"Let's GO Vikings!"

So Savanah just started cheerleading.
Through a rec Center. . .
a little headstart on the house we are building
and the location we are building it at.
But none the less. . . it's great.
Yesterday was her first day.
She was so excited.
She's been to enough BYU games to know
how awesome cheerleaders are!
The cheer clinic was held in the gymnasium
at the rec center.
There were about 30 girls total
with 4 cheerleaders from the highschool team
instructing all of these eager little kidlets.
I didn't mention to anyone that Savanah couldn't hear very well.
I wanted to see how she did.
I could tell the music was a little too loud for her
in such a large acoustic space.
I could tell she was struggling a bit to hear the leaders
but she was following along right on point.
I was thrilled to see after they broke up into
their official cheer squads that they placed
her on the front row right next to the leaders.
This made me smile inside.
God's little mercies I suppose.
Helping her out when nothing is said.
She did wonderfully for her first practice!
I was so impressed and my little cheerleader did a great job!
So. . . here's the start of the season!

Whirlwind

So Savanah is officially a BIG second grader now.
It was a rough start to the week.
All because she was not wearing her hearing aid.
Her audiogram was just awful with it in
so her audiologist felt like it was better without it.
I guess not.
Those first three days of school were dreadful.
She was barely hearing anything.
Not able to follow along to what was being taught.
Extremely frustrating,
not exactly the best first couple of days I suppose.

Things are better now.
She is loving her mainstream teacher.
She is enjoying school and her new classmates.
She is catching on to math a little better now.
She LOVES that she is taking home lunch EVERY DAY.
She loves recess and all she wants to do is wear her tennis shoes.
Definitely will be buying another pair of those in a few weeks.

She's reading really well still.
I am so impressed by this.
And so very proud of her.
I am so excited to watch what lies ahead for her.
And hope that her dad and I can do everything we possibly can to give her the best opportunities in life, school etc.

All Systems Go

Pediatrician. Check.
Dentist. Check (with ZILCH cavities!)
Back to School Night - FLOP!
Mom wrote the wrong time down!
Silly mommy. But oh well. . .

First day outfit laid out.
Lunch is packed.
Backpack is full.
Savanah's in bed EARLY!

And yes tomorrow. . .
I'm going to have a SECOND GRADER!
Where has the time gone?!?

Perks of the Internet

So several years ago I was contacted by the founder of STOP CMV
and we immediately became friends
and after several years we FINALLY met last week
she flew in from San Fran for another CMV mommy
who lives in WVC whose daughter was turning 16
and they had a big swim bash party for
so during this little shin dig I had the rare
and very SPECIAL opportunity to meet 4 women
whom I admire and look up to, whom I share a lot with,
inspirational. . . Janelle, Sharon and Shannon and Diana.
4 incredible mothers all on the same mission
+ me and my little Savanah on the mission to Stop CMV
but this night it was all about FROG's (Fully Rely on God) sweet 16!
And it was a blast.
Amazing women I have in my life
all because of the internet.

Testing 1. . . 2. . .3

Savanah had another great mapping appointment.
But something weird happened.
For the past 6 months she has been wearing a hearing aid on her right ear
and for some reason Desmond and I both "think" we can tell when she has it in and does not have it in. . .
We have thought it was benefiting her.

After Cache did all of her testing
we learned something interesting.
She did better on her audiogram without her hearing aid in her ear
So. . .
we were left to question the hearing aid.

She has lost some more hearing in her right ear.
A progressive loss, so who knows. . . it may be time for another cochlear implant in the next year or so.

All we can do is keep observing.
But yay for Savanah and keeping her cool for the 3 1/2 hours!

It's that time of the year again. . .

Mapping time.
So Logan here we come.
We're making it a girls trip with Grandma.
Swimming.
The Beehive Grill.
The scenery.
More swimming, I'm sure.
Free Waffles in the morn.
Maddox.

And last but certainly MOST important. . .
A PERFECT AUDIOGRAM!
(Here's to hoping!)

Babysitter Instructions per Savanah

Yesterday Savanah was playing pretend.
She was the daddy of a baby. And Gracen was kinda the mommy.
The mommy who was definitely not interested in being a mom.
Anyway, Savanah the dad was going to drop the baby off for 5 weeks with Grandma.
And Grandma was to take care of it and by Savanah's rules.

Here they go.
"Change her diaper ten times"
"Give her lots of milk"
"And fishgolds"
"She can't walk so she's has to crawl"
"Rock her"
"I will have you raise her"

Good thing it's going to be awhile before Savanah babysits
or has her own. And someone please tell me where I can buy some "fishgolds"!