Joe and Jen's Place: November 2009

We are faced with half of November ahead of us and not too far away more snow will hit the mountains and eventually fall around us. We have a busy remainder of the year and we are looking forward to making the most of it.

Aspen has been busy dancing and a couple of weeks ago was no exception. Her studio was asked to model the fall line for Harley Davidson and do a little dance number. The practice before the big night was a little emotional for her and according to dad he almost lost his cool. If you know Joe this is a rare occurrence. We are both proud of her for sticking to her commitment regardless of the lack of couth portrayed by her instructor. Anyway the night came and went great and her cousins came out to the event to have a little fun. I tried to keep Bryant away from the swarm of people.

Aspen has also been busy at school and is getting really excited about her 5th birthday. She still has five months to go, but she has been planning this party since she turned four. This past week we went from a horse theme to a pool cake. Turning five must be a very big deal.

Bryant had his 6 month appointment last Friday and it went very well. There has been a shortage of the H1N1 shots here in Billings and since he fell into the high risk category he was able to get the shot. Our Pediatrician said that we should take advantage of the high risk category, and we did. So along with is other shots, he got one more. Bryant is in the 50th percentile for weight and 75th for weight. A few more pounds and we have to switch out his car seat. It is a good thing that I got a good deal on a much needed new car seat (I like to call it my cheap sickness). Bryant now has 4 front teeth and I think it is so cute to see them when he smiles. I hope the photographer gets them in his school pictures coming up. The girls at his daycare have nicknamed him Chompers, very fitting.

Bryant was scheduled for the RSV shot on Friday also, but alas insurance didn’t quite pull their weight. I called them three times. The first to see what could be done to change our denial letter to an approved letter to only find out that we were already approved. Two more calls to check on this and double check. Still have not gotten any information until last Friday when I was told that the Doctor has to re-submit the claim and our co-pay would be $200.00 per shot and could go up. The price goes up when Bryant weighs more. He will have one RSV shot a month until spring. The dosage of each shot will depend upon how much he weights. And of course we fall into that category of making too much money to qualify for assistance. It is a good thing I held back some FLEX.

So both kiddos have their H1N1 shot, Aspen has her Flu shot and both Joe and I are waiting since we missed the cutoff and due to the lack of supply. We normally wouldn’t do any shots, but we are trying everything to keep Bryant healthy.