A little help?

  I've mentioned on here we are VERY blessed to have a free clinic to be able to take Levi to for speech therapy over the past year. I'm too lazy to count it up ;), but we've been seeing Paul and Korey for probably 40 weeks and there are some weeks we've gone for as many as four times in a week. These sessions are valued at $100 each, so even if we just averaged 1.5 visits per week, we've saved an estimated $6000 so far in speech therapy for Levi. Due to the fact that very few insurances will cover the intensive speech therapy needed for kids with Apraxia, there are many, many other families across the country getting second jobs, downsizing their homes, and making huge financial cuts in order to afford their child's much needed speech therapy. Our insurance only will cover 20 visits per year, so without the service provided by Rite Care, we would be another one of those families trying hard to find a way make the payments.
 

Levi working with Paul at Rite Care.

  Knowing that we've been given so much, we have been working to find ways to give back to the clinic. As a part of that goal, we'd like to invite you to support Levi and Rite Care as they help Levi and many other kids like him learn to speak. There are two opportunities we would be humbled for you to consider giving to: 1) To support Team Levi in the Walk Rite for Rite Care on September 22nd. Whether you can actually come and walk with us, or just send a donation on behalf of Levi, here is the link for all of the information (and a VERY adorable picture). 2) Rite Care, being a non-profit, has a rather slim selection of toys to use in therapy. Because toys are so motivating and such a key part of each therapy session, they have sent me a list of toys that would be helpful (per my request). If you would like to help purchase a toy from this list for Rite Care OR already own the toy and would be willing to donate it (used is fine!), then please let me know. If you would like to purchase a toy to donate, please just have it sent to our house (let me know if you  need our address) and I will drop it off to the clinic for you. If you are donating a used toy, let me know and I can arrange a way to get it from you and deliver it to them.

Thank you so much for considering these opportunities! Whether or not you are able to give, we appreciate all of the support we've received from so many over the last year as we've been on this journey with him.

Levi turned three!

  I have much to blog about, but first things first, I wanted a separate post to celebrate our little big guy. On July 14th Levi turned three!  It was super fun celebrating him and his precious life these last three years. They've gone by fast and slow at the same time, but either way we couldn't imagine life without his sweet existence.
    I had mixed feelings about him growing older for a few different reasons (he's my BABY!), but my heart especially had a hard time since I feel like the gap has widened now between him and his peers. At three, people expect you to speak and to understand you and since he cannot do that, it's hard. We have to work extra hard to keep him from shutting down when others talk to him, but he is up for the challenge.

Showing off daddy's medal from the state games.

One big party to celebrate all the spring/summer birthday cousins. There are so many of us, we had to party in the garage. :)

He loves dinosaurs!

The zoo never gets old.

"Fishing" at the farmer's market.

We love you sweetheart!! Praising God for your precious life. :)