Still on the road. :)

We're still on the road, closer to our new home now. I'm working on someone else's' computer, so I will try to continue the "story". I'll have to figure out where I left off, though!

The boys have done very well. We've had no problems with the CIs. The rechargeable batteries have been great! We brought along the packs for their BWPs, to use regular batteries if needed, but haven't had to use them. Their BWP batteries have been lasting all day, then into the next day. We've been turning them off for naps and sleep. Matt doesn't nap much, and he wears his when he goes to sleep. We turn his off after he's out for the night. But both boys start up with the same batteries the next day, we only replace them with charged ones when we have to. We have found that to be very easy.

We've had MANY opportunities to share with people about the boys' cochlear implants. I should have kept a log listing all the conversations we've had with people, it would have been very LONG. Matt went with his Grandma today to pick up his little cousin at school. One of the other kids waiting to be picked up asked what the thing on his head is. Grandma had him explain it to the other children, and they all found it "cool". Matt has never been shy to explain that his ears are "broken" and the CI helps him to hear. He's a cool kid.

Chris is overcoming his fear of water at a furious pace. He's been a cutie through most of the trip. :)

Josh has had a lot of physical exercise, certainly more than he even had with therapy in the past. We were recently at Yellowstone for four days. In the beginning he couldn't run down the gravel hill too well in our campsite. By the end he was whipping down it in no time flat. Up and down, with me chasing him. He walked so much visiting his Grandma and seeing the sites there that he would collapse by the end of the day. He is also into "jumping" just for fun now, too. His balance had problems in the past, and he has lower muscle tone, so this progress has been fun to watch. His word approximations are getting a little better, too. It's amazing how I forget about the muscle tone in his mouth, and how he needs to keep working on it, too.

Well, I need to get going. I'll try to continue the story later.