It's a long bumpy road. . .

But it's worth it when I see this kid run and play! Nothing can stop this Clubfoot Cutie!

Better Late than Never!

So I totally dropped the ball on keeping this blog updated. I know not many people read it, or anything, but I like to have it so I can look back on just how far we've come on this clubfoot journey. Someday I hope I can share it with Lilybear so she will know how many obstacles she has overcome on this journey!

So Surgery was December 13th. Everything went very well surgically speaking. Our older daughter had a hard time seeing Lilybear when she had a sedative to relax her before surgery. She was giggling and slurring her words etc, and our older girl had a good cry, and explained that she was nervous for Lilybear as she was acting not herself. We managed to get through that, and Lilybear was much more herself coming out of recovery. We were moved up to Unit 7, and given a room, and then the long day became longer. The hubby, and our older daughter went back to Ronald McDonald house for the night, and Lilybear and I settled into our room. . . only to discover that the lights wouldn't turn off! This realization came just as the nurses were changing over from day to night staff, and were doing report. So we ended up waiting about an hour to get moved to another room. Once we were in that room Lilybear fell asleep fairly quickly. She woke up several times through the night and needed the bathroom, or had an accident while sleeping (which was due to the blocker they gave her, she couldn't feel the need to pee for a while).

Several bedding changes, and being up every two hours with the nurses to stay on top of her pain meds! It was a long night! The next morning Lilybear had her breakfast, and Hubby and Sissy came back to help us pack up for the long ride home. Lilybear did really great most of the way home. The last hour or so was very rough for her. We believe it was due to swelling inside her casts from being in a sitting position for too long with out her legs elevated enough. We were very blessed when we arrived home that my mom and dad had come over to set the couch all up with lots of cozy pillows and blankets for her. We got her nestled in with her legs up, and the relief for her was nearly immediate!

Fast forward to Christmas Day. Lilybear was still not weight bearing on her double leg casts, and we thought it would put a damper on the day, but by this point she was scooting around on the floor, and in her wheel chair. She had a great morning, and then when we were at our big Family Christmas dinner she decided to start walking around!!!! And then she didn't stop. It was the best Christmas gift I have ever received.

She started back to school in January, and as she was able to walk on the casts she could attend school with out an EA to assist her. The only real limitation she had was that she couldn't go outside for recess (we live in Canada, so it was cold and snowy!). She was allowed to pick a friend each day to stay in with her to play. She didn't really mind at all.

After 6 weeks had passed, we headed back over to IWK to have Lilybears Casts removed. I was amazed by the tiny incisions that they had done all the work through! I think this was the hardest party for all of us during the whole ATTT surgery! When the casts came off. No one really prepared us for the sensation overload that she would experience! The Casting Tech gave us a heads up just before the casts came off, but we were not expecting what happened next. Lilybear was crying so hard, and wouldn't let anyone touch her legs or feet. She wouldn't stand, or even put socks on. We were so worried that we opted for staying an extra night in Halifax in a hotel rather than making her drive the 4.5 + hours home. She was ok once we got to the hotel and settled her in bed for the night. She fell asleep shortly after and slept all night. By the next day she was willing to stand up for a few seconds at a time, and even took a few steps when we stopped for some breakfast on the way home!
By a few days later she was walking around a lot more :)

It was wonderful to have our girl back! Though for the first few days she wouldn't wear anything on her feet other than her slippers! A few days after we got home we started Physio. We went to an AMAZING Physiotherapist on PEI named Jenny! She was absolutely amazing with our girl! After attending physio, most people can't wait to leave, but Jenny made it so much fun that Lilybear always wanted to stay! After 6 weeks of physio, twice a day, every day, and Jenny advised that she felt we were ready to just work on our own at home going forward. Lilybear was so sad that she didn't get to see Jenny every week anymore, but I told her that some day she will understand that this is a good thing.

Lilybear has had one more follow up since with Dr. Logan, and he advised that everything looks great, and Lilybear was doing much better than he thought she would be!

Since then, we have been keeping up with physio at home, though only once a day. Lilybear is signed up for soccer this summer, and is so proud of her new cleats that we bought for her! Everytime I see her running around my heart just about explodes with joy!

For anyone starting on this journey, the road is long. . . sometimes it just plain old sucks, a big bucket of suck, that no one that hasn't gone through it would even understand. . . but at the end of this road is your child running and playing, and skipping, and jumping for joy and you realize. . . it is worth every. . . single. . . . second!

