We head out in the morning for Virginia! Can't wait! While we are there we will be

Doing a lot of this

to get Jason ready for Basic
Visiting Washington D.C.

Saying good bye to Daddy for 10 weeks! :(

shopping at the outlets till we drop

visiting Colonial Williamsburg

So stay tuned for a lot of new post when we get back!

Date NIGHT!

Jason and I got a Date Night Friday and sadly it was probably the last real date we will have in a long time.....We leave Tuesday for Virginia, and from there Jason leaves for Basic Training, so before life gets all hectic with packing and getting ready to leave we got my parents to watch the kids while Jason and I had some "us" time! It was so nice to be able to go out, enjoy our dinner and actually be able to have a conversation, and can I add the fact that I got to eat my meal while it was still hot! I love you Jason, thanks for always making me feel so special! I will miss you like crazy, and I will definatley miss our Date Nights, but I'm so proud of you!

9 Months

I'm a little behind on this post but our little Brielle is now 9 months old! I took her to her 9 month check up last Monday and of course she is growing like a weed and it right where she is suppose to be developmentally. Here are a few things about Brielle at 9 months: She weighs 19 lbs 5 oz (53rd percentile) and 29.25 inches long (93rd percentile), she is crawling everywhere and is INTO everything, she can pull up in her crib and pack and play but is still working on other objects. She is very sensitive, if you even look at her wrong she will scream! And one thing that has definitely not changed is she is still a MAJOR mama's girl! As of lately she has mixed emotions about Daniel, one minute she loves him the next minute she is screaming and crying when he even tries to touch her. She says mom all the time, and babbles da, da and ba ba constantly. She loves sticking her tongue out at us and blowing rasberry's. As feisty as this little girl is, we just love her!

The Good and the Bad

As I posted earlier Daniel was having some hearing tests done.....and today was the day. The day started out rough, because he was going to be sedated for the test we had to deprive him of sleep so that when they gave him his sedation medicine he would fall asleep easier, lets just say keeping him up hours past his bedtime and waking him up at 6 a.m and not letting him eat or drink anything was not easy or fun, but by doing this he was able to fall asleep very easily and the Audiologist was able to do the test and get all the information they needed, and with that we have good news and bad news. The bad news is Daniel is suffering from some hearing loss, the good news is that his hearing is not completely gone, his left ear seems to have more hearing loss than his right and as of right now we know that he can not hear higher frequencies which are neccesary for speech. So until we are able to meet with his Doctor we won't know the full extent of everything or what the next steps are for us. But for now we have some answers and although it very hard to deal with right now, I am very happy because we can now move forward and get him the best care possible!

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter this year, we are finally moved in at my parents house and were able to really enjoy the day, we started out with our Easter breakfast and then it was off to church, in which I spent most of my time wrestling with Brielle, she has got to be the squirmiest little thing, and actually this was the first Sunday since Brielle was born that we made it all the way through all 3 meetings, I mean it only took 4 adults to do it, but we did it! It amazes me though that even though I spent most of my time taking care of Brielle and only hearing the lessons and talks here and there, I still was able to feel the spirit, and really focus on why we really celebrate Easter. After church my brother and his family came over and we enjoyed a yummy dinner and then we just hung out and lounged the rest of the night....what a perfect way to spend Easter Sunday, time with family, church and lounging around, what more could you ask for? oh....and did I mention, other than the few toys the Easter bunny brought, Daniel has not touched his Easter basket....this kid has no interest in candy, seriously....I think he is the only 3 year old that doesn't eat sweets....that's right, no candy, no cake, and occasionally he might have a cookie, but he just doesn't have a sweet tooth, I guess I shouldn't complain, I just think its a little strange! We hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

After trying and trying I figured these will do.....besides it shows how they really are! Cute as can be!

We have decided to have some more tests done for Daniel, this time for his hearing. On April 16th we will have an ABR test done, they will have to sedate him and then perform the test attaching electrodes to his forehead and behind his ear and then a small insert will be placed in his ear canal. Daniel is still not talking and to be honest we don't know if its because of his developmental delay or if he does have any form of hearing loss, I know he can hear, but what he is hearing we don't know. So hopefully once this gets done we can finally get some answers so we know how to proceed. I'm just glad he we have Primary Childrens right here to help us and I am so grateful for all they have done for our little guy, I would be completely loss without them! On another note here are a couple random pics of Daniel as well....I have been terrible at taking pictures and blogging lately, packing and spending as much time with Jason as possible has taken over most of my time, so if you see less posts for awhile you'll know why, we have about 1 month left until Jason leaves.

Daniel comes home from pre-school exhausted, this time we didn't even get his shoes off before he fell asleep.