Aiden's Ear Check-up

Aiden had a follow-up appt. today with his ear doctor, Dr. Evans, at Sacramento Ear Nose & Throat (ENT). He had ear tubes put in his ears in August of last year, as well as getting his tonsils & adenoids removed, so this was another check-up just to see how he was doing.

The appointment went well! When we first got there, one of the nurses gave Aiden a set of Elmo stickers. He was talking to everyone! He was saying "hello" to all the nurses. It was so cute! They just loved him. Who wouldn't? :)

We got called back there. Aiden was talking to the nurse that called us back there and just running all over the place. She was laughing and i told her, "wow, he is definitely talking WAY more than the last time we were here." :) We went into the room and the doctor came in to check his ears. I told him that Aiden had a fever on Wednesday and was complaining about his ears hurting but seemed to be fine now. He checked both of his ears and said, "His ears look perfect!" He asked if they had given him a hearing test yet and i said no, so he wanted to do a hearing test just to see how he is doing with his hearing.

We went back out to the lobby to wait for them to call us back again. He kept saying, "I go back to Suzy's." Aunt Suzy is babysitting him today since her house is close to the dr. so he knew i was taking him back there when we were done with the appt. LOL! :) Aiden was going around the whole waiting room & was just being a show-off for some other patients that were there. He was just being so silly. They were laughing at him. He started befriending this elderly man was there too. It was so cute. He was loving that. :)

We went back for the hearing test. At first they tried to get him to put on some headphones so they could talk to him through the headphones & see how well his ears are responding. He was NOT having it. So, they decided to try something different. They showed some cartoons on the TV screens and some sounds were coming out of the speakers that were in this small room where they do the hearing tests. He did really well! He was responding really fast to the different noises & frequencies. :) They tried another test where they put these small foam tips in his ears and connected it to a machine that detects how well he is hearing things in each ear, but they were only able to do the left ear accurately. He was squirming around ALOT and did not want those things in his ears! They decided that was the best we were going to get. The nurse said that from what they got, he is responding well and his hearing is where it should be for speech. :) YAY!! They said we can get more accurate tests as he gets older and will want to cooperate more. :) They gave him a Thomas the Train sticker for trying. :) I am not worried about it though, i am sure he is fine. As much as he was talking to everyone, there is no doubt! :) The doctor heard him talk too and was very happy to hear that. :)

The doctor pulled us back in one of the patient rooms and showed us the test results and he said everything looks good. We'll go back in 6 months for another check-up. :)

Aiden is definitely coming out of his shell! I was surprised at how social he was being with everyone. He said "bye bye" to everyone. LOL! I am so proud of him. :)

Catching Up

Where do i begin? I figured i should try & get caught up on my blog somehow. I don't have access to a computer all the time so please be patient with me. I've decided since i get to work a little early, i will start trying to blog a little every day if i can. :)

Since starting this blog in January, oh so much has happened!

Of course, my birthday was in February, and our wedding was in March. I am going to try & write some seperate posts for all the special occasions that we took photos for, so watch out for those. All in good time! :)

In May, i found out that i had some bladder tumors that were recurring. So, in June, i had to have another surgery to remove them. I have been going through treatments since then to treat them and to try & prevent them from growing back. I am just trusting in God for complete healing and i have alot of faith & peace about it. :)

Of course, in July, we had the 4th of July holiday. And here we are in August already! I can't believe how fast the year has flown by!

Of course, since our wedding in March, Anthony & I have come along way! Both spiritually and in our relationship with each other. It is indescribable how much God has helped us and we've learned so much in just the 4 months we have been married. God is amazing! :)

I have recently started reaching out to other christian women and getting involved in some of the ministry get-togethers and it has been absolutely amazing! I don't know why i waited so long. I know that i had alot of fears of reaching out to others and i was letting that get in the way. I feel that God is really helping me feel confident in him and that i am truly his daughter. :)

Aiden is doing really well in school. He has been attending La Petite Academy full-time since right after we got married and we have really seen a difference in him since doing that. He is finally starting to warm up to the teachers and the other kids. He has a couple really good friends there that he is always talking about, Ryan & Riley. He also has mentioned Catalina & Emma. :) How adorable! They just told us yesterday that he is finally talking to the kids & teachers! Before that, he would only talk to his friend, Ryan. No one else, not even his teachers. So, he is finally getting comfortable! Towards the end of July, they moved him up to the preschool class, so we are so proud of him! He is fully potty trained now! He still has an accident here and there but overall, he pretty much has it down! :)

We are just so thankful for how far God has brought us and he continues to show us things. I am looking forward to keeping everyone updated on what's going on with our family. :)