Blogging on the go

I just found this app to blog from my phone. Maybe I will keep up more! Right now I just want to blog some pictures. They can tell the day to day real life story of our family!



A sweet visit from Molly. We sure mis this family. Rainbow pancakes all around.




Seriously! Did I hit the cute baby lotto or what?



This was the strangest version of ' The Wizard of Oz' that I have ever seen!



This is Ms.. Rosey. She is Savannah's speech therapist. We love her!


-posted on the go

Location:My bed

Thumbing through...found this post that is 1.5 years old

Sometimes we need to remember how it felt...
Posted this on October 1st, the night before I had Savannah..
All still holds true!!!!

Twas the night before Thursday
Twas the night before Thursday and all through our house,
not a child was stirring, not even my spouse!
With a basket of laundry clean and folded with care,
We are anxious to have a new baby living here!

I start with my rounds, for each child I pray.
Starting with Corbin, so much I want to say.
I pray for his salvation, his strength and his health.
I pray he knows his family is truly his wealth!

I pick him up as he stirs while I am there.
Then I kiss his sweet cheek and cuddle him with a tear.
My surprise of surprises, that is his sweet place in life.
I lay him down and lastly pray for his future wife.

Off to my oldest, my first baby to bring home.
She lays in her bed and is out like a light.
I kneel down beside her and am in awe of her sight.
Just 5 short years ago, this was her big night!

My request to Him is for her to continue to grow.
To look for His guidance and take life slow.
I lean over to kiss her and tuck her in snug.
I look at her and say, "I love you bug!"

My last stop is the busiest room in this home!
My sweet little girls, they just play in there and roam.
I first see my Laurel, she slightly opens her eyes.
I tell her to close them, and she does as she sighs.

For her I pray she accepts the Lord.
That she uses his word like a shield and a sword.
I ask the He continues to make her so sweet.
And I ask that she gives up her obsession of something always on her feet!

I scoot over to the other pink bed against the wall.
I have so many prayers too night, but non too tall!
My little Anabelle, I pray for her safety.
I pray that she is always close to me.

I pray she asks Him into her heart.
And I pray that her relationship with her siblings, will never part.
With her old pink silky, I tuck her in tight.
I kiss them both and whisper good night.

As I sit down and rest, I think of the years that have passed.
I think of the tears and the fears that no longer last.
We were fearful to have no children in our house.
And now we are blessed beyond belief, me and my spouse!

So I anxious type while I lay in my bed.
I just pray for a healthy baby, I promise to love and keep fed!
I know the Lord will watch over us all.
He will not ever let us crash and fall.

He has a plan for my family, this I know.
He doesn't have to do much for it to show.
I know tomorrow will have so much joy.
We will add to the 3 little girls and 1 sweet boy!

So, now I head off to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
I pray he watches through the night.
And I pray he keeps me safe in tomorrows light.

Round 1, sucker punch 1..ahhhh...and 2

Wow. The past month has been a flash. It seems like each day a new adventure was unleashed. One that I was unsure of how to accept and certainly had no idea of how to address. The one thing that I held firm during each new experience, was that He has a plan. Albeit, sometimes I certainly said, "Are you sure about this plan?" And then it was confirmed each time, "Yes my child." So, onward we go. I am going to step back just to April 28th, 2010. We took Savannah for a more in depth hearing test. It is called an ABR test. She needed to be put under for this. If you want to learn more about this test, I attached a link to ABR TEST . The ENT we saw also suggested that during this test he would determine if she needed tubes or not. She did. Before they took her back, I really felt like the results would be something along the lines of this:
1. She needs tubes
2. She has some hearing loss, but the tubes will help correct that issue
3. Once the tubes are in and she gets some relief, her speech will develop.

Isn't it interesting how we can completely plan out a situation? How we can make it seem as thought it all make the best sense that this would be the outcome. Well, when they were done the doctor and audiologist came in. They spoke to us for about 30 minutes before we went back to see Savannah. This is what they said(or what I heard).

Doctor
"We decided to insert the tubes in both ears. There was some fluid, and this should correct the problems she seems to have with her ears draining. Second we were able to do the Sensory portion of the ABR test. I will let the audiologist explain that."

AUDIOLOGIST
"The results of the test showed that Savannah has moderate hearing loss in one ear and severe in the other. Of course we recommend hearing aides in not just for the server ear, but for the moderate ear. BLABLA BLABLA BLABLA BLABLA BLABLA BLABLA BLABLA

Basically after the hearing aids I felt like a quick sucker punch in the gut that I couldn't react to and just kept nodding my head yes and saying, "ok." I asked how long she will need aids, of course with a reply of her entire life. Sucker punch number 2. I started to react to that one, but kept it inside.

So, at that point the dr and audiologist left the room. We had about 1 minute for Fred and I to consider the words, the change in life, the challenge, the gift of what all of this could(and has) become. We went on to get Savannah and stayed with her until she woke up.


But now I back up..I will go back to 10 minutes before I walked in with Savannah for this appointment with the audiologist and doctor. In effort to help her gain her speech, we have been going to therapy since her 1st birthday. She has made some progress. We at least have "Mamamamama" as a primary sound! 2 times a week for 45 minutes. We have been very blessed to have 2 therapists that have been incredible with Savannah. And love on her so sweetly. But, I did feel like we needed more. The biggest problem you face in that is insurance. Insurance is a funny thing. It limits you while guarantying something for you. We only have a certain number of sessions allowed a year, until we have to pay not only a $45 copay, but the additional $115 per session that we would be billed. A few people recommended the Callier Center as a resource for therapy. I had called in the first part of the new year, and was told the wait list for the "Pre Verbal Program" was a bit long. Plus, at the time Savannah was not the right age. They take 18 months to 3 years for this program. They mentioned that we might get in the program in the fall, but most likely it would be spring of 2011.
So here I am. Walking into Savannah's appointment for the ABR test. And I get a phone call. It is the Callier Center saying they had a few openings for their summer program. They asked if we would be interested. Of course we would be. I did not think twice about the answer. I took the first appointment they had for an observation with Savannah. They said she would have her own therapist 4 days a week for 2.5 hours. There would also be other therapist around helping as well! They said they could bill to Aetna as well.
Are you kidding me? I thought well, this is good. It gives me options for Savannah.

So back to the recovery room. I looked at Fred and said, "Sometimes you don't have any idea what the next step is or how to figure it out. God laid this one out for us. We had no idea what we would be hit with today, but He did. And He provided the next step before we found out we needed it. The Callier Center is one of the number 1 places to be for speech and hearing loss."

So, it all made those 2 sucker punches a little less painful.
I still sit in awe of that. If I had not received that phone call, I would have not only been trying to process the facts alone, but trying to process what is the best next step for Savannah. And I didn't have to. He does provide!
Ok, I will post later about the blessings that have come to us and Savannah receiving her hearing aids. I must go to sleep so BooBoo and I can go to school in the morning!