Southern Babies: Lindy's Ears

We spent most of the week recovering from the big birthday. Whew! It was also a week I didn't have anything lined up for Lindy and Will. I actually had come up with shared grandparent plans and then I remembered some appointments Lindy had that ruined all my plans. We had to go onto Plan D I think.

Monday Lynn took the kids to Concord Mills. She has been wanting to take the kids down to the Lego store so they went. They had an enjoyable day checking out books and Legos. They took some birthday money and they got to buy books and Legos and they came home happy.

Tuesday Lynn was going to Mooresville to meet a friend for lunch so she gave the kids a lift to my parents. They ended up spending Tuesday-Thursday with my parents. They had some rain so they didn't go swimming as much. I think Will went swimming on Tuesday and Lindy went on Wednesday. Will brought one of his birthday presents, a k'nex ferris wheel and he put that together and played with it a lot. They went out to eat and for ice cream and Lindy threw it all up. She doesn't do it very often anymore but it happens.

Drew and I went out for Chipotle and a movie (Bad Moms) one night. We had a buy one get one free Chipotle coupon and a movie gift card so we had dinner and a movie for $7.04. Not bad! ha!

I met my parents Thursday in Clemmons at lunch. I grabbed the kids and we headed off to a FULL afternoon of appointments for Lindy. We squeezed in a trip to the PT because the brace we had gotten the week before was causing her problems. Jill cut it down and added some padding. We played with a razor scooter and the balance beam, checking her balance. She got better with both over time. I asked her how to teach her to ride a bike and that is why she was checking her balance. She said she really doesn't think she is ready to ride without training wheels but she said to make them a little uneven which will make her start to work on her balance.

We walked down the hall after PT and headed to audiology. It was a long awaited day - NEW hearing aids! We started the process in January and we finally got them Thursday! They are a lovely shade of pink, a little darker than her other ones. They look almost metallic. She was very proud of them. We are excited to have new technology and hearing aids back under warranty. She had the last ones for almost 8 years so we hope these last that long!

We left audiology and headed across the street to ENT for her yearly check up with the doctor. He follows her for her ears and her paralyzed vocal cord. We had debated doing surgery on her vocal cords to try and get her a little more voice but we were never convinced it would work. He actually said he thought she had a lot of voice for a paralyzed vocal cord and was glad we didn't do the surgery. Hmmm. There are plenty of times I wish she had more voice but she managed with what she has. He dug out some wax and we were on our way. It's been a long time since we have had back to back to back appointments and I was exhausted.   Poor Will had to tag along to all the appointments as well. The kids weren't nearly as exhausted as I was by the time we got home.

Friday the kids got to go to work with me but Lynn picked them up for lunch because I had a meeting. I got them after my meeting was over and we headed to a local park to meet up with Lindy's friend Petra. It was a hot afternoon but the kids had fun. I brought Wet Head for them to play and cool off and they enjoyed that. We headed home to get ready for another long awaited event - the Olympic opening ceremonies. We all stayed up as long as we could.

We had a lovely summer Saturday. We haven't had that many free days this summer. We had a lazy morning drinking coffee and watching some Olympics. We did get the yard mowed and then we were able to go swimming for a little bit. We got cleaned up and we headed to Greensboro to get one of Lindy's birthday presents.

Her ears pierced!! The Beavers gave her money to get her ears pierced (with our permission!). We had an appointment at 4pm. She was so excited! We had talked before about how it did hurt but we didn't dwell on it on Saturday. I did walk through the process with her at home. We got there and they did exactly as I described. She picked out pink studs to put in. They put dots on her ears and they pierced them at the same time.   Same time and done! I think she was surprised at how much it hurt. She did start to cry. She had the most pitiful look on her face. But she is such a trooper that as soon as we showed her a mirror so she could see her new earrings, she started smiling. She was good after that! She picked out a couple more earrings and we headed on our way.

To say she is proud of them is an understatement. She is loving them. They haven't been too painful for her which is good. She was hilarious to watch at church on Sunday. She showed them to every single person there. She can't wait to show her family and friends and teachers.   Our Sunday afternoon was filled with more Olympics and grocery shopping.

A big week for Lindy's ears! She is so exciting to be sporting new bling!

Pretty new hearing aids!