Valentine Weekend 2.17.07






Hi! We had a great long and relaxing weekend in Yakima with the grandparents. We had time to relax, eat great food, get some sunshine and go for long walks! Burke continues to grow and eat well. He sat up in his booster seat at the table with us and it was fun to feed him green beans while we ate! He fell in love with his little soccer ball and now it goes everywhere with him...like daddy like son! We are so proud of Burke and enjoying him more each day. Life is normalizing for us more lately and we are getting more sleep which makes everything better. We are really concentrating on teaching Burke all about words and sounds...we do lots of "radio commentary" all day long. Basically we talk to Burke about everything we do, see and think and try to link sounds, sights, music and expressions to our words. It's exhausting to talk so much and try to think of things and ways to describe the world to him but exciting to watch him starting to comprehend. This week we got an FM system for Burke's hearing aids. Basically either Nate or I wear a small lapel microphone and a wireless transmitter box that clips on the belt. This allows us to transmit our voice directly into a receiver attached to his hearing aids thus direclty into his ears which allows him to hear us more clearly in noisy situations or when there is a lot of feedback from his hearing aids. He seems to be responding well to our voices and we can talk to him up to 150ft away! It's great to be able to comfort him with my voice from the other room...he definitally calms down when he hears our voices!
Well...better get to bed! Uncle Bubba (Tim) comes up to visit tomorrow so should be a ton of fun! Love to all of you and thanks for keeping up with us and please continue to pray for us and especially for Burke's hearing improvement and continued improvement in feeding. Praise God for his grace in our lives...it's because of Him that Burke is so full of life!

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Anonymous said…
What make are his hearing aids and if you had to wear them, would you cover them with your hair and why?
5:13 AM
Anonymous said…
Oh, he's too cute! So glad to hear that things are getting better and better each day. We're still praying for you guys and look forward to the day we get to meet little Burke!
1:46 PM
Anonymous said…
deanna and I love his new photos. The last photo with Chris is great. He has an interesting look on his face. He looks happy and is getting cutier by the moment. -dn
6:17 PM
Anonymous said…
oh so cute....looks like trouble to me...Think I need to come up and snuggle.
nina
6:17 PM
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