Hallie x-rays

Hallie had her first appointment with the Orthosist(builds specialized braces) on Wednesday. Tom is very nice and we are going to get to know him very well. He showed us a picture of what the brace is going to look like. He took some measurements of Hallie's body. We come back on Dec. 16, and have our 4 hour fitting appt. Yes, I said 4 hours. Yikes. We learned that she has a curve on the top and the bottom, like an "S". The bottom one isn't as prominent as the top. I will take a picture of her back in the next few days. She will come home with her brace that day. We will work with Tom and he will guide us and give us a plan of action. She will start with 1 hr the first day, and then increase each day up to 20 hrs a week. We learned that it is something she will not be able to put on herself. After we learn how to put it on, we will have to show the school nurse and a few other people how to help her with it.

I took a picture of the xray copy. It isn't the greatest picture, but you can see her curves. I never noticed how the curve forces her one shoulder up and the other down. Don't mind the 2 little circles in her belly. Those are from the sweats she had on.

Hallie is actually being a pretty good sport about it all. I am sure we have our struggles ahead of us. She is a strong girl, and we will get through this together.

Ear Piercing

Aunt Michelle treated Livee and Kaicey to ear piercing today.

She has no idea what is coming.
She was upset just after the marking part.

Here is the before.

Kaicey cried for a while. She didn't want her mom helping with Livee.

She only cried for a few minutes. She was very brave.

I need to take a picture of her in a happy mood. I call them her pretties. She likes them now. She touches them now says,"Ouh"

Thanks Aunt Michelle for the pretties.

Thanksgiving 2009

We are here in Oakley, still enjoying our Thanksgiving Break. We have been having a fun time. Here are a few pictures from our play time.
Lexey was a bit tired.
Breakfast is usually eaten in shifts.
The babies playing baby.

The grandkids all love to try out all of the games.

Part of our yummies we got to eat.

Holy Full Hot Tub.

This is where Livee and Kaicey got to do there hot tubbin'.

Lots of toy playing.

A few other things we got to do: Black Friday shopping with out kids, eating at Corino's, watch making, my hair cut, kids playing in the canal in the ice, catching kitties, Livee throwing up and running a fever, dishes, dishes, and more dishes. It was all around a memorable weekend.