Exciting things are happening!

The sand bucket project is in full swing! We are so excited for Morgan. Tuesday Morgan was given two cash donations from friends. On Tuesday Morgan also received material things for her buckets from her daytime caregiver. Wednesday we got a letter from the publisher of the book and they are DONATING the books for the buckets. These books are so meaningful. Every child needs to have this book! Today a company in Quakertown donated $100.00. We also have been in contact with Woofi the missionary puppy organization. For every Woofi that is purchased they will also donate a Woofi for Morgan's buckets. This is also not just a regular stuffed puppy. It is helping someone else. So two children will be helped with the purchase of one puppy! Doors just keep opening, The Lord our God is so incredibly WONDERFUL!

Paying it Foward!

This past Friday Morgan had the first of two surgeries. She was getting the tube removed from her left ear and a patch put on the hole. As she is getting older these pre surgery days are not as easy. She had lots of tears on Thursday night. We were trying to make it as light of a deal as possible but that seemed to backfire a little bit. I think she thought we were blowing something off that was very important to her. She was in better spirits Friday morning on her way to CHOP. Uncle Jamie went along with us. Ben's new job does not permit any real time off yet. The longest part was prepping and waking up afterwards. She slept for the better part of the day. Wide awake by the evening though so we had time to go get the Phillies Jersey she asked for. A little gift for being such a big girl. Well deserved. CHOP gave Morgan this cute little bucket for Easter. All the kids in the short stay unit received them on Friday. They were actually made by Merck though. Well, this sparked Morgan up so much that she is now going full steam ahead to have 12 buckets ready to donate to CHOP when she goes back in 6 weeks. She knows what a good feeling she got from someone else doing something nice. It is going to be a fun six weeks getting these buckets ready. She spent her Easter money that her Grandpop Frank gave her on some books for the buckets. She has chosen the book called, "How Full Is Your Bucket, For Kids" Very good choice I might add. Those books are around 10.00 each so this will be a bit difficult for her without some help. On Sunday she was an Angel in the Easter program for her Sunday School. She recited the Easter Bible Verses. It took a couple weeks of practicing to memorize them, but she got it!

Where has the time gone?

I can't believe how long it has been since this blog has been updated. For two reasons actually. One was a sign on issue. The other was our CI life has calmed down drastically. We are almost what I would call a "normal" family. Geez, I hope I didn't just jinx that.
Morgan is doing an awesome job in Kindergarten at Pennview. Everyone knows how the CI's work, the FM/Soundfield is working great not only for Morgan but for the whole class. The kids love passing around the microphone. It is just amazing to me how much they learn in Kindergarten in today's world. They have accomplished telling time and counting money and measuring just about everything you can think of. This week since it is Easter time they are doing an egg drop in science class. Poppop and Morgan think they have this all sewed up. We will see! Morgan is also now involved in learning to play the violin. Her teacher says to us she is a natural at it. That is incredibly hard to believe but stranger things have happened.
Morgan still has the one tube in her ear from almost two years ago. One fell out and left a hole. So on April 6th she is getting surgery to removed the one that is left in and patch that hole. If she doens't get any ear infections in the fixed ear then in 3 months she will have the ear fixed that left a hole from the tube that fell out on its own. Morgan had a problem with the anesthia when she got her tubes put in. Let us pray that this will not happen again! She is getting the first surgery on Good Friday at CHOP in Chalfont.

Morgan just loves to make her baby sister Rylee laugh. Her days are filled with all the things a normal hearing kindergarten girl does.

Hopefully now that this blog has a good sign on and good weather is right around the corner we will be updating more frequently.

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Cochlear recalls N5 implants!

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We will have to be on the look out for problems that could come. This recall is for the exact time period where Morgan falls. She is pretty good at telling us when something isn't working correctly but is is a little harder for her with two ears now instead of just one. Maybe because she is 5 and doesn't take that close of notice when she is playing.

She is doing fantastic in school. She thinks it is hard but works very diligently. She is memorizing the 23 Psalm. Is this possible for a kindergartener to do this. You are darn right it is. In one week she has done a fantastic job so far. I will have to do weekly updates to show you.

1st day of Kindergarten Picture

Morgan could not have had a better first day of school!