Summer fun

 I officially mailed off Lauren's Medicaid application packet today! We've already met our deductible for her this year, but still have copays and coinsurance, and she starts physical therapy later this month so I'm super hopeful we'll have her Medicaid in place shortly. Once that's actually in place, we can work towards the finding and hiring of staff (respite and community living supports) to give us some much needed breaks and help.

I've said before, I sometimes forget how not typical Lauren is until I spend time with a typical 9 year old. She cannot multitask. If left unsupervised for a second, she's destructive and it's not mean intended, she just has no impulse control. She let me sleep until 7:25am this week once but also snuck downstairs, found scissors, and cut the bottom off of one of Greg's shirts 😆 She has trouble navigating uneven surfaces and fell pretty hard at my grandma's last week. Yesterday she was irritated that her breakfast plate was next to her and she pushed it off the table, it shattered everywhere (meanwhile I was trying to drink one measly cup of coffee!). She tries so hard! She's just like an adorable Tasmanian Devil who doesn't like to sleep.

As I type, contractors are here working on our new patio! I am overjoyed. The deck was rotted and needed to go, so Greg (with the help of family, friends, and a neighbor) tore out the deck and we've been waiting for better weather so the concrete work can start. The worlds best dog has been staying at my parents house until it's done because there's not a way to access the backyard safely from the house until the patio is done. I miss him! My parents love having him and my dad is trying to rename him and adopt him, LOL. We leave for out of town tomorrow and come back Wednesday, so we're hoping everything is finished when we get back. I'm pretty sure I'm going to make everyone who comes over enter through the backyard to admire the patio.

Speaking of when we get back...Lauren is starting soccer next week! She is so excited, and I am so excited. My twin sister is coaching and I'm assistant coaching (aka doing whatever she tells me because I suck at sports). My nephew is playing on the same team. We can't wait! Lauren is super pumped and I ordered her some purple soccer socks with rainbow unicorns on them.

It's literally rained for the past week at least so we haven't done anything to exciting. Last weekend we did a zoo event for a classmate of Lauren's and it was a blast. It was muggy, rainy, and the kids loved it.