My child doesn’t grow in years. I swear he grows in haircuts. I usually wait as long as I can possibly stand before I take Connor in for a haircut, partially because I don’t want him to develop a distaste for the barbershop, and also partially because I love those little ringlets Read More
Archive for the ‘SEE’ Category
In Which Connor Gets A Haircut And Turns 278
September 2nd, 2010 by Connor's Song
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In Which Connor Has An Outing In Pictures
August 30th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Today Jeremy, Connor and I decided to have an afternoon outing! Connor has gotten to the point where we’re finally ready to start taking him out and about again, what better way to reintroduce him to field trips than a visit to the playground and then some back-to-school Read More
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In Which We Meet With Connor’s School District, And The Cannibal Rodent Strikes Again
August 28th, 2010 by Connor's Song
We had a meeting this morning with Connor’s school district in preparation for the upcoming year, and once again I walked out of it convinced our move to Puyallup was the best decision ever. The meeting was fantastic; basically everyone there was concerned with making Connor’s Read More
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In Which Connor Has A Sad Hat, And Meets Some Reptiles
August 18th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Today Connor and I met some friends downtown for the weekly Concert in the Park put on by Puyallup’s Parks and Recreation department. These are kid-friendly concerts and activities that happen every Tuesday during the summer. This week’s show was called Reptile Isle, and Read More
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In Which I Put Batteries In My Camera
August 17th, 2010 by Connor's Song
So you might have noticed that I restocked on batteries for my camera. I went a little crazy today as a result, so you get a lot of pictures. Kind of random, disjointed pictures, but then this is my blog, after all, and so you’ve probably come to expect that sort of thing. And Read More
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In Which Connor Rocks Out
August 4th, 2010 by Connor's Song
We are never, ever doing a “Fun With Music” weekly theme ever again. I’m not sure I will still retain my sanity by the time the week is out. This is because Connor has decided that the super-fancy keyboard, which came in the Theme Box of The Week, is his favorite toy ever in the Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Music, SEE |
In Which We Have A Sort Of Mixed Day
July 29th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Long day today, so this is going to be short. The good: Connor had a nutrition appointment today, and his length-for-weight was smack dab in the 50th percentile! This means he’s growing up perfectly proportionate: just what we like to hear. He’s also on the Read More
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In Which Li Li Gets A Pretty Palatable New Friend, And Connor Tries Out An iPad
July 28th, 2010 by Connor's Song
So today went a bit better, I’m happy to say. Connor was a total crabby pants, but that may have been because instead of paying attention to him this morning, I was watching our new gerbil (who is as yet unnamed) and our old gerbil (Li Li)attempt to dig through the mesh divider Read More
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In Which Connor Wishes He Could Find A Decent Exterminator
July 21st, 2010 by Connor's Song
This morning Connor and I went to the library and picked up his theme box for the week. We’re doing bugs, and the box contained a bunch of fun things to look at and touch, including books, plastic insects and arachnids, and a number of puppets. As soon as we got home I Read More
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In Which We Birdwatch, And I Get Ticked At Some Other Lady
July 15th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Today Connor and I took a trip to the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge to do some birdwatching! Our theme for this week is birds, so I thought it would be appropriate. Unfortunately, in order to see birds you have to be very quiet. And Connor was actually not the problem. He Read More
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In Which Connor Gets His Teeth Cleaned, And Feeds A Goat
July 7th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Wow, what a busy day! First I’ll tell you about the not-so-fun part. Connor had his dentist appointment early this morning; because of his genetic condition we see the pediatric dentist every six months. Connor has a number of issues with his teeth and palate– he has, Read More
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In Which We Have Another Insanely Busy Day But I Manage To Blog About It This Time
June 12th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Today was, if possible, even more busy than yesterday. Connor had a “Sports Day” at school today; they’re having a bunch of really fun theme days right now because we’re getting really close to the end of the year. He was supposed to wear a sports-themed Read More
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In Which Connor Has An IEP Meeting
June 9th, 2010 by Connor's Song
We had a much better day today! Thanks to Connor actually getting food (and therefore sleep) last night, he was in a much better mood today. He came home from school, took his nap and ate some lunch, and then we were off to his IEP meeting for the year, which went just swimmingly. No Read More
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In Which Connor Is A Starveling
June 8th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Poor Connor. Last night around ten o’clock he threw up, and so I went in and turned down his feed. At least I thought I’d turned it down– I’d actually turned it off. So at about four in the morning he woke up with an empty tummy and refused to go back to sleep. Read More
Posted in ASL, Hard-of-Hearing, Non-Deaf/HOH Topic, SEE |
In Which I Think About Activities
May 23rd, 2010 by Connor's Song
