It's a Tongue Thing

My goodness, but this has been a busy week! We started on Monday with a trip for Zachary to the Ear, Nose & Throat specialist. The two hour appointment was tedious but Zach was a real trooper and only had a few minor melt downs. My favorite part was when we were in the sound proof booth and they were checking Zach's hearing at different decibels. The tech gave Zach a small calculator to use as a distraction between checks. It was obvious after a few minutes that he thought he had been given the remote control to the toys that turned on with her voice. It was very hard not to crack up. He passed his hearing test with flying colors.

The problem appears to be with his tongue. When he sticks it out it only goes down. He has never been able to raise his tongue much beyond his upper lip, so there appears to be a flexibility issue. So the next step is being assessed by Early Childhood Intervention Services. That will take place in the next few weeks.

We enjoyed a little white stuff in the middle of the week . . . too bad it was ice and not snow. It did make for some pretty pictures. The picture below really doesn't do it justice. The sun was shining on the trees and they all looked so magical. Sorry about the yucky pond. We just haven't had enough rain in awhile and it's starting to show it. The blue heron that visits our pond has easy pickings nowadays!






We had a MOPS play day on Thursday at Angela's gorgeous house. The girls all dressed up in princess costumes. They looked so darling! Hannah was of course a ham and wanted me to take her picture - several times - and then look at them!



We ended the week today with a scrapbooking party with some ladies from church. I didn't have a lot of creativity today so I can't say that I accomplished much but I sure did enjoy all the conversations. It was such a wonderful event that we are going to try to set up a craft night once per month up at the church. Maybe that will help jump start my tired little brain!