Saturday, November 28, 2009

Happy Birthday!

We had a very fun Thanksgiving this year. Arianna's birthday was on Thanksgiving this year! She woke up to this in her backyard....

Let's just say she was one happy birthday girl!

We had a wonderful lunch with family and then started the birthday celebrations.





I don't know how she did it, but she stayed up till 9 o'clock that night. She was so tired she slept through the entire night. :)
So I have to say this was one of the most emotional birthdays for me. I remember when she was born we would talk about "when she turns 3" all the time. We knew her birthday would fall on Thanksgiving and thought it would be great to host Thanksgiving at our house. Well that thought became a reality this week. I continue to be amazed at how far she has come. I guess every birthday is a bit emotional for me because it marks another year we've made it with our baby girl.
As for other news, Arianna has been excepted at the school district to receive speech therapy once a week. However, her pulmonologist does not want her attending any sessions at school during the winter. I'm still waiting to hear from the ST to find out how many children will be with Arianna. If it's one-on-one then I might allow her to go. If not, then I'll push for at-home therapy through another program.

Some of you may remember Arianna had a dental visit 2 months ago and needed to get a cavity filled and cleaning done at the hospital. I've been waiting for the insurance to approve this and finally I spoke with the dentist office last week and apparently I have to pay $400 for before they will do anything. I called insurance and they said everything is paid for and the dentist is trying to double dip. Apparently, the dentist office tried to get a professional hospital call approved for $88 and insurance denied it. Insurance has already approved this procedure to be done at the hospital so they will not pay for the doctor to drive there. So....this means they are trying to charge me $400 for the dentist to freaking DRIVE to the hospital!!!! You have got to be kidding me!!!! I'm waiting to talk with our pediatrician on Tuesday at Arianna's 3 year check up. I've already given her a call and she was going to call both my insurance and the dentist office. This is why I love our pediatrician! I'm hoping she has come up with a better answer than I have.
I thinks thats about it for us. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Mended Little Hearts BBQ

This past weekend was our Mended Little Hearts BBQ. We had such a wonderful time!
All but 3 are heart kids.



Aunt Lissa & Ari in the jumping castle. Definitely Ari's favorite!

Ari & Sofia
Heart Buddies!






Friday, November 13, 2009

Halloween 2009

I know I'm a little late but here are some pictures from Halloween.


All the kids before heading out



Alyssa & Arianna

(notice Arianna's mouth full of candy)