First words

So the past few weeks Kairi has picked up new sounds to add to her vocabulary.

What Kairi can say now:

Ma Ma
Ba Ba
Da Da

This is amazing progress since she has been activated for only a few months.

Enchanted Forrest for Tyji's Birthday

For Kairi's brother Tyji, we went to the Enchanted Forrest in Salem. Tyji and Kairi both had lots of fun. This was Kairi's first experience riding on a ferris wheel and a kiddy train. She seemed to enjoy it.

July 4th

This is the first year that Kairi was able to hear the music and enjoy the fireworks with her new hearing. We went to Happy Valley Park in Portland Oregon. We all had a lot of fun. Kairi showed us that she knew how to hear the fireworks. Too bad she fell asleep before the show actually started. Maybe next year.

One Month and Hearing

It has been over a month since the surgery and close to a month since the activation. Kairi is showing sign of hearing.

The last appointment at the audiologist, Kairi was put in the sound booth. The first word that the audi spoke into the microphone... Kairi turned her head in all directions looking for the source. :-)

What can she hear?
- She is afraid of the vacuum cleaner now. So she can hear that.
- She can hear firecrackers. She turns to the noise and points at the lights.
- She dances to music.

There are a lot of instances where she demonstrates that she can hear something. Every week that goes by we notice it more and more.