Last night the kiddos and I returned from a very quick trip to Anchorage. Two purposes to the trip-to get Nora's hearing checked and to see my sister Bonnie, my brother-in-law Todd and their two boys-Ben and Kellen.
The airplane ride over was fun, as it was a VERY small plane-one seat on each side of the aisle and no flight attendant. We took the whole 3 seats of the back row and there was no chance of getting Nora in her seatbelt. Nonetheless, as we approached Anchorage the pilot warned of "moderate" turbulance. Sure enough, we hit some pretty big bumps and Nora thought it was SO funny and let out big belly chuckles. People on the plane turned around and smiled at Nora. Having a toddler laugh at the turbulence works well as comic relief! Thankfully none of the bumps were so big that they caused any of us any harm. Phew!
Bonnie met us at the airport and we went to Nora's hearing test. An audiologist looked inside her ears, put a thing inside her ears which vibrated her ear drum then took a picture of her eardrum. Such cool ear technology nowadays. Nora was up for pretty much everything, as the lady had us go into a sound proof booth where Nora sat on my lap with toys. We were insturcted to sit there and look at the toys quietly and the lady sat outside the room looking at us through the window. Different noises came over the speakers on each side... Swooosh, swoosh, swooosh....very softly. Nora would quickly turn her head as if to say, "what was that noise?". The test was over quickly and we learned that Nora passed her hearing test with flying colors. Good to know, as we have been wanting to eliminate poor hearing as a cause of her speech delay. Patrick and I never felt she has difficulty hearing, but its good to know for sure now.
The rest of the visit was filled with yummy Thai food, chatting and catching up with Bonnie, seeing my nephews who are both in high school now, a tiny bit of shopping and passing Stuart around. Good family times. Nora, Stuey and I got a tour of the Shed/greenhouse/banya which Todd is building behind their house. So cool! See photo above. Todd is quite the carpenter extrodinnaire!!!
The flight home was something else-fortunately Adelia Myrick was also on the plane to help. She was brave enough to sit next to me. Bless her heart. Managing a squirmy, tired 7 month old and a 2 year old is something else. Nora screamed for about half of the trip and I didn't get too many ugly looks from fellow passengers. Thats probably because it was only an hour flight. I tried buckling Nora in several times, which was quite a joke-she could slide right out.
Note to self: next time bring car seat on plane to strap Nora in during times of kid meltdown.
Stuart is babbling a lot more, even just in the past few days. Saying sounds which sound like "da, da, da...". So fun to see the verbal progress over a matter of mere days.
I went back to work today which was fun. I have a small case load which is excellent. Working 6+ hours a week is perfect.
Zoya
Photos: On the top, Stuey and Bonnie
Second from top- Ben, Bonnie and Kellen
Third from top- The shed/greenhouse/sauna
Todd holding Stuey
Kellen and Nora on the drive to the airport
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