Help???

Myra loves to help Josh with laundry :)

So long Tan :(



Catalina's tan lines before
school started up again



Since school started three weeks ago we have been swimming a grand total of... 1 time (Josh and Josh Jr. went another time for scouts)!  It is amazing how busy life gets when shool starts up again.  It is also amazing how fast our pretty tans fade :(  Good Bye Summer!  Hello Fall!

Prayers!

Each night we say prayers together as a family.  And each evening it is a different persons turn to pick who says their prayers first.  Tonight it was Catalina's turn to pick the person to pray.  Josh told Cat it was her turn to pick, and she just started to pray!  Not the usual, but OK.  When she was finished she called on me to pray.  So I prayed, and then to be fun, I picked Catalina to pray (again).  And she did!  She just started right up and said a whole other prayer (including praying for snow).  When she finished her (second) prayer Catalina called on Josh to pray.  After he finished his prayer Josh thought he would try it again, and he called on Catalina to pray (again).  This time she responded with... "I already prayed Daddy!"  He called on her a couple more times with the same results, and finally called on Ben.  After Ben prayed, Ben asked who was left.  Josh answered that Brooklyn, Savannah, and Catalina were left.  Which Catalina quickly replied to with "I already prayed Daddy"!  The rest of the prayers were finished and Catalina did NOT pray again, but the funniest thing is we don't think she remembers praying the first time...  And the rest of the kids don't remember either.  We asked when every one was done who prayed first.  And they all answered Mommy!

Myra at 14 months!

Myra is 14 months old today!  She is such a sweet baby...  Toddler...  Little girl!  She is changing so fast and growing so much!  I can't believe how fast time is going!  Her are Myra's stats...

Still under 20 lbs. but just by a little

Still riding in the car backwards, since she is still under 20 lbs.
Loves her milk ~ but still out of a bottle

Would rather eat "real" food over baby food

LOVES to climb!!!  Often find her in the middle of the dining room table
Doesn't sleep through the night every night, but starting to sleep through a lot more
Has 6 teeth in the processes of coming in...  4 on top and 2 on bottom
Still has Blue eyes...  How long will they last???
Still has Red hair, with little curls

Still the most loved on baby ever!

Bill

We got a bill last week for Catalina's dentist appointment.  Back at the beginning of May she had a bunch of dental work done.  Knowing that she was going to need a lot done, we decided to do it all at once with oral surgery.  When we first made this decision the dentist office thought it would be about a $50 co-pay for the hospital and the dentist's bill...  Which was to be around $500 (sweet Catalina did not get the good teeth)...  We went through the same thing with Savannah, but didn't do the oral surgery route.  Instead they did the local anesthesia, and I held her!  And it took four appointments to get all the work done.  And it was NOT fun!  So oral surgery sounded much better for Catalina.

The week before her scheduled appointment I call the insurance company to find out how much it really would be...  And it was more than the $50 the dentist told us, but not too bad...  About $170.  This was three months ago...

Since then I have paid the dentist some where in the $500 range...  The anesthesiologist got $168...  And the hospital wants (actually it wasn't even in a hospital, it was an out patient center), they want....  $4,462.82!!!  That's right $4,462.82!  For a bed!  And then a movie during recovery.  She didn't even get the Popsicle they promised her, and boy did I hear about that on the way home!  The total bill was $8114.21!  For oral surgery!  For the use of the out patient center!  That doesn't cover the Anesthesiologist, that doesn't cover the dentist.  That is for the building!!!!!  I guess she was sleeping on gold plated beds or something, because it didn't cost that much to have a baby!  I will be making an angry phone call here in the next day or two.  I sure feel bad for the person who gets my call, because I already know I will be yelling!

Pictures

Here are a couple cute pictures of my little stinkers :)

Out for a stroll

Hi mom :)

Myra's new trick

She is very proud of herself

A new day

Today was the first day of the rest of my life :)  And I have to say it was a great start!  OK the day wasn't what you would call great, but the start was/will be.  And please no one panic.  Josh and I are still madly in love.   He is the best thing that has ever happened to me.  I am repeatedly grateful for such a wonderful, kind, caring, sensitive man that I get to share my life with.  He literally spoils me to no end!  I am so thankful to have him.  But today brought other changes to my life that have been in the making for a LONG time.  And today will yet bring many more changes to my life, and I am grateful for that as well.  All I can say is that I am so excited for the future!