July, I am ready for you to leave...

I am so ready for the month of July to be over! It has been in the high 90's and feeling like 110 degrees almost this whole month. On top of that, Michael has not been able to find a job and we are running out of money fast.

July has brought us nothing but trouble (with a few blessings attached).... our water main burst in our front yard and homeowners insurance wanted a $500 deductible to even send a plummer out. Since we didn't have $500, we went searching for neighbors that knew how to help, as gallon after gallon of water went pouring out in our front yard. We found a neighbor that helped us dig a whole and told us how to fix the pipe (blessing). We were able to fix the pipe and save about $450 dollars. Then, the storms a few days ago knocked down 2 trees in our yard. One tree took out our fence, and another fell right on my car! The car is going to be covered by insurance, thankfully. It will be a $100 deductible and they cover a rental car 80%, so we will have to pay about $10 a day for a rental car (the carseats don't fit in Michael's car). So... I am sick of heat and things breaking... Augist, please be a better month!

Summer 2010!!

Well, there sure has been a lot happen this summer!

We have gone to the zoo...

We have gone to the Aquarium...

We have gone to the beach (Treasure Island, FL.)...

Auriana is able to stand pretty well now if holding onto something...

And... she can eat some and likes to eat sometimes!!! (still working on it and still working really hard on getting her to drink!)

The girls have danced and played at local parks and had lots of fun...

Auriana has new hearing aids and is LOVING being able to hear!!

We've had LOTS of fun this summer!!! I am so glad that Auriana is sooooo much healthier than last year! Last year at this time we were helping her recover from open heart surgery, still dealing with tube feedings every 3 hours all day and all night, trying to figure out her hearing issues, trying to get her ankle braces, getting her started in her therapies, etc.... This year we were able to relax a little more about all her appointments, since we are to a point where everything is not "life or death"! Praise God for that!!

But, then on the other hand, this summer has been more difficult since my husband lost his job due to job cuts last month. School is coming up quick for Kylee. She will be going to a new school this year and I'm afraid we won't be able to afford to allow her to do a lot of things and she will feel left out because she won't be getting new school clothes, won't be getting a new backpack and lunch box, won't have cool things to take in to school. I am hoping she's still young enough that it won't be that big of a deal, but I am probably wrong for hoping. Kylee is very smart and notices things that are different. The hardest thing for her is going to be not being able to go to dance class this year since we don't have those extra funds.

I am thankful though, that for now we are still doing ok with our basic needs for our family and have not had to ask for a whole lot of help in that area... and that for now we are all "healthy" (minus all our disabilities. Hubs back, and Auriana's poor feeding, hearing defects, and other things that are not changing for a while.)

Anyway... thanks for reading! I can't believe that Auriana will be turning 2 years old in September!! I remember when we didn't know if she'd be alive for 2 days, 2 months... and now it's been almost 2 years!! And Kylee will be a big 5 year old in October! My babies are growing so fast!