Mommy isn't sure if she likes this crawling thing with Reid or not. He's good at finding things, at least! He certainly found this basket with no trouble!
Friday, August 8, 2008
Oh boy!
Mommy isn't sure if she likes this crawling thing with Reid or not. He's good at finding things, at least! He certainly found this basket with no trouble!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
The dwindling posts...
Ellie and Reid's mom here....
Well, I have mixed emotions right now. School starts soon. Real soon. The 18th....yikes! That is SOON! I have been so lucky to have been at home since the birth of Reid. Now, back to reality. I have been in my room now for 4 days sorting, organizing, re-arranging, stapling, taping, re-doing, cleaning, and so on. I miss my blogging time. I so enjoy the moments when I can sit down and relax a bit and catch you all up on life...and I can catch up with so many lives that I love to catch up on! Part of me is ready to teach again. I love my 4th graders. But, it will be hard leaving Ellie and Reid. I am grateful for the sitters that have been in Ellie's life so far....and I look forward to a new chapter as we go to Jen's for our child care. I am grateful to have found someone as wonderful as the other 2 gals that have cared for Ellie. I am grateful that my kids will be in a loving, Christian, faith-filled home. I am not worried about their care AT ALL. That is a blessing. I AM worried about getting 2 up and ready in the morning and out the door by 7:20. Wow...that will be tricky. Especially with the stents. Yuck. We will do our best.
I am taking on a new subject at school this year....2 really. We have re-vamped our 4th grade positions, and after 11 years of teaching Science...I am taking on Math. It will be a change and a challenge...but one I am ready for. I am also adding Reading to my teaching. I have taught it before...but not in awhile. A year of changes.
I will blog when I can and check in with all of you as often as possible. You are my little network of support....and I will miss checking in as often as I have this summer. It has been wonderful being home. (but I AM ready for a conversation with an adult!)
And thank you for the many who are praying for our insurance situation. It is a mess...and we are just waiting for the next step. I don't really know what will come out of it...but I will keep you all informed. We are faithful and believe that Reid will be taken care of. We won't sacrifice his care for anything. Looks like palate surgery will most likely take place in Oct. No exact date yet. Still waititng.
Well, time to prop my feet up a little and cut out some lamination! Yep, looks like the school year is already in full swing!!!!
Well, I have mixed emotions right now. School starts soon. Real soon. The 18th....yikes! That is SOON! I have been so lucky to have been at home since the birth of Reid. Now, back to reality. I have been in my room now for 4 days sorting, organizing, re-arranging, stapling, taping, re-doing, cleaning, and so on. I miss my blogging time. I so enjoy the moments when I can sit down and relax a bit and catch you all up on life...and I can catch up with so many lives that I love to catch up on! Part of me is ready to teach again. I love my 4th graders. But, it will be hard leaving Ellie and Reid. I am grateful for the sitters that have been in Ellie's life so far....and I look forward to a new chapter as we go to Jen's for our child care. I am grateful to have found someone as wonderful as the other 2 gals that have cared for Ellie. I am grateful that my kids will be in a loving, Christian, faith-filled home. I am not worried about their care AT ALL. That is a blessing. I AM worried about getting 2 up and ready in the morning and out the door by 7:20. Wow...that will be tricky. Especially with the stents. Yuck. We will do our best.
I am taking on a new subject at school this year....2 really. We have re-vamped our 4th grade positions, and after 11 years of teaching Science...I am taking on Math. It will be a change and a challenge...but one I am ready for. I am also adding Reading to my teaching. I have taught it before...but not in awhile. A year of changes.
I will blog when I can and check in with all of you as often as possible. You are my little network of support....and I will miss checking in as often as I have this summer. It has been wonderful being home. (but I AM ready for a conversation with an adult!)
And thank you for the many who are praying for our insurance situation. It is a mess...and we are just waiting for the next step. I don't really know what will come out of it...but I will keep you all informed. We are faithful and believe that Reid will be taken care of. We won't sacrifice his care for anything. Looks like palate surgery will most likely take place in Oct. No exact date yet. Still waititng.
Well, time to prop my feet up a little and cut out some lamination! Yep, looks like the school year is already in full swing!!!!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Curve ball
Ellie and Reid's mom in for a bit....
Insurance. Ahhhh....gotta love it and hate it at the same time. A little story for you all tonight. Today was a cruddy day to say the least. Thank goodness for my hairdresser whose daughter has outgrown her Barbies...and gave them to Ellie. They entertained Ellie all afternoon while I made phone call after phone call. Let me explain.
