CASTING UPDATE

The time had come to return to the orthopedic doctor last night to restart Bree's casting process. This has to be done in order to stretch her skin in preparation for her surgery. I must say I have been dreading this day for a while as Bree has been making such wonderful progress in all other aspects of life. But, all in all, it went very well. She of course cried (more like screamed when he manipulated the casts) but when it was over she went back to her normal fun self. These casts do not go above the knees so that is a blessing. This enabled her to be much more comfortable with sleeping and actually slept through the night -Amen! We will return in a week to put on another set.
Bree's english is coming right along. She is about the level of an 18+ month old with 25+ words unsolicited and a couple two to three word sentences-her favorite: mama, sit down! (something I probably do not do enough of to begin with!) The girls read to her and now when she sits with a book she opens it and turns the pages and jabbers in jargon as she turns the pages-it is so awesome and adorable to watch. She u nderstands everything we say to her which still amazes us. She also mastered crawling up the stairs (with her big sisters help) and they are teaching her to come down the stairs on her tummy at lightening speed just as they did at that age.
One last note-as you can see my blog has a "new look" thanks again to my dear friend Rina who ought to go into blog designing business in her free time! Thank you my dear-I love it!!
Blessings