Good Hearing Report

Sorry it has been so long since the last post, we have finally made it past summer. Tonya has finished her one month vacation, which was well deserved, and I have wrapped up the last youth trip for the summer. Since the last post Luke has learned how to walk. He only does it when he feels like it but he is now a walking machine. Today we had our six month hearing check up for Luke's hearing. In the past both of his ear canals were almost completely closed. Today the hearing report was similar but the doctor when looking in his left ear was able to see a defined ear canal for the first time. This was a great sign for him and he wants to go ahead with a canalaplasty (sp?) in the left ear to get 100% hearing in that ear. A canalplasty is where they will graft skin from behind his ear and go in to widen the ear canal with new skin. We go Friday to Duke to have a CT scan done on that ear. They have reserved us a sedation slot because it is impossible to keep a 1 year old still enough for the scan. TOnya is freaking out about this but we know God is definately at work in opening Luke's ears. So today has been a big praise God day for our family. I will keep posted on when the actual surgery will be but keep praying as I know many of you have been.
After Church on Sunday Tonya was eating lunch with Austen when out of the blue Austen asks "Is God coming back for us?'" to which Tonya said "Yes." Austen then asked would we go live with him? the answer was yes. Then Austen asked "will God come grab me?" with a fearful look. After she was assured that God was coming back to take her to heaven and not going to grab her to take her to heaven she looked at Tonya and said "It will be so much fun!" Just shows you better be careful the phrases you use around children but at least she was listening during sunday school.

Luke is a Flirt

Our son has learned a very interesting way to get people's attention, especially the ladies. Most children find a way to make people pay them some mind, usually it is crying, whining, or screaming. Luke has never been much of a cryer so he has learned that lokking cute will get the attention of the ladies around him. Now wherever we take him whenever he sees someone and wants their attention he cocks his head to the side, bats his eyes, grins a real sly smile, and when they see him he says "hey there." Women cannot resist his charm and he knows it. We were in Charelston and he was getting tired and fussy while Tonya was in a store looking at clothes. The store lady walked by and in one instant he went from fussing into his "cute mode" while saying "hey there" to her of course she stopped to talk to him. In fact in the pictures below of him in his new hat he is trying to get the attention of a lady selling something beside of us and that is why he will not look at me. Luke has the sweetest personality and is a joy to be around always but Tonya says we are going to have to reign this in before he gets to be a teenager.