I carry our insurance for our family through my school system. We have had Medical Mutual insurance for years. When I became pregnant, we were on Med. Mutual insurance. We NEVER had any issues and all was well. July 1, 2007...our insurance changed. Mind you...I was 5 months pregnant and we switched carriers through school. We really had no issues. All worked out well. The new plan took care of the rest of my pregnancy and cared for Reid's medical issues. It was a fine switch. July 1, 2008...our district has gone back to Medical Mutual after issues with the "new" carrier that we had for the one year period. Ok....no biggie because we have dealt with them before. Well.....but they had not dealt with Reid. Reid was not born when we were switched to the new carrier. So, Medical Mutual hasn't had the privelege of carrying Reid on their plan. Ok...so on with my story.
I called our plastic surgeon's office today just to check in with a palate surgery date. We have been waiting for awhile now, and it is NOT like them to not contact me. So, I called in. They were so sweet and basically said that they are waiting on our insurance to approve the surgery and so on. A light bulb went on in my head.....they didn't know that our plan had switched. We haven't been to the p/s since June...on the other plan. I felt so badly and explained everything. They took down our info and so on. As the insurance gal from the hospital was going over everything with me she says....."I just want to warn you." And with those words...I thought I was going to be sick. I knew what she was going to say. She continued..."Medical Mutual is not in our network."
WHAT??????? You are a MAJOR hospital (not to mention the #5 children's hospital in the nation, the #1 children's hospital in the midwest) and they are NOT in Medical Mutual's network????? Ok....as I was stressing over these words...I was trying to figure out what this was going to mean for us....for Reid. I knew right there, that we were NOT going to switch our care. I don't care if I have to totally rearrange my life....I WILL NOT switch Reid's care. We know our doctors and nurses so well, and love them dearly. They are a part of Reid's life...and I can not sacrifice that. I won't.
So, I spent the entire afternoon on the phone to so many people trying to figure out where to go from here. (thank God for the Barbies! ) None of our doctors or specialists are in the network under our insurance. Unreal. Since we are in the middle of Reid's care with an upcoming surgery in Oct. or Nov., we have filed a waiver to see if we can still get coverage due to ongoing care that has already begun. We don't know what this will mean for Reid's long term care. I know for certain, I will NOT take him back to where we started. (go to Reid's cleft journey to understand where I am coming from if you don't know what I am talking about) For now, I am trying to remain calm and have a level head about the whole experience. If you talk to the many I talked to on the phone today...they will tell you what a mess I was. Ellie came over to me numerous times today with kleenex. Bless her heart. I couldn't even give her Mommy time today....I was too busy on the phone trying to get somewhere with this mess. I bet the insurance lady thought I was a piece of work. She asked me questions about our situation, and I just cried and cried to her. Poor lady! She must think I am a total fruitcake! Then, I had to call church for something, and our secretary is the SWEETEST person around. When I heard her voice, I was another basket case to her. I am thankful for all of you that are thinking of us and praying all will work out in the end. I was just hopeful to get some school work done today since I start back to teaching in 13 days. What a curve ball our family has been tossed. Somehow....we will get through this. It's just a little rough right now, to say the least. Thanks upfront for keeping us in thought. I will update you when I hear more.
Insurance. Ahhhh....gotta love it and hate it at the same time. A little story for you all tonight. Today was a cruddy day to say the least. Thank goodness for my hairdresser whose daughter has outgrown her Barbies...and gave them to Ellie. They entertained Ellie all afternoon while I made phone call after phone call. Let me explain.
I carry our insurance for our family through my school system. We have had Medical Mutual insurance for years. When I became pregnant, we were on Med. Mutual insurance. We NEVER had any issues and all was well. July 1, 2007...our insurance changed. Mind you...I was 5 months pregnant and we switched carriers through school. We really had no issues. All worked out well. The new plan took care of the rest of my pregnancy and cared for Reid's medical issues. It was a fine switch. July 1, 2008...our district has gone back to Medical Mutual after issues with the "new" carrier that we had for the one year period. Ok....no biggie because we have dealt with them before. Well.....but they had not dealt with Reid. Reid was not born when we were switched to the new carrier. So, Medical Mutual hasn't had the privelege of carrying Reid on their plan. Ok...so on with my story.
I called our plastic surgeon's office today just to check in with a palate surgery date. We have been waiting for awhile now, and it is NOT like them to not contact me. So, I called in. They were so sweet and basically said that they are waiting on our insurance to approve the surgery and so on. A light bulb went on in my head.....they didn't know that our plan had switched. We haven't been to the p/s since June...on the other plan. I felt so badly and explained everything. They took down our info and so on. As the insurance gal from the hospital was going over everything with me she says....."I just want to warn you." And with those words...I thought I was going to be sick. I knew what she was going to say. She continued..."Medical Mutual is not in our network."
