$36,000 or School

I was just looking at my sister's blog and she had a link to a treatment that she wants to do for her daughter. I read into it and it sounds AMAZING!!! I then looked at the price. Not only is the treatment in Germany so it would cost a bit to get over but the treatment alone would cost $36,000. After reading the difference it has made in many other people, I feel more than anything that it would work for our little Whitney. She was born with cerebral palsy due to an embiotic embolism at birth. With this treatment, there is possibility that she would have better chances of speaking or walking or sitting or eating on her own. We have such high hopes for her. When you are around her you can tell that she understands what is going on around her but she just can't get her body to react to how she feels. It is like she is trapped. She is such a trooper though. She is so happy and brings so much light to our lives. I would love to be able to help her out. The only problem is that I am way too poor to help her out. At least now I see a number to work for. I know someday she will be able to do it. Maybe it is better that she can't go yet because I am not an occupational therapist yet and can't be there to work with her for free everyday. I love my sister and her family. Steph is such a great example to me and always has been. She was there at my plays and pageants. She was THE MOST AMAZING maid of honor for my wedding and did WAY too much. She is always there when I need to cry (which is often) But I have never really been there for her with Whit. I was on my mission when it happened and was too self absorbed to help when I got back. I finally feel with my decision to be an occupational therapist that I will be able to give back to my sister all that she has done for me. I just wish I could start on it right now so that I will be certified sooner. I look at that number for the treatment and want to give all I have to help make it happen but I know that I will be of more help in the future if I use my money for school. I promise Steph that I will be able to help someday. Just know that I am ALWAYS here for you. I can't give you much cuz I don't have much but what I have that you can use, is yours. Here is a link to my sister's blog so you can see the link to the procedure and see how great of a person she is. http://squishymommy.blogspot.com/

Our first Valentines

Sam and I got married pretty fast after we started dating as most of you know. So this year was our first Valentine's Day together. I was so excited to have a romantic night and I loved having an excuse to dress up nice. We went to a local tepanyaki restaurant to eat. Japanese is kind of my new favorite kind of food. I love the way that they cook the food in front of you. And ever since St Thomas I have loved eating sushi. We got there and it didn't seem to be super busy so we thought we would be able to eat soon. They started us with our salad and our soup. We ordered a sushi roll and it was delicious. We waited about 15 minutes and they brought out some edemomies to apologize for the wait. About 15 minutes after that we finally had a cook. We were excited to see him cook the food but at that point our appetizers had hit our tummies. We weren't hungry anymore. We loved watching all of his tricks. We knew that as soon as he was done cooking it and it was on our plates, we would not be able to eat it. It was funny how full we were after the little we eat. The picture we posted shows how little we actually ate. When we got to the car, Sam asked if I could drive because he was so full he thought he was going to pass out. I loved it. It was a very fun night out. I can't wait for all the many Valentine's Days to come together.

I will post about my other favorite night out when I am able to post pictures of it.

What was your favorite Valentine's Date?

Coming back to Blogging

I think I have said this before but I am so ready to start writing on my blog more. There are many things that I would love to talk about. Sam and I have been together for 5 months now. Time is going by so fast. We love spending time together every night after work. His mom buys pretty much every movie that comes out on DVD so we go over and "rent" movies from her. It is a fun way to spend time together. Sam enjoys playing basketball at the local church buildings every Tuesday and Thursday. I somedays go with him and run around the halls to get a little workout in. That's not sac religious right? It is nice to get a little exercising in.

I am still working for my brother and sister in law as their nanny. I get to spend everyday with cute little Claire who is growing up WAY too fast. She will be two this month and she already can talk up a storm. She is my little buddy! We love playing, shopping, dancing and singing together. She is just starting to let me do her hair. I love putting piggy tails and braids in her hair and seeing her be so excited to see how cute she looks.

This week we got to have a puppy play with us at our house. It was the cutest little Morkie puppy! I wanted to keep it and make it mine but it would be hard to have a puppy right now. I haven't had a dog for so long that I forgot how needy little puppies are. It is like having a baby or toddler. I would be cleaning and the dog would just want to play in the cleaning supplies. It was so fun to have a little buddy with me all the time but it was a little too high maintenance.

Lately, Sam and I have been thinking about our future. I am only about a year away from getting my Bachelors degree. I think that it is very important to have so I really want to finish. We are considering moving to St George for a year so that I can go to Dixie State to finish. I applied and was lucky enough to get a 4 year half tuition scholarship. I think it would be so fun to live in St George. Sam would get to play all the time on his 4 wheeler after work since I will be busy every night with homework. I am considering going into an Occupational Therapy Masters Program after my bachelors. I think that it would be so fun to help people in their lives. I am excited to prepare to get into the program and begin serving again. I love being able to make a difference in peoples lives and this occupation would let me do that every day.

The other big thing that has happened in our lives is that Sam and I are officially owners of a new truck. We started looking for a new truck about 2 months ago so that Sam would have a way to transport his 4 wheeler. We were looking at Tacomas and some Nissans and we realized that our price range that we could afford was around $13000-18000. We stumbled upon the Cadillac Escalade EXT and noticed that they were in our price range as well. We instantly fell in love with that truck. They are just so pretty. We found a bunch that we liked then we found the truck of our dreams. We had Ashley and Tyler Nelson go and test drive it so that we would know that it was legit since it was in Utah and we are in New Mexico. They approved of it so we got it all set up for my parents to give him the check. It is now sitting in St George patiently waiting for us to pick it up next week. We were excited that my dad got to drive it down for us so he was able to see what a real truck was like ;) He has been driving the same truck for years and it is possessed. It decides when the wipers will go or when the horn will honk. It is a silly truck. I hope he had a great time driving it. maybe someday his truck will grow up to be a real truck someday.

What are your thoughts on Occupational Therapy?

Do you know any Occupational Therapists?

Does anyone know how to change the font on these silly Blogs?

Our new baby

Claire playing dress-up in Party City

Claire with her Yo Gabba Gabba Piggy Tails

Playing dress-up in the diaper basket

Showing off her "neighs" aka Pony tails.