We're moving!

Sorry for the lack of writing but many new things are happening right now and taking all of my time. We're moving! We are heading to Arkansas country and it is exciting. The Lord has opened some exciting doors for our family. Phil is entering another phase of ministry as Family Life Pastor and I am going to be an almost full-time Champion Family Coordinator minus subbing one day a week to pay for my extremely expensive health insurance but I will save that for another post.

I have always wanted to be a stay at home mom but after having cancer it was even more important to me. Cancer makes you come to the reality very quickly that you will not always be here and I want my daughter to know me as long as she can. I want to make strong memories with her and unfortunately my career was taking all of my time and sacrificing my family. Now even though I am still busy at least now it is Addison and Phil keeping me busy.

Phil is already in Arkansas and it has been so hard to be apart. Addison and I were down there for 10 days but had to come back for a doctor's appointment and someone has to get us all packed up. I can't wait for our family to be back together again under one roof. I have a wonderful husband and he misses his family deeply!

The doctor's appointment Addison had to go to was for her hearing aids that she began wearing after Thanksgiving. When Addison was born she failed her newborn hearing screening. So after an ABR it was determined that Addison has a hearing loss most likely caused genetically. I also have a hearing loss as well but only in one ear. Addison has a loss in both ears and although she has lots of good hearing it may affect how she hears sounds and in turn cause her speech to have problems. She may not need the hearing aids as an adult but she will need them through school. The doctors want to continue to monitor her hearing so that it does not get any worse. Also, Phil's health insurance doesn't pay for hearing aids but again I will save insurance for another post.

Addison's 1st birthday is coming up which does make moving a little tricky. I anticipate having a small family birthday here in Kentucky because most likely we will be in Arkansas on January 27th. I can't believe my little girl is 1. She is such a blessing in our life.

Addison enjoyed her 1st Christmas. She mainly enjoyed the boxes and paper and also enjoyed hamin' it up for family and friends. She is such a social butterfly and she definitely gets that from her Daddy. On Christmas day she went to the fire station to see her Grandpa and she was all smiles. This is one proud Grandpa!

Beach Babe

We just go back from the Emerald Coast! It was a wonderful trip and it is amazing how beautiful the ocean and white beaches are in the Florida Panhandle. Addision enjoyed her first of many trips to the beach. Her parents LOVE the beach! She loved puting her feet in the sand as the waves hit her feet and of course her favorite part is all the attention she gets while on the beach. :o) We are already making plans to go back very soon.

Longing for more time with Addison

It's back to work for me. Yes, you heard it school is back in session and so am I. I put in 40 hours this week and it was only a 4 day week and I still didn't get everything completed.

I also missed 40 hours of Addison's life this week. I am horribly, upset about this and I don't think I will ever get over this. I am still shocked that I can't get affordable health insurance. Until Phil is back to working full-time again it looks like I will continue to work 50 hours a week 6-4. We have sacrificed a lot for Phil to work part-time. I am still looking for the blessings of this. Maybe its just me and my lack of Faith...

Usually, all of my posts are happy but I do get depressed just like anyone else. So right now I am just feeling sorry for myself and longing for more time with Addison...

Real Food (Almost)

My Precious Girl

My precious girl is 6 months old. It is hard to believe it has been 6 months.

Blogging

I love reading biographies of people. I love watching documentaries about people. Presidents, actors, actresses, and everyday ordinary people. I guess that is why I love reading blogs. I love hearing others thoughts and voices on a variety of topics. Some of these topics are deep and some are not. I just enjoy it and it is something I do everyday.

I am curious if anyone still reads this blog?

Hope, Dreams, and Health Care Reform

I have always wanted to have children and stay home with them full-time.
I wanted to raise Addison and take care of her full-time. Being a teacher and
my husband a pastor I knew it would be hard financially. Neither pays a
tremendous amount of money. Phil and I have worked hard not accumulate a lot of debt.


We tried to have Addison for over 6 years. We had 3 miscarriages along the
way plus at age 29 I was diagnosed with cancer. Finally we were pregnant. I
knew when I had Addison I would stay home with her. Well while I was pregnant certain circumstances happened and my husband resigned from his job leaving him with only a part-time position. But because we hadn't accumulated a lot of debt I could still stay home until I found out I could not get on my husband's health insurance because I had cancer.

Well this has changed my whole dream in life. Now I am stricken to have to leave this child everyday and go off to work because I can't get Health Insurance. There are policies out there I could get but you have to pay out the wazoo for them and we don't have the financial resources for that.

So because I had cancer, I certainly didn't ask for this, I have to go to work to keep my health insurance. Forgive me if I am wrong but this doesn't seem right to be penalized for having cancer.

We certainly need healthcare reform in this country!