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Kelly S.

Saint Peters, Missouri
A dual citizen of the US and Canada, I moved here to the US in 2003 to be with my husband, John. Together, we have two boys, Eric (born in 2006) and Danny (born in 2008). Danny was a month early and was diagnosed shortly after birth with congenital CMV. After spending 2 months in the hospital... Full Bio
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Adjusting to Baby by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness So much has happened in the past 2 months, but life has gone at a rush, and taking the time to stop and write about it is hard to justify. Still, I know I will want to rem ... Read on »
Being the Big Brother by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness This guy loves being a big brother. Seriously, he adores it. It’s been almost 2 months now, and the shine hasn’t faded on Eric’s love for his baby brother – he st ... Read on »
Catching, and Keeping, Up by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Life with a baby isn’t as difficult this time around, but it’s certainly just as busy! In large, my time on the computer has been very…limited, to say the least. I can set ... Read on »
Four by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Danny turned 4 today, and it blows my mind. I think part of that, though, is that I’m still coming to terms with the fact that he’s NOT the baby anymore. He was the baby f ... Read on »
Baby Time! by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I’d been having crampy contractions off and on started on the 29th of February, though I was trying not to make a big deal out of it since I knew it could stretch ... Read on »
Facepalm, and Other Communication by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness There is no doubt that Danny is coming out of his shell for communication – and the more he does, the more hilarious he gets! Moving away from one of his most ... Read on »
37 Weeks: Making Life Interesting by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I keep being told by people that I am “so small,” “too small to be so close,” and variations along that line. Even my doctor has said it! And I’ll admit, while a part of m ... Read on »
Valentines for Boys by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness In Kindergarten, at Christmas, the kids made calendars for the adults in their life (parents/grandparents/whoever – they call them “your adult” to be safe). For January, E ... Read on »
The Trouble with Teeth by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness When it started happening to other kids in his class, I was amazed, but I put it off as them being the 6 year olds of the group. Surely, losing a tooth wouldn’t happen thi ... Read on »
Reading… Kindergarten Style by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Eric seems to have found the “keys to the castle” when it comes to reading…because suddenly, he is doing an amazing job of it! For a while now, he has been bringing little ... Read on »
32 Weeks and Counting by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Time flies, for sure, when you’re pregnant and have 2 kids! With just 8 weeks to go, it’s a fairly safe bet than in 2 months’ time, there will be a baby in this house… Cra ... Read on »
Balancing “Can” and “Cannot” by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness This little boy, I think, is always going to keep us guessing. The first question may be – what on earth? John and I have spent a few years, now, trying to f ... Read on »
Holy Cow – 10 weeks to go? by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness What I want to know is how, exactly, I got to be so pregnant. Of course, I think it snuck up on me mostly because of the holidays. I’ve definitely been feeling pregnant, a ... Read on »
Obligatory Christmas Post by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Maybe this will get me back into blogging more often? I was sitting here thinking that I at least had to post something about Christmas, if only for the purpose of being a ... Read on »
The Pregnancy Post by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness When I began this pregnancy, I made a pledge to myself: I was, for a change, going to do a decent job of recording it. Now, most of this happened on a separate blog I crea ... Read on »
Homework for Two by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Homework is becoming an interesting time around our house. Eric doesn’t fight it much, most days, but now that the newness and excitement of being in school has faded I’ve ... Read on »
Thanksgiving? Already? (Again?) by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness In place of a normal blog post (which will come soon, I promise – I have a few things I want to get down that were lost in the restore, as well as just a few things I’ve b ... Read on »
And we’re back! by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I did lose my blog entries from August 30 to current, however, there haven’t been a WHOLE lot of those. (Yes, I need to blog more.) And any photos in entries between July ... Read on »
20 Weeks Along – Halfway There! by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness As of yesterday, I am officially 20 weeks pregnant, and it’s kind of hard to believe! I have a bit of a bump and am feeling many kicks, though they are nothing (I d ... Read on »
Does Whatever a Spider-Pumpkin Does by Kelly S. Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness This craft has been my plan to do since…well, forever. My mom used to make these amazing mini-pumpkins to sell at my dad’s store (he works in a produce department), and I’ ... Read on »