Dear Lawwd the things going on within the last month..I don't even know WHERE to begin! We went on vaca,got BIG news for our family,lost a loved one,came back to work,everyday life...which is exhausting in itself (in the BEST kind of way!) and I have been busy,busy with Miss Hive's bridal shower and the sweet baby shower for my future nephew!
Anyhoo---along with the good news for us. When the Monkey came into the world, D and I were totally unprepared! We were VERY young and the Monkey was a "surprise" for us. So,with that being said--insurance was something we knew nothing about and did NOT have. Luckily,the lovely state provided us with Medicaid and we thank God for it daily because the Monkey's first surgery raked in over $250,000 in medical bills..and then there were three more after that.However,with our move last year--we both got raises and were no longer applicable for Medicaid. Like most young couples with a family, private insurance rates are 1)scary as HELL 2)very over priced and 3)a MUST for a child who has had 4 surgeries. Our jobs both offer insurance but they will take half of our paychecks which leaves us not paying important bills---that's clearly a no-go! So...our search for health insurance began. I was a nervous wreck because I had no idea if anyone would cover monkey since he had pre-exsisting conditions..but luckily,the laws have recently changed where children under the age of 18 WITH pre-exsisting condtions can NOW be looked at as not having ANY! Music to his mother's ears :-) With a little help from my mom (who is awesome with budgets,btw), we have realized..we can do this on our own. I mailed the ACCEPTED application in to the insurance company and Monkey's insurance starts July 1.
kind of a big deal at our house right now...
Moving along...we went on a small vaca :-) We just went home to Memphis for what I like to call an "away-cation" Where you go AWAY but no where big! Totally what we needed! We went to the zoo and went swimming for a day and we had a FOUR YEAR wedding anniversary! *high five for D and I because marriage is NO JOKE and FAR from easy! While at the zoo,Monkey and I got to FEED GIRAFFES! The neatest thing..ever! Monkey and I have a little bit of a "thing" for giraffes anyways..he tells me daily he "loves me bigger than giraffes" because that's the biggest (thing) he's ever seen! Melts me right into a big pile of mommy goo! Sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me..here are some pics from that!
our sweet friend, Kenya...
Monkey LOVED him and wasn't scared one bit!
Best $5 I've spent...ever!
D and baby Monkey :)
Now with the not so hot news..my great grandmother went to Heaven while we were home on vacation. It happened the afternoon of our anniversary-May 17th. We had originally planned on going away on vaca but due to a totalled car..our finances wouldn't allow..so we went home. I've told people before, God's timing is always perfect and we needed to be home at that time...and we were.
On top of all my "fun"...I have been busy,busy with two showers for JUNE that are back to back! Showers are tough work but TONS of fun! I can't wait to see how they both unfold!
