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I just wanted to share some information I learned about medical bills today. Jonathan had his last surgery on December 9th and we have been battling with the medical bills from that surgery ever since (almost five months). I won't get into details because it's a long story, but I do want to share what I learned because I think it's kind of a scam.

First, every hospital has a Guest Services Department which has Client Advocates who help you find answers to your problems. God Bless Joe at Memorial Hermann, he was the one who was finally able to get us in touch with someone who could help us. Next there is a RAP rule when you use a hospital that is in-network with your insurance. This means you cannot be charged out-of-network for Radiology, Anesthesiology and Pathology. The doctor has to accept the insurance payment and cannot balance bill you for those services even if they are out-of-network with your insurance. Finally, you cannot be charged for a Resident or a Fellow if they work on you. I know it doesn't sound like ground breaking information, but it saved us from paying a lot of money and took countless phone calls to get these answers.I felt like I should share what I've learned so this doesn't happen to anyone else!!

William's First Haircut

We took William to get his first professional haircut today. He was really good and looks like such a little boy now (not so much like a baby). The only time he cried was when we had to pry him away from the Lego table to go home.

Happy Easter!!

"The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, 'Peace be with you.' Then he said to Thomas, 'Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing.' Thomas answered him, 'My Lord and my God!' Jesus said to him, 'Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.'" John 20: 26-29


Here are some pictures of our Easter activities. Jonathan was out of town at a wedding in Austin all weekend. He was an usher in his friend Travis McGinty's wedding. I didn't want to leave William over Easter and he had been really sick all last week, so my sister was nice enough to let us tag along with them.

Bahamas Wedding Trip

We just got back from our first vacation in over two years. William stayed behind with my mom and step-dad as we went to Harbour Island, Bahamas for one of Jonathan's best friend's weddings (Adam Jacobs). We had so much fun! I won't get into every little story, so here are a bunch of pictures instead...

Here is the picture on Harbour Island from the airplane. It's a tiny island, only about 3 miles long. We had to fly to Miami, then to North Eleuthria, then we took a cab to the harbour, a boat to Harbour Island and then another cab to our hotel. It was quite a journey.

Here is the view off the balcony of our hotel room at Coral Sands...

Here we are with Carter at the Welcome Reception hosted by Adam's parents at the house they rented on the island...

Here is Jonathan in our rented golf cart. (everyone drives golf carts on the island)

Here we are at the rehearsal dinner at the Pink Sands.

We went and picked up Adam the day of the wedding and drove all around the island.

Here are pics from the wedding. They got married at a ritzy resort called Pink Sands (Nichole Kidman was there the week before us). It was a beautiful wedding!

Everyone left the reception dancing to a traditional Bahamian marching band...

The next day we ate lunch with Adam, Shelby and Carter at Ma Ruby's. It's the restaurant that inspired Jimmie Buffet to write the song Cheeseburger in Paradise. The burger was pretty good, just a little different...

We then spent the rest of the day on the beach. The sand on the beach is a shade of pink due to ground up conch shells, it was really beautiful. Jonathan went snorkeling a couple times. I was excited about snorkeling too, until the third shark sighting (one with my own eyes from the beach). I went kayaking instead and read the Twilight book.

Here is the view as we left the island to head for home!