Things are Moving Right Along

At long last, Cigna has approved medication for Jonah.  Our first shipment in six months will arrive on our front porch tomorrow.  Even more exciting, our copay will be just $35 per month!  Considering we used to pay $150 per month, and before that we paid $300 per month, $35 seems almost too good to be true.

On the other hand, I'm not looking forward to getting back into the routine of doing Jonah's shot every night.  History tells me that we will have several weeks of him crying every night and us pinning him down to give him the shot.  But I know that eventually he'll get used to it and before long, he'll be taking shots like a champ once again.   I'm hoping that being a little older this time will help him to cope. 

In other news, we found renters for our home in Sac.  Yay!  It's a husband, wife, and one-year-old son moving from the Bay Area to Sacramento (of course).  They will be moving in this weekend.  We are so thankful to have found them.

We are continuing to get settled in our new home in Oakland.  Our house is feeling more and more like our home.  I'll post a few pics soon.   

This past weekend we had loads of good family time.  On Saturday night, we instituted "Date Night with Mommy and Daddy," something that we've done a little of in the past, but want to do more of in the future to give our kids one-on-one time with a parent.  Since there are three of them and two of us, we will rotate who gets to be alone with a parent.  This time around, Jonah and I had dinner at Pizzaiolo where they have scrumptious wood-fired pizza and bocce ball on the back patio.  Steve, Nicolas, and Riley tried out Homeroom, a restaurant dedicated to macaroni and cheese- mmm!  After dinner, we all met up for dessert at Fentons. 

Bocce Ball on the patio at Pizzaiolo with my date

On Sunday, the boys were all hacking up lungs from a cold they caught last week.  We decided not to infect other kids in an enclosed Sunday School room, so instead of going to church we ventured outside and spent the day at Fairlyand, a fun little theme park similar to Fairytale Town in Sacramento. 

 
And on Sunday night, the strangest thing happened!  The clouds did not roll in at night!  It was a beautiful and warm (well for Bay Area standards) night here in Oakland.  So, Steve and I had a little date night of our own on our front patio - a nice little spot where we can look up to the twinkling lights of the Oakland hills and enjoy cookies and conversation after the kids have gone to bed.