My Little Landen

My Little Landen
This blog has been created to help others keep up to date and follow our journey. I will post as often as I feel there is new news in his condition or our family be it good or bad.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

News... the good and the bad...

So we have some news to share with everyone and depending on how you look at it its either good or bad... We are moving back to Utah this weekend... Why and why so quick you might ask? Its a long story and if you'll bear with me I'll tell the story.

Many things have contributed to this decision. The last of which is Scott giving his two week notice at work. The bigger factors include fiances, job/school opportunity, Landen's CI and the constant walls we have run up against with Landen's healthcare. So we both feel like it would be best for Landen. We will be living with my parents as we look for work and apply for more school. They have been kind enough to let us help fix up their basement and we will have a nice place with plenty of room for all of us. My whole family is pitching in helping us with the move. We are so thankful for the support they give us! We have been given so much support all around both here as we are get ready to leave and in Utah as people prepare to make room and help us out.

Our journey to Landen's CI (cochlear implant) has been a hard one with many set backs. We have been pressing and working jumping every hoop that has been put in front of us. We were so close just needing one more appointment and approval before submitting to the insurance company but when paper work was sent asking for approval for him to see the audiologist for the last CI evaluation for some reason the insurance company transferred his case to the Phoenix clinic which puts us exactly back on square one. We have a six month process in front of us so we figure we can start the long process again here or we can do it there.

This has been a tough decision for us we have lost much sleep and constantly prayed for direction. In the end we feel good about the decision we have made. And although it has put a temporary stress on me to get things packed and ready by Saturday we believe it will work out for us in the end. Thank you to those we have had praying for us and given us counsel.

I'd just like to say to those we leave behind I'm trying to get back in the habit of bloging here about our family so keep in touch!

We really do love and appreciate all of our family and friends!

Halloween!

Halloween is so much fun it took me awhile to decided what costumes to make for the boys but I think they turned out really cute! I even made Scott and I's costumes.

We took Grandma to Williams to ride the Pumpkin Train.We got to take a train out to pick up a pumpkin and then decorate it. There was also a fun straw maze and haunted cart!













Halloween Trunk-or-Treat is always a lot of fun for the kids and mommy....
















Grandpa and Grandma Rolfe Visit Oct 2012



 I've been planing and planing for Scott's 30th birthday to send him skydiving... I decided to ask my dad to go with him so he wouldn't chicken out. So my parents came down here to visit. We spent a two days in Phoenix to do the skydiving and then they stayed with us and visited. Going to the Grand Canyon and playing with the kids. Here is vedio of the jumps and pictures of the vacation!

Scott's Jump

Dad's Jump



























September (and Some more August)




Just wanted to share some of our September fun
 We took a trip to Utah at the end of August beginning of September!
This is my brother Tim playing with Landen


Funny story... I laid the kids down for a nap and somehow they got locked in the room my sister was at school so we had no key to get in. We tried everything to break into that room... we eventually got in when Eva returned from school and found the key. They were in there for about three hours but fortunately they were asleep for most of it. We passed snacks under the door to Brayden when he woke up... he would eat it and pass the wrapper back :D


Cousins!

Roommates! How fun is it when we can get the whole clan together!

Playing with the dog...

We got to celebrate all the August birthdays

Brayden's favorite activity was the trampoline

Brothers help each other!

Story time with the cat and my sister...

Had fun at Lagoon :D
 
Had A LOT of fun at Lagoon!






September also brings cool enough weather to spend some time at the park! 

Brayden!

Landen LOVED the water!

So did Brayden

Landen loves his daddy very much

Brayden had fun in the tree...

Such a happy little boy!

I love him very much