Talk about making me feel like crap...

So last Friday Maddox went to his ear doctor. He goes every four months for a hearing test and to make sure his tubes are still in. It's speech evaluation time...finally. I asked about it at our last appointment. Then he had an informal speech eval from a good friend of Shawn's mom (a speech therapist), who wasn't concerned at that time. (6 months ago) Then at his two year checkup and shots his regualar doctor told me that some kids just talk later, blah, blah, blah. Now the ear doctor is all concerned, and told me that he should have at least 20 words and be putting 2 to 3 together, which I knew. I knew that, but everyone has been telling me that he'll talk when he's ready, and Shawn thinks the informal speech eval he got was good enough, etc. So the ear doctor made me feel like crap. It's not like you can just go and get a speech eval without a referral. I got Maddox an eval next Tuesday, which I am a little proud of because getting in that quickly is unheard of. I'm not, however, looking forward to the bills this will rack up. (He needs it, I'm getting it, and I'm paying for it, but I don't have to be happy about how much I'm paying for it) The speech eval alone is over $200, which goes straight to our insurance deductible. Then if he needs speech therapy (which I"m pretty sure he will because he only has 3 words) our insurance will only cover 20 visits per year. Something tells me that 20 visits, while it sounds like a lot, isn't that much. So I guess to make a long story short this whole thing is like a bad re-run of him getting tubes. They put you off and put you off until things get really bad. The more I think about the more it irritates me. If we would have gotten a formal speech eval when I wanted to Maddox would probably be talking by now. It also makes me feel like crap because I should have pushed the issue.

Into It...

Here's some pictures of the newest pillowcases I've made.

I'm not sure how I really like having two bands of color instead of one.
I've really gotten into making pillowcases. I've made 5 in the last two days. You should really go check out my Etsy shop, Mommies In Mind, I've been adding things and making a few changes.

My Latest Creation...

Ta Da!!

The pillowcase. That's what I just made today. If you can see it behind the kid. He saw it and wouldn't even let me finish ironing it. He just took it. As you can see, he's a big Lightning McQueen fan. Who knows, you may start seeing some pillowcases in my Etsy shop.

Well...OK...

As a general rule I don't really like talking politics. I get easily irritated. Pretty soon everyone is going to start asking me who I'm voting for and wanting to debate it, etc. This is all I'm going to say:

Too Cute...If I say so myself...

Well?

So do you notice anything different?

(I'll give you a hint...my new blog look...)

Welding wood...

This is one of the presents Maddox got for his 2nd birthday, a welding set. As you can see he REALLY likes it. You probably can't tell, but when you push the handle it makes welder-like sounds and lights up. His favorite thing to weld is his wooden train table. Notice that he's holding a monster truck in his other hand, another one of his favorite things. We're taking him to see Monster Jam next weekend, I think he'll have a blast! (Yes, he will be wearing ear protection, we're not stupid)