Praise the Lord!

We were given some very good news this afternoon. We were told that Lily's vision screening was not going to be covered by Early Intervention (program that she receives her speech therapy through - Her hearing screening was covered). Lily's case manager called and said that she is going to do what she needs to do to get it covered by Early Intervention if Anthem won't cover it.

I am sooo relieved. God does indeed give you what you need when you need it! Just push through the frustration and doubt. He delivers!!!!!

Insurance

Argh! While I am glad that we have insurance of some kind, I am thoroughly at my wits end. We are still trying to get insurance to pay for some of the testing that was done when Lily first got home in April. No details here, but suffice it to say Monday and Tuesday were very frustrating.

Steve told me that if anything, at least we have the money to pay for the bills. I know he was trying to make me feel better, but our savings is not the point. These services should be covered. It is a matter of finding the code that the insurance company will accept.

I am absolutely not trying to get insurance to pay for something they don't cover (insurance fraud). It is just a matter of dealing with people who aren't versed in international adoption!

I think I will go scream in my pillow now!

Tooth Number 8

On a lighter note . . . I noticed that one of Lily's four molars that she is cutting has finally broken through. 1 molar down, 3 molars to go!

Wow!

I knew AJ would come through. I will add a couple here. When I looked at the pics on the CD, there were 86. And I thought my brother took a lot! How do you pick? I want to post more, but right now our internet is running slow.

Family Picture

Well, we've been a family now for 4 months and have been home 4 months next week. We finally family pics taken this morning. I worked with a guy at Lion and Lamb that is a graphics design major who takes pictures on the side. He is from Hong Kong. Every time Lily and I see "Nana Debi" at Lion and Lamb, she says that Lily looks so much like AJ.

We went to a local park. Lily did very well at first, but you could tell she was hungry and tired after awhile. She loved the bubbles AJ brought. He is going to do some digital editing over the weekend and will probably e-mail us sometime Monday.

Will post the finished product when we get it!

Last Big Project

Work in Progress

The menacing tile

We are in process of laying porcelain tile on our front porch. Of course, as with everything else, it seems to be one issue after the next. It took Steve a total of 8 hours with 3 1/2 hours of my help to tile the top portion.

Then today, as he was preparing to start the tile on the sides, I found a tile that I did not push down! It came up. The story of the home improvement Woof life.

Pray that Steve is able to finish this as quickly as possible. The heat here is really draining. I am very proud of him. He is doing a great job. We have never laid ceramic or porcelain tile ourselves before. He didn't even get upset with me when I found the tile that came up (which was completely my fault)!

Jen

Hot, Hot, Hot!

As of 20 minutes ago, the temperature here in Lynchburg was 98 F with a Heat Index of 103 F. Yikes. That's hot, but not too big of a deal. EXCEPT - The electric company chose today as the day to turn off the electric for the houses on our street for supposedly 3 hours. They are working on a new house that is going up across the street. They put up a new pole/transformer. I was walking with my friend Kyrie when they told Steve. He came to the mall to find me so I would know to make plans for Lily to take a nap, etc elsewhere. Tabitha offered her house. When I got back from the mall, Lily was really tired and the temp in the house had only gone up a degree to 78 F. I went ahead and put her down. Fortunately just before she woke up, the electric/AC came back on. The power was only off for about an hour and a half! The house only reached 79 F, so we didn't end up having to go anywhere. Someone might think 79 F is warm for inside, but it felt wonderful as it was nearly 20 degrees cooler than outside!

While Lily was napping, I took some temps around the house with a outdoor themometer.

Windowsill in the kitchen - 86 F
Porch in the sun - 114 F
Porch in the shade - 96 F

You definitely are restricted with out electricity. I forget how dependant we have become! I couldn't do laundry, run the dishwasher, or even take anything other than an ice cold shower.

Relieved the air is running again,

Jen