Frustrating News

So yesterday, I was picking our girls up from school when my cell phone rang. I could tell by the number that it was Lilybear's Ortho dept calling. I thought, oh, they must be calling to confirm Lilybear's surgery times for next week. So I answered the call. Turns out "something more urgent" came up and they have to postpone Lilybear's surgery until DECEMBER 13th! Over a month away! I was just gutted, right there in the lobby of my kids school. Surrounded by lots of smiling happy kids, and parents. I politely asked the nurse if she could call me back in one hour to discuss as I was picking the kids up from school, had no way of writing anything down etc (and I didn't want to dissolve right there in the lobby). She agreed to call me back. . . . but never did!

I can honestly say that this is the first time we have been so disappointed in the service from the IWK. On top of hearing this bad news, the way I was informed was very blunt, and uncaring. I just felt like she may as well have said that someone else was more important than my kid. There was no apology. There was no phone call back.

Don't get me wrong. I totally understand that a more urgent case came up. My issue is how it was handled, and how the information was delivered. We have been waiting for this surgery to come for months. . . and now we need to wait more. I don't know if they understand the amount of prep that goes into planning a trip from out of province for your child to have surgery. It left me wondering why they couldn't bump someone that lives closer to the hospital, that wouldn't have been impacted as much? Maybe that's selfish for me to think, but there it is. It is also frustrating for us as my  husband had to fight to get time off of work to go over with us, and now we are losing the income from those shifts, and he will also need to try and get time off during a period at his work where time off is rarely given (right before Christmas).

I've spent the evening last night thinking about how just when we thought Lilybear would be getting out of her double leg casts (just in time for Christmas), we will be just heading in to put them on. Thinking about how the weather will be during her casting time now it will be in the winter. Thinking about how she will spend her first Christmas break from school in double leg casts, and not able to play outside in the snow. I've had a good cry. Now we just need to focus on moving forward. I will try to focus on continuing to get my little girl ready for her surgery. I will focus on taking it one day at a time as we count down again. Here's hoping I don't get another phone call a few days before Dec 13th telling us we have to start over again. . .

It's been a while. . .

It's been quite some time since I posted an update on Lilybear. I just couldn't bring myself to do it until now. We'll have to rewind a few months and begin from there.

Back in August of this year we had our Annual followup with our Ortho dr. He is gracious enough to host a travelling clinic to PEI for his patients that live here, to save us the cost of travelling out of province with our children. It is a great blessing to us, but comes with some disadvantages. The biggest one being that he can get behind on appointments, due to very limited office time while he's here. So Lilybear's appointment was a few months late, and we spent those months waiting, and hoping for it to come. I always have this feeling in the pit of my stomach when we go into one of her follow ups. I have just told myself this is something that I will have to live with, as it doesn't seem to ever go away. I just hope, and pray leading up to her appointments that all will be well, and we can continue on our way with out further treatments. That merry little way came to a screeching halt in August. I knew something was up when he had her walk a bit more than he usually does at her appointments. Bless him, I could see it written all over his face. Then he had to say the words that he knew I was wishing I would never hear. "She's going to need surgery to prevent a relapse." So then I took a deep breath, and thought 'OK, I can handle that.' Then he explained that a tendon transfer surgery would be needed on BOTH feet. Her right foot was already beginning to turn in, and based on the tension in the left he predicts that it wouldn't be long before that foot would require it as well. So may as well do them both at once so she doesn't have to go through the whole process two separate times.

This whole appointment went by in what seemed like 20 seconds to me. My mind was racing. A nightmare come true. Lilybear definitely handled it better than me. She asked a lot of questions on the way home. I did the best I could to answer them. . . with out dissolving into tears. We were told 3-6 weeks. In reality it will be almost three months of waiting. This has given us a lot of time to prepare for the trip, and prepare Lilybear for life after surgery. I am grateful for this time with her, as it has given us the opportunity to think, plan, and prepare for what is to come. Though for the first few weeks, I feel like I may have walked around in a daze, the waiting in a way has been good for me too. I feel ready for it now. If it had of happened as quickly as the Dr. thought, we wouldn't feel as ready.

