Enjoy your day to the fullest and we love you Grandma! (We love the first picture so much we put it again!)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Happy Birthday to my Grandma!!!
Enjoy your day to the fullest and we love you Grandma! (We love the first picture so much we put it again!)
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Proud Papa, Teeth, Party and Pumpkin patch.
I was waiting for Mike to come and show us the culmination of a long road... what is in the white envelope?
His Bachelor's Degree! It is finally here, so it is official. Congratulations to my daddy!
Also, while trying to doddle with Arianna, I came with this drawing that simplifies how I was feeling due to pain in two teeth. Apparently they worked to close to the nerve, and even though the nerves were fine they needed to go since they would not heal after they worked around them. Too much sensitivity equal to too much pain, so no choice but to have root canals. Well, after our pockets hurt more than anything I can say that I feel a lot better, but I still have some more stuff to go through in this area :( oh well...
Into nicer things, we went to Ann's house on Saturday to celebrate Grandma and Grandpa's birthdays. Ann made some really good pizzas and a Caprese (spelling?) salad. All homemade and that was her gift to her parents. Everyone ate a lot. After eating Arianna was playing with Grandpa and the drums. She loved them so I guess we can say a lot of noise is in our cards for our future.
Ann and Mom are getting ready to have some cake. The cake was their gift from Dave and Tiffany. It was all chocolate, with a layer of strawberry marmalade, and white frosting with sprinkles.
You go Grandma!
Happy Birthday Grandpa!
Arianna rocked to different tunes and she even sang most of the happy birthday song!
On Sunday (today) we went to a pumpkin patch at Palos Hills - The Farm. It was a great day and there were a lot of people taking advantage of that, but we still had a lot of fun. The good thing about this place is that they charged 4.50 per person (for the farm house - animals) and it was free for kids under 2 or you can go straight to the hay ride that takes you to the pumpkin field and not pay anything except for a pumpkin if you buy so it is nice. We paid for the farm and they had a lot of animals, and many of them you can pet: ducks, chicks, hens, bunnies (oh,rabbits- sorry Ari), horses, cows, goats, pigs, sheep... I may be forgetting one or two things. Arianna loved all of them.
After the farm, we went to the line for the hay ride. I was waiting on line while Mike and Arianna were playing nearby. Check the following pictures so you can see how much fun Ari was having!
I loved the colors of this tree!
Pumpkin patch, Arianna picked the pumpkin. After we walked for awhile, she settle for this one!
This was our ride back to the entrance were you paid your pumpkin and you can also buy some food and eat in their nearby tables or you can go home :)
Waiting for Mike. He went for the car so we would not have to walk all the way in the back. How nice of him :)
Nice picture of their bridge to cross Southwest Highway.
I captured this cool picture of geese flying by.
Arianna was playing with her big pumpkin and two little ones + a small gourd that Grandma and Grandpa bought for her. Thank you!
Here is our nice pumpkin. It was a long line to pay for it, but Arianna is having a blast with them and she is going to do some art on it later.
His Bachelor's Degree! It is finally here, so it is official. Congratulations to my daddy!
Also, while trying to doddle with Arianna, I came with this drawing that simplifies how I was feeling due to pain in two teeth. Apparently they worked to close to the nerve, and even though the nerves were fine they needed to go since they would not heal after they worked around them. Too much sensitivity equal to too much pain, so no choice but to have root canals. Well, after our pockets hurt more than anything I can say that I feel a lot better, but I still have some more stuff to go through in this area :( oh well...
Into nicer things, we went to Ann's house on Saturday to celebrate Grandma and Grandpa's birthdays. Ann made some really good pizzas and a Caprese (spelling?) salad. All homemade and that was her gift to her parents. Everyone ate a lot. After eating Arianna was playing with Grandpa and the drums. She loved them so I guess we can say a lot of noise is in our cards for our future.
Ann and Mom are getting ready to have some cake. The cake was their gift from Dave and Tiffany. It was all chocolate, with a layer of strawberry marmalade, and white frosting with sprinkles.
You go Grandma!
Happy Birthday Grandpa!
Arianna rocked to different tunes and she even sang most of the happy birthday song!
