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Sometimes I can’t believe six months has already gone by and other days I feel like there was never a time without her!

Here’s is all that has happened in six months (or since the last blog).  Esther had her cochlear implant “turned-on” and now she is not only signing but also learning how to speak.  She is an implant prodigy!  Esther has mastered most of the “ling” sounds in the first week of working with her.  She can now say a few words (bye-bye, up, hop, da-da, poop and a few others).  She tries to make a sound for ALL words and every day we take time with our special box of toys to work on sounds.  Parker and Eden are very motivating for Esther – they join me on working with her box of toys and she wants to make the sounds to get the toys before they do!  Nothing like a little sibling competition to motivate you to talk!  

Esther goes to AVT therapy once a week and we continue to teach her sign at home.  She will be attending a Mother’s Day out in the fall and then in January (when she turns 3) she will go to the deaf/hard of hearing program with the Plano ISD.  She is so very bright.  She picks up on everything very quickly (good and bad) so we know she will flourish in school. 

She enjoyed getting to celebrate her brother’s birthday with all the kids at the Fire Station and was SO excited to finally get to swim and play in the water just in time for summer to come to an end.  This month she also got to help us move Madison to Arkansas and she is struggling a little bit with missing Madi because there is no one here to give her sympathy when she gets in trouble!

Moving Madi

Leaving Madi in Arkansas

WOOHOO for the pool! 

Parker's Party!

Esther’s follow up doctor appt. this week was followed by a meeting with the scheduler to plan her next implant!  We are waiting for insurance approval and then we will set the date.  It looks like it will be the end of September.  The doctor told us that it some Divine intervention for the first implant to go in and actually work so he was letting us know that this ear is no different and has a big chance of not working.  I told him that Divine intervention has been Esther’s entire story and we won’t stop in believing in it this time and that people will be praying for her just like last time!

“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.” Ps. 20:7

Thank you in advance for your continued prayers as we prepare for the next implant and press on learning speech!

Blessings,

Tiffany