We have been able to order some Dry - Pro cast covers for her, so she can still take baths while in double leg casts. We have been in contact with PEI Red Cross to book a wheelchair for her to bring with us for after her surgery. We've been in contact with Ronald McDonald House about possibly staying there for a few days when she has her surgery.

I spoke with one of the nurses from the IWK  yesterday, and she walked me through where we need to go and when. I answered a million questions for them about Lilybear. We have a meeting with Child Life at 2pm the day before her surgery so that they can talk to Lilybear about what will happen the next day, and who she will see etc. They are going to show her the mask, and iv stuff, and talk her through everything that will happen before she goes to sleep and after she wakes up. I am blown away once again (like I am every time) with how different the staff at the IWK are from our local hospital (with the exception of the Peds unit). It takes a special kind of person to deal with kids that are sick/injured etc. She was so patient with me on the phone, and gave me a chance to ask all my questions, and write down all the answers to go over with my husband later. There were a few questions she didn't have the answers for, and instead of just blowing them off, she made a point of finding out the answers for me and calling me back to let me know.

So I am left with a feeling of relief to finally have answers. Waiting is the worst part of any medical issue with your child. It sucks... a lot! So now the count down is on. We leave in 18 days. Hopefully we'll just be at IWK for 2 days, unless there are any complications. Then we'll be in back home with Lilybear in double leg casts for at least 4-6 weeks. They will be walking casts, so once she is able to weight bare on them she can walk with them on. We'll have to get her some cast shoes to protect the casts for once she returns to school, and I am currently trying to come up with something for her to wear outside during this period that will protect her casts.

That's all I can think of to write for now. I will write more to update on how her pre-op, post op etc goes in November. Thanks for your time, and please pray for all to go smoothly for Lilybear next month, and for no complications to arise!

So far so good!

In just a few days Lilybear will be 4 years old! I am so excited for her that she does not have to wear her boots and bar to bed anymore. She is loving every minute of it! I ask her about once a day usually since last week if she misses her boots, and every time she quickly says "NO!" with a big smile. I am so proud of her for all that she has gone through, and to know that she is so strong because of it all. For anyone just starting out on this journey I have a few words of advice!

1. It isn't always easy, and that's ok! It's ok to cry, and get mad and frustrated at what is going on with your little one.

2. It will all be worth it in the end. Try to be strong, but cry when you need to. It will be worth every tear, every long night, every stressful Dr appointment, and it will be worth every penny. You will know it was worth it when you see your child crawl, stand, cruise, and then take those beautiful first steps. I think clubfoot parents celebrate these moments more than a lot of other parents because it feels like those moments may never come when you are neck deep in plaster casts, tendonotomies, and boots and bars.

3. You are stronger than you give yourself credit for, but you don't have to be a super human. You don't have to do it all alone! Find a few good friends or loved ones, and let them help you. Let them know what they can do to make life just a little easier.

4. The end will come. Even though it seems far away now. There will come a time when you can bathe your babe whenever you want because they have graduated from casts to boots. There will come a day when they do not have those boots on all day long! There will come a bed time when you tuck in that sweet little darling, and you get teary leaving the room because you didn't have to strap on their boots. There will be a time when you watch your sweet child crawl, walk, run, skip, dance, and be free and happy. It will come, and when you look back at all you two have been through, hold your head high and smile! You smile cause it takes so much to be a clubfoot kid, and it takes so very much to be a club foot parent! You can do this!

Cheers!

This is it! For now at least!

We got the all clear at Lilybear's appointment today! She does NOT need a tendon surgery at this time, and we get to try her with out her boots and bar brace! She is wearing footie pj's even though it's 20 degrees out...why!? Because she CAN!!! We are so excited! At the same time I feel like I could wake up at any time, that this is all a dream. I don't think it will actually sink in until I tuck her in tonight with out her brace. I feel so many emotions just thinking about it! Happy, sad, relieved, nervous, anxious, and excited! So here we are. Day one of a brand new path of our clubfoot journey! Wish us luck, and prayers that she does not regress (which is possible) but her Dr says unlikely :) Cheers!!

Could This Be It?

I tucked my baby girl in tonight, strapped on her boots, snapped on her bar, and she looked up at me and said "mommy, I really hope my Dr say no more boots tomorrow. I am going to be very sad if he says I have to wear them a while longer."  Bless her heart! She rarely kicks up a fuss about wearing her boots,  though many nights she just can't seem to get comfortable anymore.

