Kids Having Fun With Grandparents..
Popular posts from this blog
Mile High Camping Trip
T his was our second year to camp at Mile High Campgrounds in Cherokee, North Carolina. It is a very primitive campground with no power/water hookups. Mile High is located on the Cherokee Indian reservation and has some of the most beautiful views of the Smoky Mountains. We like to go in July/August because the weather at Mile High is incredible. It feels like a perfect fall day up on the mountain ! The campground closes mid October so the summer months are the best time to go. We camped out with lots of family this time and had fun just hanging out by the fire, playing the guitar. We brought our camper, but others brought a tent. Hammocks are a must when we camp. We saw lots of Elk at the campground. They usually show up around dinner time and gave us a big show. We loved to just hang out at the campsite, but there's a lot to do around Cherokee. One of my favorite things to do is visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We hiked to Clingm...
Happy One Year Hearing Anniversary.
August 13th marked a very special anniversary for Maggie. It has been one year since she received her BAHA hearing aid and started hearing clearly. What a difference one year makes ! Last year, Maggie wasn't speaking much, just a little baby babble every now and then. But now !!! There's no way I could list all the words Maggie says ( or attempts to say) because she is trying to say everything. Just tonight she reached for the towel and said "towel", then started saying "wow". She doesn't link many words together yet, except for " I want" and "I have one or two" ( she's counting everything now). And for you speech people, Maggie still has a glottal stop and has trouble saying some letters: ( D,T,SH,CH). She does some weird thing where she tries to say the word, but won't open her mouth. She also will not say DADDY. So, for now she is calling daddy "BaBa", which is the Chinese name for daddy and she is happ...
Comments
Post a Comment