On Sunday (today) we went to a pumpkin patch at Palos Hills - The Farm. It was a great day and there were a lot of people taking advantage of that, but we still had a lot of fun. The good thing about this place is that they charged 4.50 per person (for the farm house - animals) and it was free for kids under 2 or you can go straight to the hay ride that takes you to the pumpkin field and not pay anything except for a pumpkin if you buy so it is nice. We paid for the farm and they had a lot of animals, and many of them you can pet: ducks, chicks, hens, bunnies (oh,rabbits- sorry Ari), horses, cows, goats, pigs, sheep... I may be forgetting one or two things. Arianna loved all of them.
After the farm, we went to the line for the hay ride. I was waiting on line while Mike and Arianna were playing nearby. Check the following pictures so you can see how much fun Ari was having!
I loved the colors of this tree!
Pumpkin patch, Arianna picked the pumpkin. After we walked for awhile, she settle for this one!
This was our ride back to the entrance were you paid your pumpkin and you can also buy some food and eat in their nearby tables or you can go home :)
Waiting for Mike. He went for the car so we would not have to walk all the way in the back. How nice of him :)
Nice picture of their bridge to cross Southwest Highway.
I captured this cool picture of geese flying by.
Arianna was playing with her big pumpkin and two little ones + a small gourd that Grandma and Grandpa bought for her. Thank you!
Here is our nice pumpkin. It was a long line to pay for it, but Arianna is having a blast with them and she is going to do some art on it later.
Friday, October 16, 2009
A bit of gripping...
As many of you know, I have been going to the dentist for the last 4 months, although it feels more like an eternity by now. I always had troubled with teeth. I guess I did not get the best genes in that regards. I tried to do all the things that I can - brushing, flossing, listerine, etc..I mean I still have most of my teeth, and I'd been able to save some by doing a root canal and crown. But, I don't recall the last time I had so many issues at once. The funny (if I can call it that) thing is that before Ari, I went to the dentist and I had one cavity. That was it. Almost two years later, 4 teeth need serious work and thanks to a wisdom tooth, two teeth are out (the wisdom tooth and the tooth next to it). So, hopefully I am at the end of this not so nice road and the last crowns will go in, and the pain from the extractions as well. But, that is not what I am gripping about. That is life, and I know that the pain will be gone eventually one way or another :) My gripping is about dental insurance.
I had used the dental insurance in the past, especially for a tooth cleaning, but not much than that. Did not need to. But, this year I went over the amount they can pay. So, we had to pay out of packet quite a bit. I guess I could have gone to Mexico and get a trip + dental stuff and maybe be the same as here. It is ridicule the costs for dental issues. Not that insurances care about that. Why they don't see that I did not need to use the insurance for a long time and now that I did cover some more? or just be fair to the amount that they will give you per year taking into account the amount of teeth that we have and how much it costs to save each of them. So, now that I have 2 teeth gone, I need to consider to put an implant. Not so much for cosmetic purposes, thank God they are in the back. But, to avoid my jaw line to be affected. Does insurance cover that? Nope. Out of pocket if I want it. So, there goes my end of gripping. Something needs to be changed to medical and dental benefits, and that is considering that I am lucky to have insurance in the beginning :( how about the poor souls that cannot get some?!
I had used the dental insurance in the past, especially for a tooth cleaning, but not much than that. Did not need to. But, this year I went over the amount they can pay. So, we had to pay out of packet quite a bit. I guess I could have gone to Mexico and get a trip + dental stuff and maybe be the same as here. It is ridicule the costs for dental issues. Not that insurances care about that. Why they don't see that I did not need to use the insurance for a long time and now that I did cover some more? or just be fair to the amount that they will give you per year taking into account the amount of teeth that we have and how much it costs to save each of them. So, now that I have 2 teeth gone, I need to consider to put an implant. Not so much for cosmetic purposes, thank God they are in the back. But, to avoid my jaw line to be affected. Does insurance cover that? Nope. Out of pocket if I want it. So, there goes my end of gripping. Something needs to be changed to medical and dental benefits, and that is considering that I am lucky to have insurance in the beginning :( how about the poor souls that cannot get some?!
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