Our little bug started ballet last week and we are just so proud of her! She is a bit skittish with the teacher, as she usually is with strangers, but she absolutely loves the interaction with all the other children her age. This week was her second class and watching her in class with her biggest brother just melts my heart! It just makes me think about what a great young man I have!
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| My baby boy and my baby girl! |
This week was our first interaction about her cochlear implants in class. It was kind of interesting because there were two older ladies sitting next to me watching their grand daughter and talking amongst themselves. I happened to hear one of them say "Oh look, that little girl has hearing aids, that is interesting". I didn't say anything just kept watching Lily in class with Leland and each time she would see me she would look and I would wave. Eventually the lady's said "Is she your little girl, she is beautiful! Are those hearing aids she has?" to which I proudly replied "Those are cochlear implants". they were very pleasant and had even know a girl in their neighborhood who had cochlear implants like 10 years ago. They were very interested in how she was doing with them and the technology behind them. It turned out to be a great conversation and I love to show the world how awesome cochlear implants can be!
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| Laying Cinderella down for a nap...It is tiring being a princess! |
So this week Lily has not ceased to amaze me! Most of our day is in some form of conversation. Even if not every word is understandable she carries on a pretty good conversation. Another thing she picked up on this week is her brothers names! I will be honest I didn't teach these to her...her big brother Christian did and when she says his name it sounds a bit like kitchen, but he'll take it! It is amazing how two teenage boys just turn to jello with their baby sister.
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| Running with new friends from ballet class! |
I didn't get much video footage from speech this week since my camera battery mistakenly wasn't charged the night before...so I will share some footage of Lily listening at the beginning of speech and a small clip of her in her ballet class (if you listen closely in the beginning you hear her call for her daddy)!