Tomorrow she has her annual follow up with her specialist. We are hoping that he will give us the ok to try Lilybear without her boots! She will be turning 4 in less than 2 weeks! Over the past nearly 4 years, Lily has had over 16 sets of casts applied, over 20 trips to The IWK, 2 trips to the OR, many many days of wearing a brace 23 hours a day, and many more wearing a brace for night and naps. She may be able to curl up, and sleep with comfort, and no brace or casts to get in the way of a good night sleep. This will not mean the end of her clubfoot journey, as she will need follow ups until she finishes growing. She will be at risk of relapse, and may still need a tendon relocation surgery on one or both feet. So please send some positive prayers and thoughts out way! Lily is really hoping she can finally wear some onesie Jammie's that have feet in them!!

Some people are making a difference every day!

Big shout out to these wonderful people, for making the world a better place for clubfoot parents and kids all over the world! Miracle Feet

Lilybear is Almost 4!

So it has been a long time since I have posted anything on here! Life gets busy when your kids are growing up! :) I am happy to report that Lilybear is doing wonderful! Her feet are great! No issues since the last time I posted! We are hoping to get our next follow up appointment soon, and we may find out then if Lilybear will need additional surgery on her feet. We are hoping not. It would Prob be around school age, which is one more year for Lilybear!! Oh my! But I am hopeful she won't need it! I also discovered this great new site on Facebook, Clubfoot shoe exchange! Saved us a bunch on Lilybear's last set of boots! The site connects parents of children with Clubfoot, and enables them to donate their old boots and bars for families that are in need of them! We got Lilybear's last set for the cost of shipping from a wonderful lady in the states! Here is the link: Clubfoot Shoe Exchange


And finally, here is my Lilybear! Nearly 4 and doing grand! To all you mama's and papa's just starting out, you can do this! It is totally worth every tear, and struggle to get from where you are to here :) 1357 days including casting, boot wearing full/part days, trips from our home to the hospitals both near our home, and hours away, blisters, tears, steps, falls, ups and downs. . . . 1357 days and counting, but worth every second that I see my baby girl running, jumping, skipping, dancing, laughing, and loving her life. You take it one day at a time, and then look back and thank God for every single moment :)

First Ever World Clubfoot Day!!!

Happy 1st Ever WORLD CLUBFOOT DAY!!!

I am so proud of my baby girl and her journey!

Big thanks to Dr. Ponsetti for saving thousands of kids from painful surgeries!! You were an amazing dr, and from the bottom of my heart, I thank you!

Big thanks also for Dr. Karl Logan, our orthopedic surgeon, our RN Jennifer, and to all of the staff and volunteers of the IWK and RMH for making our journey with Lilybear and her beautiful little club feet wonderful! We love you guys, and could never thank you enough! :)

Tell all your friends! World clubfoot day is June 3rd!!

Almost check up time again!

Someday....someday I will look back and wonder why I was such a bundle of nerves leading up to every check up... I look at Lilybear, as she runs, jumps, and climbs. . . And still I worry that we will be told bad news at her check up. I try and tell myself that she is fine, and her feet look great, and still I worry. I fear that there is some tiny sign that I have missed. I wonder if I ever really have "forgiven" myself for Lilybear's relapse. Even though everyone says it wasn't my fault, I still have it on my heart that it was in part my fault.

26more sleeps!

Little bitty Boot steps

So normally. . . . when Lilybear has her boots on for night time or nap time, she is up in out arms or asleep as it is usually right before nap/bedtime that we put them on. Well, I was watching a friends kids, and she decided that she wanted to stay up later that usual. So I let her down with her boots on. We kept trying to tell her just to crawl around as we have laminate flooring through the house. Being the stubborn child that she is. . . she decided to attempt to stand up anyways. I let her try while i sat near by just to see if she could do it. . . AND SHE DID! But Lilybear didn't even stop there. It was as  if she was thinking to herself. . . "well if I can stand up, I should be able to walk. . . " So I witnessed Lilybear take three steps in her boots, on the laminate floor for the first time ever! It was pretty nerve wracking, but neat at the same time. She was sooooo proud of herself too! She was used to walking around a bit in them before when she was in boots 23 hrs a day, but we had foam mats down everywhere for her to have some traction. So proud that my baby girl is growing up, and pushing boundaries, and proving to me and her daddy that being born with clubfeet will hold her back from NOTHING! She never ceases to amaze me! Love you baby girl!

