"Growing by leaps and SOUNDS": Riddleberger Reunion Weekend

We traveled down to Greensboro, NC this past weekend to spend time with all the Riddleberger cousins! It was great spending time together with everyone. Thanks to Bret and Jodi for being such fabulous hosts. Both Blake and Sean had so much fun visiting with all of the cousins! It was non-stop nerf guns, legos, ping pong, and chasing after Sean! Thankfully Sean did a great job of keeping his processors aka "ears" on. It was during this weekend that Sean officially heard HIS name and would turn to his name when called. We arrived to NC, with Sean on map #2. Sean's processors are programed with 4 maps, at each mapping. We decided Saturday afternoon to see if we could bump him up to map #3 to see if he might just hear a little bit more. Well, sure enough he did! Almost too much b/c as soon as I changed the map with the remote, Sean's head turned and eyes perked up, but then decided it was "too loud" and began to cling and cry. :( It was my fault that one, I tried "turning him up" while he was tired and two, while the processers were ON and on his head! Live and learn. The good news of it all is that these were the first couple of days where we felt that Sean was realizing that these things that he has to wear on his head and behind the ear are actually helping him to "hear!"