Hello...Hello Moto Moto.

Hi all, it has been awhile since I have written in my blog. So here I am. Things are getting so busy around here. SPRING IS HERE!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOHOOOOO. I thought it would never come. Just a few short months ago I was looking forward to spring, but never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I would hear spring. I can hear the birds. IT IS WONDERFUL!!!!! We are pretty busy around here trying to get things ready for our garden. It is still alittle to wet to plant yet, but it sure won't be long. Today the high was 72 and it was amazing to be able to drive with the windows down, although wind noise is still a HORRIBLE noise. You could smell the fresh cut grass. Needless to say we ALL have spring fever in this household. But along with spring comes allergy season. Now I dont have allergies, but everyone else here does, including the kids. On top of allergies Toby also has asthma, so we have a kinda love hate relationship with spring.

As far as my hearing it is going pretty good. I have had to have some electrodes in my right ear turned off cause they cause me to have an awful pain. But I go to the audiologist on the 21st of April and there is gonna be a representative from Advanced Bionics (the maker of my cochlear implants) there. She is gonna take a look and make sure that there isn't a problem with that device. I also hope she has some suggestions on how I can get those electrodes turned back on without causing pain. But even with all of that it is still pretty good. I am able to pick out a few more words during conversations and I had a WOW moment the other day. I can actually understand on my cell phone if the person on the other end talks slowly and clearly. It was AMAZING. I can understand better on my cell phone than I can on my CapTel phone.

Well you might be wondering about the title of this entry. It is actually a funny from our house. There is a movie called Madagascar 2. Well the hippo in the movie is called Moto Moto (the name so nice they say it twice). Well to hippo's it is sexy to be what they call CHUNKY. Anyway Toby walked up to me yesterday and said "Mommie I lub ewe, ewe are CHUNKY" Keep in mind when Toby says chunky his voice goes down like 4 octaves to a bass voice. I said "TOBY" And he said "But mommie I just think ewe are beauuuuuuuutiful." Now I ask how can you argue with that. And so in the mornings when I put my "ears" on for the day I always say something so I can tell if the volume is too loud and such. So now my new phrase is "Hello....Hello....Moto Moto."

More Wonderful Everyday Life

Hi all......It has been a little over a month since I have been activated. BOY WHAT A MONTH!!!!! I am hearing and understanding new things everyday. One really cool thing is that when I read the captions on the television I can pick out some of the words. If I'm not reading the captions though it just sounds like random noise. But I just cant believe that I can pick out some words on the tv.

Also the other day we were comming home from a friends house and we came to a stop sign in the country. Jay rolled down the window and shut off the car. I said "what in the world are you doin????" He said "Listen.....can you hear that????" It took me a moment, but I DID hear something. It was really low pitch and it was kinda cool......I asked him what it was and he said that it was frogs. We all started laughin and we ended up sitting there for quite awhile. Most people would say that this was silly, but it really was quite an experience. Often times it's the little things in life.

Another thing that has given me great joy lately is being able to hear the kids play-argue with me. I might have to explain that one. It's mainly playful name calling. Like I will call one of them a boogie-picker, and they will answer back, well then your a toe-jam-licker, well then you are an arm-pit-smeller, well you are a snot-sucker, and so on and so forth. It is really quite comical. Now keep in mind this is all in good fun and they know that they can only call people names like that when they are playing this particular game. We have played this game forever, but now that i'm able to hear it, it brings on a whole new meaning. Sometimes I feel almost like a child again discovering my new world. Words cannot express the amazment of all the sounds in my world.

Jay came up behind me last night right before we went to bed and whispered in my ear "I love you baby" I understood what he said. To most this is just a trivial happening, but it is not that simple to me. I actually heard and completly understood what he had said. Jay didn't have to face me so i could read his lips, he didnt have to use sign language to tell me this. He just came up behind me and said it. Now that is what I call a WOW moment!!!!!

Summer Is Almost Here

Well.....not much is goin on here lately. Summer is right around the corner and summer is always VERY busy for us. We always put out a six acre garden with my best friend and her family. It is very time consuming, but always well worth it. So right now I am looking for some good deals on seeds. I think this year I'm gonna put out some tomatoes, peas, potatoes, zucchini, green beans, corn, and maybe some lettuce. I LOVE to garden, well actually this is more like farming, but none the less I love doing it. It really makes me feel good to do this for my family. Jay killed two deer this year so with that and the garden we should be really good for next winter. My kids also LOVE going up to "the farm." We live in town so I hafta keep a close eye on them when they are outside here at home. Well....when we go to the farm they can run, frolic and play to there little ole hearts content. Josie also likes to help me plant seeds and plants while Bubbie (Toby) loves to sit at the edge of the garden and play in the dirt. Needless to say we all have a bit of spring fever around here. I thought for sure there would be no more cold cold weather coming, but I just checked the weather forecast and we are gonna have some cold weather heading this way in the next couple of days. Highs in the 30's again. YUUUUUUCK!!!!! Oh well, at least we know that summer isn't that far off.