Miss April- Calendar model

Laynie is Miss April in a CHARGE calendar. Another mom put it together and it features a different child for each month. All profits benefit the CHARGE Syndrome Foundation. I believe it is $20 and that includes shipping. Your wall will be beautifully decorated with some of the cutest kids in the world!!! Here is the link to purchase a calendar: http://www.chargecalendar.com/
Thanks!!!!

The BIG 3-0!!!!!

My awesome husband turned the BIG 30 last week!!! Wow- I remember as a teenager thinking 30 was so old. I pictured 30 year olds have a family, house, a good job, and have everything totally figured out in life! It's crazy now that Trevor is 30 and I am close to it and it seems like we are still so young and have a lot to figure out in life.
Trevor is my best friend and partner in life. I am so grateful that I met him when I was only 15 and pretty much instantly fell in love with him. He is so good to me and such a fun dad. Our kids totally light up when he gets home from work! We love you Trevor and are so thankful to have you!!!

We started the morning off with donuts and sent Trevor to work in his decorated car. He was not so thrilled about that part, but it's now been almost a week and he still hasn't washed it so I think he secretly likes it:)

We got him this basket filled with lots of fun goodies!

Then we went to dinner and had family over for cake and ice cream!!!

Trevor had a great 30th Birthday!

Happy Birthday, we love you!!!

Cochlear Implant Update

I don't have any pictures to share with this post, but I still wanted to share about Laynie's progress with her CI. She had an appointment with the audiologist in SLC yesterday and she did so great! She went in the sound booth and played a game where she holds a toy up to her ear and when she hears a sound she drops the toy into the bucket. She really understood the game and did awesome. She tested within normal hearing range in certain frequencies. Normal hearing range is around 20dB and she heard some sounds in that range which was amazing. I seriously never thought she would be able to hear this well. There are still some frequencies that she isn't hearing quite as well, but hopefully we can get them to improve as they map her CI. Even though she is hearing at a great level, she still ignores a lot. She is still working on learning that certain sounds are meaningful to her and not just a bunch of noise. Also, she is working on figuring out what different sounds mean. She recognizes things like her name, dogs barking, and my phone ringing. She is still working hard, but I am sooooo amazed at her progress and super excited about the possibilities in the future!!!!

Our Halloween 2013...

We had a fun-filled Halloween!!!! We had a cute cowgirl and a cool ninja this year!!!!

And.... Mr. Brain Burger and Mrs. Scary Zombie

We had a little Halloween party with the Dennings and the Halls. It was so much fun. We had tons of tummy food and the kids also had a great time!

Playing the mummy game

Donut eating contest

Mr. Brain Burger at work:) AKA Cannibal Carl

Scary

Yummy!!!!

Trevor went off to work dressed as a nerdy prom king. I thought he looked pretty hot!!!! I took the kids trick or treating at his work and they had a little spook alley and tons of candy! We couldn't get Drake to go in the spook alley.

Halloween night we went trick or treating and visited all the grandparents!!! The kids had a great time!

We also had this bunny costume and it was freezing so Laynie was a bunny for trick or treating because it was much warmer. She could barely walk because she was stuffed with so many clothes on! She thought it was so cool going up to the doors and getting candy. We saved all the suckers for her, and then we thanked her for letting Trevor and I eat all that candy that she can't eat:)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!