Stella's for a Democratic Society: 2012

Monday, December 31, 2012

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Monday, December 24, 2012

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Sleepyhead in the back seat...

Friday, December 21, 2012

Boooooooring

Waiting while the Moms buy pierogis at the neighborhood Polish deli.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Saturday, December 08, 2012

Saturday, December 01, 2012

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Guess who?

That's my daughter! Well, it's my husband, but it looks JUST LIKE my daughter -- hair, nose, smile, mannerisms, expressions. Eeeeeeeeeerie.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Friday, November 16, 2012

We've had a couple people contact us since we sent the picture of Stella Dot getting the mold for her hearing aid yesterday. So I wrote up a little something in response to one of those inquiries, and I'm posting it here for everybody to read. Thanks for your kind notes and thoughts.

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We didn't realize anything either. It was the school district's hearing screening that they perform on all kindergartners that picked it up. I don't know if you remember that she was having some anxiety last year? We think now that wasn't anxiety at all but that it was related to her hearing.

The doctor and nurses were surprised at how well she has been able to mask any symptoms of the hearing loss. Moving from low to high frequencies, her hearing loss increases dramatically to the point where at the highest frequencies she has severe hearing loss. But because her left ear has 100% normal hearing, it is easier to function as a child because so much of your life is interactive. They said that when you get older and school becomes more lecture-based, hearing loss is much more obvious. Although the "s" sound and "th" sound both occur in the high frequencies, no one has been able to tell us if her lisp is connected to the hearing loss.

Anyway, she can barely tell a difference. She insists that she can hear just fine. And yesterday she got to choose what color her hearing aid will be. In case you're wondering it will be blue, purple, and red. No hiding that behind her blond blond hair!

She was such a trooper, too, yesterday. The CT scan tech even went in search of and gave her a special teddy bear because she did such a good job.

Then she had to have the mold of her ear done later in the day. By the time we got back in the car you could see she was exhausted from just keeping it all together. And even before we got home she had fallen asleep. Poor little thing.

As long as she doesn't lose the hearing aid once we get it, it'll be great. If she does lose it, though, we may have to take out a second mortgage on the house. 😊

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Getting the mold for her new hearing aid

Monday, November 12, 2012

Headed to "dance camp"

(No school today)

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Lunch with the Scholles

Watching horses run in circles and jump

Friday, November 09, 2012

All dolled for bedtime

Thursday, November 08, 2012

She's reading so hard…

… She needs a sweatband.

Friday, November 02, 2012

Oooooobama!

What you look like...

...when dressed by Grant Samuelsen.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween

Monday, October 29, 2012

Halloween is almost here

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Block party

Saturday...

...Brought to you by the patterns floral and striped, and the color yellow.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Cakewalk

The Norwegian Snow White

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Don't hassle the Hoff

Stella Dot's new. . . cousin! Son of Ryan and Dori, Hoffman Mathew R. was born on Monday, Oct. 22. He weighed in 6 lb, 6 oz.

Look at that HAIR! Grandpa is soooo proud.