Playing Catch Up

Wow! So much has been going on since I wrote my last blog entry. I guess I will start with Halloween. My cousin, Amanda came down and we took our girls to Vicki Popwell to have their Halloween picture taken. The girls were too cute! I really think the pictures are going to be sweet! All three girls (Sara Catherine, Ava, and Lily) were black cats, or as we called them, "a litter of kittens"! After the photo shoot, we went down to Pleasant Home to take the girls around to see our family. Next, we headed back to Andalusia and went trick or treating in town. Sara Catherine had a blast!! I know she enjoyed trick or treating, but I think she had even more fun spending time with her cousin, Ava! We went to the last house right around eight o'clock. When we got back in the car, she was asleep within two minutes!! Here are a few pictures from Halloween...

Does anybody recognize the witch??!!
Hint: She taught at P-home!

Sara Catherine and Ava trick or treating at Aunt Christin and Uncle Hunter's house.
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SC posing for the camera!

I took this picture a couple of miles down the road from the last house we visited!

On Wednesday, we went back to Birmingham to see the ENT. He gave the clearance for hearing aids and also had blood work taken for a genetics test. We will not get those results back for a few weeks because they had to be sent to Boston. Through this whole process, we knew that our insurance was not going to cover the hearing aids or fitting for the hearing aids which is crazy because as you all know, teachers have great insurance! We were told by the audiologist that the hearing aids cost at least eight hundred dollars per ear, and that was at the low end of the quality of hearing aids. Well, we knew we would not be getting the cheapest! So, we were prepared to fork out a lot of money for them... not to mention how much we had to pay for the appointment for the fitting. However, we have had a huge blessing come our way! I had a few different people talk with me about the Children's Rehabilitation Service (CRS) and how they would help pay for Sara Catherine's hearing aids. I contacted them and went and filled out paper work. Now for the good news...they are going to help us! I am pretty sure they are going to pay for the hearing aids and even some batteries! The fitting will be free, too! Had I not had friends contact me about CRS, I would have never known about it and went to Birmingham for a fitting when we went on Wednesday. It is so awesome to see God's blessings and know he is in control and to trust Him! Here is a picture of Sara Catherine with cow at Children's. At our first visit, she saw a little girl getting her picture by the cow and remember it when we went back.



Last but certainly not least, Happy Birthday Meredith!!! I hope you have a great 25th birthday! Ronnie and I are excited about going out to eat with the crew and then going to get our ultrasounds tonight!