Wipe away Baby, In a Tree Top...

I'm in love with this picture and with this sweet moment I had today.  Skylar was so tired after eating lunch that she fell asleep as I cleaned her face softly with a wipe.  I kept doing it for a few minutes just because I thought it was so sweet.  Look at that little face!  My sweet girl.

A couple other funny and cute things that happened today:

After Blakeley went pee this morning, she waved at the toiled & said, "Bye bye pee pee!"  Then she blew kisses at the toilet. 

She did this with her poop the other day too.  She waved at the toilet and said, "Bye bye poo poo!" while jumping up and down.  Where do kids get this stuff? So funny.

This afternoon I told Blakeley that it was her Daddy's birthday tomorrow and she got all wide eyed with a surprised look on her face and said, "Oh my goodness!" and then started running around the room all excited.  The way she said "Oh my goodness!" was soooo cute.  I don't even know where she learned that saying because I don't say that very often. 

P.S. I can't believe Skylar starts nursery at church in two months!

More Funny Blakeley Shenanigans...(They Never Stop)

Here are some of the funny things Blakeley did this week...

Today Blakeley's breakfast prayer consisted of the following: "Dear Heavenly Father...Pizza...bless Dada, bless Mama, bless Sky, bless Phoebe, bless Pizza...something, something...Pizza...something something," and so on...

Then at lunch today Blakeley said, "Mom, look! It's a bib!"

With her tortilla

Yesterday Blakeley was in time out while I was changing Skylar's diaper & when I came back, she was eating a FROZEN corn dog! Gross! She had gotten it out of the box on the counter. Kids, I tell ya! I guess now I know what to feed her next time I'm feeling REALLY lazy.

On Wednesday, I found this.

I had been wondering where all of Blakeley's socks went!

On a sad note, she also got stung by a wasp that afternoon.  She handled it like a champ though and at least now I know she isn't allergic!

Earlier in the week Blakeley was so sweet. I was cleaning the table with a hand towel & on her own, she got a couple of clean hand towels out of the cupboard & hung them up on the oven handle. Such a good helper!  She seriously loves helping me.

Another funny thing about this picture is that everyday at some point, Blakeley will put on Skylar's clothes so this is actually the outfit I had on Skylar that day - size 6 months & it kinda fits!

WARNING!  This next one is a bit graphic but I pretty much take pictures whenever I can to document Blakeley's happenings. 

On July 27th, I posted this to Facebook:

Oh, to appreciate special moments in life. Like watching a sunset, seeing your baby smile for the first time, Blakeley taking off Skylar's poopy diaper while she's crawling around on the floor. Oh wait...

Luckily, it didn't create as big of a mess as it could have but Skylar was crawling around for a few minutes before I realized what happened because I was eating lunch at the table.  At least this rug I could just throw in the washing machine.  There were only two other spots I had to clean...one on tile and one on carpet.  So I'd say I lucked out on the mess potential.

With Blakeley around, the fun never stops!

Potty training update:  B has been doing great.  She's been wearing undies for two weeks now & doesn't really have accidents very often.  And she's been pooping in the toilet for a week now which is great!  For the longest time she wouldn't poop in the toilet & I even bribed her with Chuck E Cheese & ice cream.  So when she finally did, I had to pay up.  Here she is at Chuck E Cheese!

Breathing a Sigh of Relief...FINALLY!

Today is a monumental day for me.   After hours and hours on the phone, multiple letters written, and many tears of frustration shed, I FINALLY received the notice that I've been waiting for...the insurance company finally PAID the three claims that have been outstanding for months.  They approved my appeal back in January, these three claims slipped through the cracks and were never paid like they should have been, and after much craziness and stress endured on my part, they are PAID!   This is related to Skylar's hospitalization & surgery last July in Utah that unknowingly ended up being out of network.

I cannot express how happy I am to finally put this to rest.   This has probably been the most frustrating experience of my life...dealing with all of this aftermath with an insurance company who dropped the ball & really didn't care that I had to call twenty times since January trying to resolve this.   All of this stress has actually felt worse in a way than the hospital experiences themselves.  That might sound weird but it's hard to express unless you have been through this craziness with the insurance company & hospital providers. 

But overall, I am extremely grateful that instead of paying $16,000 out of pocket, we only had to pay about $550 since my appeal was approved based on the fact that it was an emergency situation. I really have needed some good news so I'm glad I got some today!  I have been waiting & waiting for this!