Phew! Another Apointment over!

Sorry for the delay in posting! Our appointment was this morning, and we are just getting settled back in at home! We had another fantastic stay at RMH. Linda, and all the staff and volunteers really outdid themselves again, as always! They really know how to make you feel at home, even though you are away from home :) They even surprised my husband with a copy of the picture of Ronald McDonald House Atlantic Canada that he drew for a fund raiser in the fall. They had it framed for him, and they all signed the back of it for him too :) so nice! They also showed us when we got there, that they had the original framed and hung in the kitchen by the fridge! :) So great to see his work on their walls again! I am very proud of his work, and it is nice to see that others appreciate it too! This is the picture that he drew for them for the fund raiser, and also another that he drew and donated for them to put up as decor for in the house:

Our appointment went great for the most part today. We got GOOD news! So I was just going crazy for no reason with worry! Such a typical mommy I can be! Dr. Logan said Lilybear's feet look great! We also had some x-rays done of her hips too, as she was turning her foot out for a while when she first started to walk and Dr. Logan wanted to take some just to make sure everything was fine, and it was! Phew! Then Peanut had a melt down as her DS was taken away because she dropped it on the floor three times. Lilybear's fabulous RN Jen saved the day there by hooking Peanut up with some awesome Disney Princess stickers! Thank you Jen! :) Then Lilybear went into total melt down mode when the Active Motion Rep Trevor was trying measure her feet for her new set of boots as she needs to go up a size. He felt so bad, and I felt bad for him. Man my girl can put up a fight when she gets pissed! haha! It totally didn't help that it was past nap time, she missed lunch, and had been up at 3:30 am today! bad combination for trying to hold a toddler still for measurements! We finally got it done with a lot of tears on Lilybears part, and then we were on our way back home again!

Our next appointment will be in 6 months time. Dr. Logan is hopeful to have a clinic here by that time, but they let us know today that if it isn't Dr. Logan coming over that we will have the option of setting up her appointment at the IWK instead! They are so great! :) Always looking out for their patients! I think they might know that we are a little wary of taking Lilybear back to our hospital here after her whole ordeal back when she was first treated. :)

Well this will probably be my last post before Christmas. I'll be sure to post some photo's of Lilybear from Christmas once I get the chance! Merry Christmas to you all, and as always, Thanks for reading! :)

Next appointment is coming!

So one week from now, We'll be all settled in at RMH (Ronald McDonald House), and catching up with those we've met there. I have to say that I am both excited and nervous about our appointment next week. Let me break down my feelings a bit, and maybe it will help me understand it a little better, and give you some insight as well.

I feel excited to go back, as we haven't been to an appointment in over 6 months! That's right guys! It's been 6 months. . . I can't even believe it myself! I looked through some photos tonight of just how far my baby girl has come! This time last year she was full time in a brace after her first tendonotomy. She has come so far! If you haven't read our full journey, please do. It's been one heck of a ride! She is now running around with her big sis and friends. It's hard to make her stay still most of the time. Every night and nap time when we put on her boots she helps by putting her feet in for me! Such a change from those first few days when she fought with all she had to not let me put them on. Peanut even helps too sometimes. Her job is to snap the bar on :) She does a wonderful job, and likes to be involved in the process. She always asks me if she wore boots like Lilybear as a baby, and thinks it's strange when I tell her no, and that not all kids have to wear boots to sleep. I explained to her just the other day that when most babies are born, their feet aren't straight so we have to use the casts and the boots to help them be nice and straight for when those babies are ready to walk. She looked at me and said "So that means Lily is special right?" She sure is! :) So I am excited to catch up, and excited to see the Orthopedic team see her now! They are in for a treat!

I am  nervous, and at moment terrified that we'll get bad news. . . There is no real logic to this, but I'm a mommy and that fear is just there. I don't think there is anything wrong with her cute chubby feet. But I'm not the professional. I have been having stressful dreams some nights that wake me up. They are kind of flash backs to Lilybears relapse, and how heart breaking it was to me at the time. I felt like I had failed her in some way. I know now that I didn't, and that relapses can happen, but I think there must be some guilt still lurking in my subconscious. I see her running around, and I think to myself that she is doing great, and we'll get all good reviews. . . but then little things start to pop into the back of my mind. Like how her foot was turning out a bit when she was learning how to walk. She doesn't seem to do it anymore, but maybe i just don't see it? Or memories about how I didn't know her Left foot had relapse before. Or other times, if I'm holding her in my lap, and I look at her feet, and I see her holding her foot a little crooked or at an odd angle for a second. Did I really see that or are my eyes playing tricks. I'll ask other people around like my mom or husband and they don't see it. Sometimes I just feel like I'm going out of my mind. So I'm terrified. . . I wish I wasn't, but I am.

