Monday, March 4, 2013
Pictures - End of the Year to Kylie's Birthday
Faith's Day and Other Happenings
It's been 2 years since Faith went to Heaven. Feels longer than that. I took the day off of work because I didn't know how I would do with today. I'm doing pretty good. I've kept myself really busy though. I moved 4 totes of clothes out of the basement to put with Chloe's things. I kind of wish I had been more methodological when I packed away Kylie's clothes, but I wasn't so now I'm finding clothes that say 2T in the 3T tub because Kylie was able to wear them longer. That's why I decided just to bring everything out of the basement. I did have some moments when I saw clothes that Kylie wore to the hospital to come visit me. To think of Kylie as being 3 doesn't seem that long ago.
I did do something today that I only thought about doing last night. I got my hair cut, 3 inches off. I didn't voice this to too many people but the last time I really had a haircut was March 7, 2011, the day before Faith's funeral. I had a really hard time after that cutting it, I can't explain why. I was half kidding, half not when I told some people that I wasn't cutting it until our house/kitchen was done. I've had my hair trimmed but never cut. I felt like I could do it today as a sign that I am OK. I am so very thankful to God for what I have and who my family is and so very thankful I believe in Him. This world would be a very dark place for me if I didn't have Him. I'm doing the devotional "Jesus Calling" and every day I read to ask Jesus to be with me. I've heard this a lot in church too, make perfect sense so I try to remember to say it as often as I can.
As for other happenings, Chloe is doing good. So does have a cough but hopefully we can keep it until control. We give her a nebulizer treatment everyday to help keep her airways open. We are debating whether she should have the last RSV shots this month. The doctor said to check who's sick a day care and if the season in Michigan has slowed down and then make a decision. So that's what we will do. It's weird, these bills for the pharmacy don't seem to make it to us in a timely manner. They always call me to say they need a payment before they can ship the shots. Last month someone finally made me aware of a assistance program we would be eligible for if Chloe didn't have secondary insurance, she doesn't right now. If this was last year when she should have had the shots, she would have the medicaid and that's probably why no one mentioned this assistance before. All I had to do was call a different department within this pharmacy (OptumRx) and answer some questions. We qualified for a $2000 debit card to use toward the bills. Well, that got used up in one second as our balance was a little over $4,000. Good thing we have an HSA to pay the rest. That was just the November to January bills. I haven't seen Feb yet and that's why we need to decide about March shots. I believe the price went up a bit because of Chloe's weight, that's what the nurse said, the dosage changed.
Birthdays birthdays birthdays. That's what else has been going on. Chloe turned 2 on January 22 and Kylie turned 5 on February 21. I think I talked about Chloe's party as a "Dress up" theme and food. Kylie, I was thinking mermaid but I wanted substaintal food, not snacks. I ended up with more of a rainbow theme. Rainbow Barbie cake, skittles, M&M's, and Kisses layered like rainbows in different glass vases. As for food, I didn't really have a theme. Maybe "kid food" fish and chicken strips, french fries and carrot fries, and mac and cheese made with squash. I wanted to be healthy as well, since there was candy on the table. I am very fond of the cake I made, it came out great. I took white cake mix, separated into 7 bowls and mixed in 7 different food colors, then dumped them all in the Barbie cake pan. Then I used the mix in frosting and had 4 different flavors, mint chocolate, strawberry shortcake, cotton candy, and white chocolate raspberry. Delicious! Oh - And I had rainbow Jell-O, Chloe loved it! I have to make more. That seems to be the only way I really eat Jell-O anyway. I think it's fun to make.
I'm going to try to post pictures. After I publish this.
I did do something today that I only thought about doing last night. I got my hair cut, 3 inches off. I didn't voice this to too many people but the last time I really had a haircut was March 7, 2011, the day before Faith's funeral. I had a really hard time after that cutting it, I can't explain why. I was half kidding, half not when I told some people that I wasn't cutting it until our house/kitchen was done. I've had my hair trimmed but never cut. I felt like I could do it today as a sign that I am OK. I am so very thankful to God for what I have and who my family is and so very thankful I believe in Him. This world would be a very dark place for me if I didn't have Him. I'm doing the devotional "Jesus Calling" and every day I read to ask Jesus to be with me. I've heard this a lot in church too, make perfect sense so I try to remember to say it as often as I can.
As for other happenings, Chloe is doing good. So does have a cough but hopefully we can keep it until control. We give her a nebulizer treatment everyday to help keep her airways open. We are debating whether she should have the last RSV shots this month. The doctor said to check who's sick a day care and if the season in Michigan has slowed down and then make a decision. So that's what we will do. It's weird, these bills for the pharmacy don't seem to make it to us in a timely manner. They always call me to say they need a payment before they can ship the shots. Last month someone finally made me aware of a assistance program we would be eligible for if Chloe didn't have secondary insurance, she doesn't right now. If this was last year when she should have had the shots, she would have the medicaid and that's probably why no one mentioned this assistance before. All I had to do was call a different department within this pharmacy (OptumRx) and answer some questions. We qualified for a $2000 debit card to use toward the bills. Well, that got used up in one second as our balance was a little over $4,000. Good thing we have an HSA to pay the rest. That was just the November to January bills. I haven't seen Feb yet and that's why we need to decide about March shots. I believe the price went up a bit because of Chloe's weight, that's what the nurse said, the dosage changed.
Birthdays birthdays birthdays. That's what else has been going on. Chloe turned 2 on January 22 and Kylie turned 5 on February 21. I think I talked about Chloe's party as a "Dress up" theme and food. Kylie, I was thinking mermaid but I wanted substaintal food, not snacks. I ended up with more of a rainbow theme. Rainbow Barbie cake, skittles, M&M's, and Kisses layered like rainbows in different glass vases. As for food, I didn't really have a theme. Maybe "kid food" fish and chicken strips, french fries and carrot fries, and mac and cheese made with squash. I wanted to be healthy as well, since there was candy on the table. I am very fond of the cake I made, it came out great. I took white cake mix, separated into 7 bowls and mixed in 7 different food colors, then dumped them all in the Barbie cake pan. Then I used the mix in frosting and had 4 different flavors, mint chocolate, strawberry shortcake, cotton candy, and white chocolate raspberry. Delicious! Oh - And I had rainbow Jell-O, Chloe loved it! I have to make more. That seems to be the only way I really eat Jell-O anyway. I think it's fun to make.
I'm going to try to post pictures. After I publish this.
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