We were robbed! Literally, unfortunately...

So here's the latest saga in our lives:
Thursday (1/15) afternoon, I arrived home at about 5:30. The front door was closed, but unlocked and so I just thought to myself "Daniel must have been in such a rush to get out the door this morning with Emma that he didn't lock the door. Good thing no one came in and stole anything." This thought came because the TV that Daniel's brother gave us was still sitting in our living room. I put everything down, and thought it strange that our cat didn't run out to greet me like normal. So I start walking to the back of the house, and when I arrived at the back, I saw that the back door was wide open, and the glass enclosure that housed the blinds on the inside of the door was on the floor. I immediately turned around, not stopping to even grab my purse, and walked out the front, got in the car and called Daniel as I drove away.
So I drive to the elementary school near our house and call 911 while waiting for Daniel to arrive. I can see the back of our house from the parking lot, and yep, our back door is just wide open. (Our house backs up to a greenbelt, or pasture land.) Eventually, my best friend Kristen arrives, and Daniel with Emma. Kristen takes Emma home while Daniel and I wait for the police so that they can clear the house. The police arrive and check out the house. We believe that they broke in the back, then unlocked the front to carry stuff to a vehicle. We check out the damage, file a report, and have the crime lab come to try and lift any prints.
Here's the lowdown:1. They took our computer in the office, as well as our videocamera that was charging in the office. Hence why I haven't updated facebook--no computer to do it on. For some reason, they found my old laptop that weighs about 25 pounds, runs Windows 98, is missing the 'm' and 'y' keys, and can't read a USB drive....and left it behind. (I don't know why---I'm sure you can probably get at least $25 for it now adays. :) ) So I was able to find an extra ethernet cable today and we are re-connected to the Internet ...but that's about all you can do on this laptop! But, unfortunately, the last time I printed off photos was August, so the only photos we have since then are the ones I have uploaded to facebook and/or our blog. Also, the disc in the videocamera was from Christmas, so we have lost those memories, too. They did leave our printer in the office, but trashed out the room pretty well looking through bills, statements, hunting for stuff, etc.
2. They also hunted throughout our room for valuables- under the bed, between the mattresses, in Daniel's dresser drawers, etc. They also trashed our closet trying to find things. They found our little fire safe box that had all of our social security cards, Daniel's passport, Emma's birth certificate, car titels, etc. It also had two very meaningful things on a personal note- the slides from Daniel's parents wedding photos (we made printed copies for them a couple of years ago, so at least they have those prints), and a letter that I mailed to my future daughter on her wedding day...mailed on my wedding day. They also found a jewelry box in the closet ...but it was from my childhood and only had kids jewlery in it. (They must have been disappointed there!) They didn't find my real jewlery- the like 3 pieces of worth that I own. Note to self: don't hide the safe box in an obvious location...use the kitchen or something!
I also discovered on Saturday night (our first night back at our house) that they took my pillow case! Arrghh. That means they touched my pillow. They also took our collection of batteries in the laundry room.
What they did not take: TVs, DVDs, and they must not have even walked into the kitchen because my digital camera was sitting on the countertop charging. My passport by a miracle is up at the school. I'm going on a mission trip to Spain with the school in March, and normally I just turn in my number in order to buy the tickets. But I had it out for another reason this Christmas, so I just turned in the whole thing instead of writing down the number because I was slightly lazy. Thankfully that means my passport is safe. Also, I had our wedding license out for the same reason this Christmas, and just hadn't put it back in the safe yet, so we still have that. Oh...and GABBY!!! (our cat!) She was hiding behind the office desk and scared the police officer with her eyes glaring out- she was freaked out, but in good shape!
What we have done: closed out all of our credit card accounts and got new cards, called Dell and got our serial number for the computer to report that, closed our checking/savings account and opened new ones, put fraud alerts on Daniel and I's social security numbers with the major credit bureaus (I couldn't do Emma's number...I guess she is too young? Anyone have advice on that?). I have gotten a new copy of Emma's birth certificate and we will go get new social security cards on Thursday. Daniel handled getting a new back door, and that was installed on Saturday.
On top of all of this, throughout this weekend Emma has come down with a terrible ear infection- the worst one that I can think of (and she has had her share). She hasn't really slept more than 30 minutes at night since Saturday. It's a little bit more pitiful when she's at the point that she can tell us that her ear hurts and "I want my mommy." She has run a fever pretty much since Sunday morning, and it really hasn't broken as of tonight. I was on the phone with the pediatrician's office about 3 minutes after they opened this morning, and was able to see one of the doctors in the group 15 minutes after that. We are on several medicines now (including the dreaded nebulizer again....the bane of my existence...but at least we just have to do it 3 times a day, and not every 3 hours- night and day- like we did her first year). Blessedly, this is a weird week at school (no school on Monday, short classes tomorrow so that we can watch the Inaguration, and then most of the high school leaves on Thursday at 10 for the state Texas Youth and Government conference, and field trip for those remaining on Friday). So I have taken off tomorrow, and was already planning on taking Thursday off as a gift for making it through accreditation last week. So hopefully we can get Emma and our house back in order soon. (Oh, and on another note...I hate getting hit with the "prescription deductible" every January....spent $175 on copay and prescriptions today! But I am thankful to have health insurance...I have thankful to have health insurance...)
Oh, and did I mention that our VCR broke tonight? With one of Emma's favorite movies (101 Dalmations...or the Pongo movie as she calls it) stuck inside??? Good week. Good week.
So, we are praying that angels are surrounding all of our idenity theft issues---any other suggestions of things we should do anyone? Unfortunately, unless the ID theft causes problems, it is not worth claiming the break-in with our homeowner's insurance due to our deductible and how much it would raise our insurance rates. But that means that I have no idea how we will replace the computer and video camera- we won't at this point unless God provides another way. Every extra penny is going towards paying down our debts, not taking on new ones. A need? No....just convience and memory makers.
So I think that's a wrap. It could have been a lot worse, and hopefully, it won't. They didn't damage the house, except for the back door. I'm still a little uneasy at night, but I am praying for God's peace to reign in our house and our hearts. I'm sure they had to have been disappointed by the lack of expensive items in our house to take!!!
Oh, and if anyone has photos of us from 2008, would you email them to me? d_l_montgomery@sbcglobal.net. Thanks!