Wednesday, January 30

On Monday this week, Sooner Start came to the house to evaluate Addison. The first thing they did was a hearing test. When we were in the hospital, she only passed the hearing test on her right side, and failed on her left, which led us to believe that she might have problems. However, the test on Monday morning showed that she can hear perfectly fine with both ears, so we were pretty pumped to hear about that. After the hearing test, they evaluated her, social, cognitive and motor skills. There were some areas that ranked a little low and some areas that ranked about average. Considering the fact that she was being charted on a bell curve that shows expectations for all children, not just children with special needs, we were extremely pleased with the results. They will come back and evaluate her as she gets older to monitor her progress, but there were enough areas that were low at this point that justified them being here to help us. So, it looks like we will have a few helping hands around the house from time to time.


The past few days, Addison has been able to hold her head up straight a little better. When she's on her back, she started to pick her head up to put her chin on her chest. She can't hold it there for very long, but she's making progress, which means that her muscle tone is certainly improving. Hats of to Rach for being so diligent in helping Addison with her exercises during the day to improve her muscle tone.


I received a call today from Kids' Quarters here in Tulsa that the crib we ordered in October has finally arrived. That's right, October. While we have heard that the company who made the crib, Ragazzi, has been having issues, we also have been getting seemingly dishonest answers from the people running the store here in Tulsa, so we aren't really sure who's responsible for our crib being so late. At this point, we are just happy that Addison has a place to sleep. She's been shacking up with the dog on the floor for the past six weeks, so I think Bearfoot is happy to get his square of floor back. Thankfully, this crib has a lifetime warranty, so it should last through all of the children we plan, and possibly don't plan on having.

The past two days, I've been spending all my time working in Tulsa, and I can't tell you how many people I've run into who have some connection to the Little Light House. It seems like everyone knows someone who either has a child or grandchild attending school there, or someone currently volunteers their time there, or did for several years. I've even met a few board members out and about town. It truly amazes me how many people in this community support the school in one way or another, and it is extremely encouraging. Just today, I met a man whose grandson attends school there. We are very lucky to be involved. Hope you enjoy the pictures this time. As she grows, we'll keep you updated. Thanks for your prayers. If you haven't figured it out yet, they are certainly helping.