A week of first...

 

Blaze visited the Atlanta Speech School.

We met his audiologist there and had his hearing re-tested.

The results came back the same.

He is still profoundly deaf and that's ok.

We have excepted our little boy just the way

God made him. He is perfectly wonderful to us.

 

Blaze is pretty much like any other child.

He just does some things a little differently.

He doesn't seem to mind.

He only knows life the way it is.

His world is quiet and he is content with that.

He is just happy to be fed and played with.

 

 

This week has been very interesting.

I got to meet with a deaf couple who use only sign

language to communicate (like our baby).

I also got to meet with two interpreters for the deaf.

I really enjoyed talking with them

and learning more about what is out there for the

hearing impaired.

 They invited me to come up to Cave Springs

and visit the school for the deaf.

I plan to do that some time in the next few weeks.

 

 

Miss Brookelyn

 

 

 

Miss Prissy went with us.

She had a blast.

The school was AMAZING!!!!!

It's probably one of the nicest schools ever.

Many of the kids there are hearing impaired.

We haven't decided yet on what our plans are

for Blaze's education.

We haven't decided if we are going to homeschool

him, public school him, or if we are going to 

send him to a school

for the hearing impaired.

At least we've got a couple of years to decide.

 

 

This week he had other BIG FIRSTS too...

Our little guy got his first hair cut snip.

His hair was like a grandpaws. He had twigs

hanging over his ear, but hardily any on top.

So we snipped the twigs.
I know you can't really tell
but they were there and it drove me nuts.
 

 

Our little guy also learned

to drink from a straw.

It was so funny because

he kept chewing on his straw/ sippy cup

and then he sucked on the straw

and he thought it was so funny

when the cold water came out.
So he kept doing it over and over
and it took his breath every time.
It became a game.
 

He is just so precious.

I love how he is beginning to be more

aware of his world.

For so long he was just quiet

and laid back

but now he is a busy baby.

He still hasn't quite got the idea

of how to balance to set up

or how to stand and hold on

but it won't be much longer.

 

 

His first time behind the wheel.

He is all boy.

He's already trying to drive with his feet

while talking on his

pretend phone.
 

 

Well that's a lot of firsts for our BIG GUY

and it's only Tuesday.

Can't wait to see what the rest of this week holds.

This little boy is going to do

some amazing things in his life.

I just know it.

 

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6