Well, I don't know if anyone will bother to read this blog anymore, but here I go. It has been a very busy year since I last posted. I will try to break down the year of Ben's amazing progress over the next few posts, but basically the year was spent taking Ben to school, therapy appointments, audiology appointments, and taking care of four other children. Oh, and growing a new baby! Ben became a big brother on August 9 when Caleb was born. Our family is overjoyed and we have been busy adjusting to life with a new little one. Ben is a wonderful big brother and I know they will have a lot of fun together once Caleb is a little older.
Ben's speech and language skills have taken off this past year and he now tests in the average range of hearing two-year-olds. Well, he actually tested like that about one year post-activation. We are now just a few months from his second hearing birthday and he is doing incredibly well. We attribute this to many things, and I will detail what steps we have taken on his journey this past year. We have had to make many decisions regarding Ben's therapy and education and we pray that they have been the right ones for him.
I found myself feeling like some things had to give this past year, and one of them became this blog. Every time I felt like posting, it seemed like I didn't know where to begin. But I miss it and I do want to share information about how well Ben is doing and the steps we took to get here. I also want to share about what the other kids are doing. I want this blog to be a record of our family's life, so I am going to give it another try, even if I end up being the only one who reads it.