We worked on the fence again today– we’re a little over halfway finished with it. I got to use the circular saw today, and I didn’t cut my legs off or anything! It was awesome. The next project we’re planning on tackling after this one is our deck, which seems to Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Education, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Loss, SEE |
Connor’s Song 2010-05-19 11:26:00
May 19th, 2010 by Connor's Song
My post for this month is up over at Hopeful Parents. ~Jess Read More
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Connor’s Song 2010-04-19 03:56:00
April 19th, 2010 by Connor's Song
My monthly article is up over at Hopeful Parents. I’ll have another blog post here later today! ~Jess Read More
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In Which We Have A Good Day
April 17th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Connor had a good day today! The meeting at school this morning was very productive and went well, and Connor had a fantastic day at school, which I’m sure was much appreciated by everybody as we didn’t really need any more excitement. He came home and had his hour of Read More
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In Which Adoption Makes Me Dust Off Some Old Feelings
April 11th, 2010 by Connor's Song
I’ve come to a realization about myself over the past few weeks. All along I’ve been secretly in love with the idea of having a little girl. I didn’t even suspect that I wanted a girl; when Jeremy and I got married I knew that the odds were in favor for us having a Read More
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In Which We Get The Ball Rolling
April 7th, 2010 by Connor's Song
So our initial adoption application has been accepted, we’ve been assigned a social worker, and we’re on our way! And, of course, the first thing we have to do is fill out this fourteen page packet where we answer approximately eight billion questions which are meant to get us Read More
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In Which We Share Some Exciting News
April 5th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Happy Easter, everyone! Since today is a day of renewal and new beginnings, we thought it appropriate to share our exciting news with you today. Connor is going to be a little brother! We’ve officially started the adoption process, and we’re working towards adopting a Read More
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In Which Connor Has A Good Day
April 1st, 2010 by Connor's Song
Connor had a good day today– other than being a little more tired than usual we didn’t see any ill effects from yesterday’s seizure. I’d put his seizure medication into his g-tube pump yesterday morning rather than his g-tube directly, and the speculation was that Read More
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In Which We Go Shopping And Have A Random Encounter of Awesomeness
March 19th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Today my mother-in-law and I left Connor with Jeremy and spent eight hours out looking for patio furniture: a housewarming gift from Jer’s parents and several other relatives. We’re big on comparison shopping around here. We finally cobbled together the perfect set with selections Read More
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In Which We Add A Couple Of New Members To Our Household
March 14th, 2010 by Connor's Song
I spent most of today doing light housekeeping and whatnot. I’ve very quickly discovered that our laminate floors need to be vacuumed every day, as otherwise they quickly accumulate little piles of dirt, dust, cat hair, and unidentified bits of detritus that I don’t want to Read More
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In Which Connor Feels Under The Weather
February 11th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Okay, I know I just posted pictures of the house, but they put in this gorgeous kitchen faucet today and I had to show it off. Other newly installed things today include a large portion of the lighting (including that awesome chandelier in the library), the oven, cook top, vent, microwave, Read More
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In Which I Am Two Places At Once
February 10th, 2010 by Connor's Song
What a crazy, crazy day today. Due to both the extreme difficulty of getting appointments and the fact that I am insane, the guys both ended up having appointments today. At hospitals on the opposite sides of Seattle. A half an hour apart from each other. Fun. So I dropped for Jeremy off for Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Education, Hard-of-Hearing, SEE |
In Which I Talk About The Home And Garden Show
February 2nd, 2010 by Connor's Song
So the Tacoma Home and Garden Show on Saturday was fantastic! There were literally hundreds of different displays– everything from flower seed vendors (I bought myself some purple poppies) to roofers to cookware sellers to interior designers. It was really neat to get a chance to see the Read More
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In Which I Don’t Have Enough To Do Already
January 30th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Connor finally finally has both hearing aids repaired now and back on his ears. The kid kept breaking one or the other of them and he won’t usually wear just one; it’s all or nothing. It’ll probably take him a little while to get used to wearing them again as they’ve been Read More
Posted in Audiology, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Aid, SEE |
In Which Connor Grabs A Bite To Eat
January 28th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Jeremy had several appointments on post today and Connor had no school, so while the big guy was at the doctor’s office the little guy and I spent most of the afternoon in the Tacoma area. I dropped off one of Connor’s hearing aids to be repaired (the second one he’s broken in Read More
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In Which We Play At Being Models
January 25th, 2010 by Connor's Song
So we drove up to the Olympic Sculpture Park this morning for our photo shoot with Kat and Justin! The Olympic Sculpture Park, for those of you not familiar with the area, is a free public park affiliated with the Seattle Art Museum. They have several really cool permanent installations outside, Read More