WHAT??????? You are a MAJOR hospital (not to mention the #5 children's hospital in the nation, the #1 children's hospital in the midwest) and they are NOT in Medical Mutual's network????? Ok....as I was stressing over these words...I was trying to figure out what this was going to mean for us....for Reid. I knew right there, that we were NOT going to switch our care. I don't care if I have to totally rearrange my life....I WILL NOT switch Reid's care. We know our doctors and nurses so well, and love them dearly. They are a part of Reid's life...and I can not sacrifice that. I won't.
So, I spent the entire afternoon on the phone to so many people trying to figure out where to go from here. (thank God for the Barbies! ) None of our doctors or specialists are in the network under our insurance. Unreal. Since we are in the middle of Reid's care with an upcoming surgery in Oct. or Nov., we have filed a waiver to see if we can still get coverage due to ongoing care that has already begun. We don't know what this will mean for Reid's long term care. I know for certain, I will NOT take him back to where we started. (go to Reid's cleft journey to understand where I am coming from if you don't know what I am talking about) For now, I am trying to remain calm and have a level head about the whole experience. If you talk to the many I talked to on the phone today...they will tell you what a mess I was. Ellie came over to me numerous times today with kleenex. Bless her heart. I couldn't even give her Mommy time today....I was too busy on the phone trying to get somewhere with this mess. I bet the insurance lady thought I was a piece of work. She asked me questions about our situation, and I just cried and cried to her. Poor lady! She must think I am a total fruitcake! Then, I had to call church for something, and our secretary is the SWEETEST person around. When I heard her voice, I was another basket case to her. I am thankful for all of you that are thinking of us and praying all will work out in the end. I was just hopeful to get some school work done today since I start back to teaching in 13 days. What a curve ball our family has been tossed. Somehow....we will get through this. It's just a little rough right now, to say the least. Thanks upfront for keeping us in thought. I will update you when I hear more.
Happy 9 months, Biggie Boy!
Ellie and Reid's mom here. How can it be that I have a 9 month old little guy already??? Unreal. Reid is crawling now and getting to what he thinks he should have. Most of what he thinks he should have, Ellie thinks he shouldn't have!!!! He is doing well and just getting to be such a little ham! We are blessed beyond measure.
Happy 9 month birthday, Big Man! We love you!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Family outing....
We went to feed the ducks last night with Mommy, Daddy, Reid, and of course, me! Here I am with Daddy trying to find the exact duck that I wanted to throw my bread to.
I am very careful and always have to scope out the ducks before I feed them. I like to throw my food just to the exact one I want.
This is Reid's first look at the ducks. He is not sure what they are all about!
It was a fun night. After we fed the ducks, we fed ourselves at the ice cream shop! Reid helped Daddy eat his ice cream! Reid LOVED it. It must have felt good on his gums. One bottom tooth is through...and another on the way. It was a fun night. I love being with my family.
The stats are in!
Reid's 9 month appointment was on Friday. We were excited to see his growth.....here are the official stats on "Biggie Boy" as he is known at our house.
Weight- (totally naked...not one ounce of clothing on him)- 23 lbs. 3 ozs.
Sidenote- Ellie was JUST barely 20 pounds at one year. Yikes! Where will Reid be by then?
Height- 30 1/4 inches
Percentage compared to others Reid's own age-
Weight- 87 %
Height- 96%
Weight compared to height-
71%
Results-
Reid is huge. : ) And we love him that way!!!!! Way to grow, Biggie!!!!!
Weight- (totally naked...not one ounce of clothing on him)- 23 lbs. 3 ozs.
Sidenote- Ellie was JUST barely 20 pounds at one year. Yikes! Where will Reid be by then?
Height- 30 1/4 inches
Percentage compared to others Reid's own age-
Weight- 87 %
Height- 96%
Weight compared to height-
71%
Results-
Reid is huge. : ) And we love him that way!!!!! Way to grow, Biggie!!!!!
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Last day of swimming lessons...
I loved my 8 weeks of swimming lessons. I wanted to go every single day....but my lessons were only on Saturdays. I am sad they are over. I learned a whole bunch and loved my teachers. I am getting better and better at swimming...and can't wait to go back for more!
I had a great time....and can't wait to go again!
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Mommy and me having cuddle time at Hocking Hills.
Told ya, my hair can be wild! And you thought I was kidding!
Hmmm, Blue's Brother's perhaps?