My Noah

My Noah

Wow Finally our little man.

What a joy it is having a boy after 2 girls. Eric was quite excited when we went for out first ultra sounds and they said it was a boy. It was a dream come true. I was still not sure it would actually be a boy when he was born but very relieved when he finally came out. Our Family is now complete.

Noah when was tested at the hospital did come back with a negative hearing test. We were terrified.

Not again, i don't have the energy for this.

We had to do our waiting for 3 months to get another test done to give us the same results and then we were shipped off to freeport hospital again for extensive testing.

So the conclusion was he has the exact type of loss that Mckenna has but he has better hearing.

SO Noah received his first set of hearing aids at the age of 5 months.

Like the same battle with Mckenna we had to deal with him pulling these out of his ears all the time. SO i found this company for the states that made these hats for this exact purpose. We received the hats and OMG what a difference they made in all our lives. The one thing with these hats that bothered me is they got dirty really easy and i was constantly having to wash them. So i then decided to come up with my own design and this is how Monkey Gear Inc came to be. www.monkeygear.ca .

Now i help other children with the same needs that i have. It is a miracle.

He is a miracle.

Noah is a wonderful little boy. Trying so hard at life and trying to do and be like his older sisters.

He's a amazing sleeper tho.. unlike the girls he love to go to bed early and sleep in late. This boy wants to be in bed by 6:30 at the latest and then wakes up around 8-9:30 depending if it is a weekday or weekend.

My little Noah.

We love you bubbas. xo

My Katelynn

My Katelynn

 Angel vs Devil

Where to begin with this one..

I should have known she was trouble from the beginning.

While in labour with this one she decided to get the cord wrapped around her neck. That was the scariest thing i have been through. Basically the nurses and doctors had to stop my labour until she turned to release the tension so she could breath and then proceed with delivery.

Wow the stories that will be on here i can write a book alone about her.

I am going to start with a short one today.

Katelynn has a double personality. Angel vs Devil.

For those of you who have had the pleasure of meeting this one in person knows you can see the horns on her head even if she is wearing her halo for that day.

Katelynn has this look with her Chrystal blue eyes that can just bite a piece out of anyone with one false move.

She has been a joy but also my biggest nightmare. Stories to follow......

She was a great baby, she learned to walk very early around 10 months. For me that is early especially with Mckenna being so late. Katelynn also learned to talk really fast and has not shut up since then. It is constant.

My mom has been a big help in our lives and has watched all my children. But with Katelynn she was just too much for anyone. So it was off to daycare for her. Somewhere for her energy to go.

At daycare she has grown so much. She also has her BFF there. Chase Pomeroy. They are a married couple. From the moment either one gets there they are attached at the hip. They Play well together but also fight well together. The two are the cutest 2 people to see together. Recently we went to visit the Pomeroy's in Kingston and there while taking the Fairy across from Wolf Island we encountered a Wedding Carriage. I took this picture as if this will be the scene 20 years from now. Lets see what will come.

Now as next week approaches and JK starts the 2 will be riding the bus and be in the same class. They are inseparable!

My Mckenna

My Mckenna

Mckenna is our first born. She has surprised us in everything she does. She is a joy and very affectionate.

Mckenna was born with a hearing loss and was not diagnosed until she was 18 months of age. Back then the mandatory hearing tests were not performed until 3 months after she was born.

She was fitted for her hearing aids at the age of 2.

It was a challenge and a struggle to teach her to walk, talk and listen. Finally at the age of 6 she lost almost all her hearing and we were sent to London to get her fitted with a cochlear implant.

Since being implanted she has jumped leaps and bounds with the help of some great teachers and extra services. Today you can understand her like any other child. We are so grateful for all the help we received to get her here.

One story that was the great joy and we will never forget.......

The day we went to London hospital after they officially turned on Mckenna's implant she was still not speaking clear for the normal person to understand. But it was the first time that Mckenna had heard her "NEW" sounds. The implant does not give her normal sound but it gives her a computer generated sound. So every sound and every voice is new and different then she has heard before. So this being said we turned it on and were very quiet as she just listened. Eric nor I were allowed to speak until she heard her own voice. Kim (her Audiologist) was the only one speaking. She ask Mckenna to speak. She said hello but cut it off short. She tried again and was looking at us very funny. Then she got used to her voice after trying out a few sounds and words. Kim then went on and asked if she wanted to hear Mommy's voice....she nodded yes.

I said "Hello Mckenna" she just looked at me with a very confused look and began to cry. To this day i don't know if those were tears of joy or tears of fear. But it was only a few minutes and she was asking everyone to speak. She did well but that just broke my heart. We drove home from London and everything was making new noises. The car as it passed through the wind and blinker for the turn signal, the other cars as they passed by. She was happy. When we got home it was amazing. She heard her foot steps as she walked into the house, the birds in the trees, the car door slam, the front door squeak as it opened... all whole new world. She then proceeded to walk around the house and bang or tap on everything to see what kind of sound this now made... the railing the doors the wall the mirror. She even ran downstairs to her toys and grabbed her favorite one, a dinosaur that made noise and ran so fast up yelling mommy mommy he makes noise. At this point it was very clear how much of the world she was really missing before.  

It takes the brain up to 6-8 months to be able to process and distinguish between male and female and then each individual voice as time goes on. So in the beginning all our voices sounded the same. So to learn all this and learn how to speak with using all syllables has been a joy you could never understand. I am so very happy for my litttle/ BIG Mckenna. She has made our lives so full and rewarding. We still have a long way to go with her but i hope one day she has children and see how rewarding they really are!

About My Family

This is my family.

My my what a interesting life we live!

I have my hands full with these 4.

There is me(Adrienne) and Eric.

Then Mckenna is our oldest girl who just started grade 3.

Then there is Katelynn, who will just be going into JK.

and our little Noah. He's 2.

I started this blog as others have to document the funny and interesting things in our lives so I don't forget them. I have been told many times i could write a book about my tales so why not!!

This should be interesting......