So those are some of the thoughts running through my head tonight. One more week, and I'll know. Then I'm sure this will start all over again in another 6 months :) Oh dear. . . :)

I'll leave on a happy note though. Here are a couple of photos of my Lilybear now!

As you can see. . . It's hard to get her to stay still for very long! Cheers, and You'll hear more from me Next week!

Heart warming

I have been getting a few posts and emails from others telling me that they are finding this blog helpful when learning what to expect with their own clubfoot journey! This makes me feel so good! I was in the "research to find out what to expect" mode when we found out Lilybear would have clubfoot. My goal when creating this page was first to vent and let out all the emotions that I was going through dealing with the unknown, and the with the ups and downs of Lilybears journey. Then I used the knowledge I gained to hopefully help someone else. To know that this blog has made a difference for even one mother or father out there makes it all worth while!

My words to you all, Thank You!

To the new mama's and Papa's jut starting their own journeys......try and remember that every moment, good and bad, will be worth it the moment you see those perfect little corrected feet, and their first step! I tear up just watching Lily run around with her big Sis sometimes because she makes me so proud, and because of how we got here. I wouldn't change it for the world :)

Updated photos of My Lilybear

My dancing princesses!

My beautiful Peanut loves to dance, and Lilybear is starting to follow in her footsteps :)

One year in boots!

It's been a while since my last post! Time flies when you're having fun! As of tomorrow, Lilybear has been in her brace for 1 year! I am so proud of my baby girls and how they have come through all of our ups and downs through the past 16 months! I will post some updated pics and video of Lilybear as soon as the girls are in bed! Hope you all are doing great!

Lilybear updates!

Hope you all are having a wonderful summer! We are having a great one so far! Our Trip to Moncton went well. Lilybear screamed bloody murder while we were there of course! That little girl does not like to be held still for getting foot measurements! It would be sooo much easier if they would just order her the next size up instead of measuring her feet. I can put on her boots to show you how the toes are starting to stick out over the edge if you need proof that they're getting too small! Sheesh! :) oh well, she was fine a few minutes later, and we've been through a lot worse!

We were greeted by a friendly face when we arrived at Active Motion in Moncton! Trevor, who fitted Lilybear for her first pair of boots for her Mitchell brace was in town visiting his colleagues, and was more than willing to fit Lilybear for her new set! Fingers crossed that they order the right size!

More updates on our Lilybear. . .

She is getting much better at walking this week! She can now walk and hold something in her hand at the same time! Also, she can turn while she is walking! Every time I see her walk it amazes me at just how far she has come in 13 months! Sometimes I get a bit teary about it, but I try not to! She just amazes me so much! I love to look at her straight little feet, and remember all that we've been through with her. Knowing that all she has been through brought her to this point. Knowing that, even though it was tough on us sometimes, and tougher on her, it was worth it!

Those are all the updates I have for right now. Updates may be scarce over the next few months. We don't have any more appointments for Lilybear till NOVEMBER!!! Unless something happens like she out grows her next pair of boots before then!

Feel free to post any questions that you may have for me! I will get an update via email and answer you ASAP!

Cheers!

New boots, and A trip to a new City for the girls!

Lilybear has finally outgrown her size 2 boots for her boots and bar! We don't have to go all the way to IWK for a fitting this time, just a shorter trip to Moncton, NB! So we can be there and back in a day instead of staying over night.

Sorry for the lack of posting. Life has been very hectic as any one with young children knows.  Especially with Lilybear walking and climbing EVERYTHING still! haha, we also are enjoying all the sunshine we've been getting by staying out side! Pool, park, and everywhere in between! Our grass is starting to get crunchy for lack of rain, but I would gladly take a few days of rain to spend some cuddle time on the couch with our girls!

I will let you all know how her fitting goes. We go on Friday! Woo! Size 3 here we come!