big
