First Steps...Again

Tonight Elizabeth took her first series of steps alone since getting her cast off. Josh and I were both looking at something else and looked up to find Elizabeth crossing the living room. She made eye contact with us and said, "I walk by myself!" She was very proud of her accomplishment.

She still has a lot of muscle rebuild, but she's on the mend!

Cast Free!

This morning Elizabeth was freed from her cast, and we are all so excited! Her x-ray looked great (which is fabulous because you could hear her screaming three rooms away while getting the x-ray!) The nurse practitioner and a nurse cut the cast off in a matter of minutes- all while Elizabeth screamed and cried. I guess I can't blame her for being freaked out about being pinned to a hospital bed with a large noisy saw coming at her.

Her little body was so stinky. Our first thing to do was take a bath, and Elizabeth was in heaven. She is adjusting to her body. Dr. Wendy said it will take some time for her to progress to walking. She can sit or lay on her tummy. She also has a tenacity that she definitely got from her father, as she continued to ask to stand and walk this morning. I propped her by the living room couch to build some strength and she repeatedly wobbled across the living room floor with my assistance. We'll see how much longer Elizabeth will stay down!

Thanks for all the help and presents that people have sent during the recovery. We are looking forward to the return of our little monkey- even if it means nothing in our house is sacred again!

Grandma's Picture

Finally Grandma Kathy got a smiling picture of Elizabeth. These are her two new friends momma duck and baby duck. They have many hours of adventures together.

22 Months- Nothing Slows You Down

Elizabeth is 22 months old today. Even though she has had her cast on for three weeks, life is not passing her by. She's been out and about hiking, swinging at the park, and playing with lots of visitors.

Elizabeth's activities at 22 months are a bit more low-key due to her physical condition. Here's what she's up to:

- Discovering a love for Winnie the Pooh. Honestly, how many times can the girl listen to the Winnie the Pooh CD that Grandma bought?!
- Coloring in her Elmo coloring books. Surprisingly she has shown some restraint by not coloring on the floor and furniture.
- Playing with her animals or Little People. Everyone has a role in the family from mommy to Little Peanut.
- Loving her momma and baby ducks
- Singing songs. Picking up more and more words in the song.
- Loving treats...anything with sugar is delicious. (Something she got from her mom!)

Can't wait to see you up and running in less than a week!

Army Crawl

We've had multiple requests for Elizabeth's army crawl. It took her about five days to figure it out- mostly because she was too sore right after surgery. Now she can move all over the house and get into things again.

Good News Update

On Wednesday Elizabeth went back to see her doctors. The bone had set correctly and is already starting to heal. They were very happy with her progress and have scheduled her to come back on September 21st. They are fairly confident that she will be able to remove the cast on that date...which would be four weeks in the cast. We are so excited at the prospect of her getting out of the cast at 4 weeks. Keep your fingers crossed for us.