Jonathan's New Words

Jonathan has two new words he uses all the time...alright and certainly. Not sure where he learned them but he cracks me up when he says them...he sounds so grown up. He actually uses them in sentences correctly too.

Jonathan also got to meet his teachers, Mrs. Eagle and Mrs. Marshall, today as they made a home visit. I was upstairs trying to get pictures together for his teachers when they came, about 10 minutes early and Jonathan took it upon himself to open the front door. Great first impression! We will need to work on NOT opening the door and/or put a higher lock on the door. Jonathan then went into "show off mode" and was very hyper...I am sure the teachers were like oh great! He even dragged them to the third floor to show them his bedroom, which he has to do whenever someone comes over. He only has 10 kids in his class, 7 of which are boys...including Alex. I liked the teachers and think it will be a fun year.

A Little Better

I think we might be getting used to our shoes. As long as Diana was being held yesterday she was fine with her shoes on. She doesn't like to put weight on her feet, which I don't blame her. She fussed last night from 9-11:30 pm but then settled in her bed for some sleep until 2 am when I got up and fed her and calmed her down again. She then slept until 6 am and woke up as my happy baby. She enjoyed some shoe free time this morning and has been better. She wakes herself up when she is sleeping because she kicks her shoes together and it makes a loud noise. I am waiting until Friday to put the brace in because we are leaving Diana with GB and Kyle/Amanda tonight and tomorrow night as Brad and I have things going on. I am hoping the brace will help the clicking noise, but think it will take some getting used to as well.

Upset Little Girl

It is safe to say that Diana does not like her shoes. Shortly after I wrote my last past about how she was asleep in her bed, she woke up SCREAMING and pretty much didn't stop for longer than 30 minutes until 3 am (Jonathan stayed at GB's and Brad slept upstairs while Diana and I tried to sleep in my bed). There were numerous times when I wanted to take off Diana's shoes and "rescue" my little baby girl. But we held strong together and have made it 24 hours without taking them off. This of course did not happen without a few tears being shed by mommy. She is supposed to get an hour a day with her shoes off which I have been dreading taking them off because I know it will be hard to get them back on. However, watching my smiling, happy, normal baby for that 30 minutes was well worth it. Shortly after I put her shoes back on, I put her in her bouncer and was heading outside with Jonathan to play baseball while Diana watched on the back porch...she was happy as a clam in her bouncer, smiling and talking to her "friends" but got so excited that she kicked her shoes off 3 times. I think the bouncer might be a toy of the past because putting these shoes on is not the easiest task.

Here is a picture of the mark that is already on both ankles from her shoes stretching her feet.

Talking up a storm and kicking with her shoes off.

Happy Girl!

Diana Ortho Appt

Diana had her Ortho appointment today with Dr. Mehlman and this appointment went SO much better than the one with Dr. Tamai. Dr. Mehlman said Diana has "positional club feet meaning because she was breech her feet turn in. His method of fixing this is different than Dr. Tamai and therefore Diana will not need casts. Dr. Mehlman perscribed shoes and a brace for Diana to wear 23 hours a day for the next 3 months. On November 28th, she will have a follow-up appointment with Dr. Mehlman to see how well the shoes are working. He will decide then if she can go to wearing the shoes/brace for 12 hours a day. I was told to expect that Diana will need to wear the shoes/brace at night until she is about 3 years of age. The tricky part I guess is that club foot can actually come back, which I did not realize. I really liked Dr. Mehlman and he was so good with Diana, it made me realize how awful Dr. Tamai was in my opinion. Dr. Mehlman was able to examine Diana while she remained sleeping in my arms. The only time she cried was when he tried to straighten both feet out for a picture. Now, the fitting of the shoes at the ortho store didn't go as well. She screamed! She was as hot pink as the shirt she was wearing but the guy helping us said this is totally normal as the shoe was putting her foot in a position she is not used to nor probably will like. He told me to just let her wear the shoes for a couple of days and then attach the brace to them to help her get used to the shoes first. I think we have a long road ahead but I am happy that we are correcting her feet. Lately, when she has been trying to stand while I hold her up, whenever she puts weight on her legs, they automatically turn and she stands on the outsides of her feet. She is asleep in her crib right now so hopefully it won't be as bad as I am thinking but I was like "oh great, she just started sleeping through the night and now this." Oh well, I want her feet fixed so if it means less sleep for the two of us, so be it. One thing I have learned from everything I have gone through and my experience with the two ortho doctors, is that you should always get a second opinion. It is crazy to me how doctors opinions can be so different. I don't really understand why and how this can be but I know from now on, if I don't like a doctor or am not comfortable with their opinions, I will not hesitate to get another opinion. Thank you to GB for watching Jonathan all day while I took care of Diana!

Diana's Photoshoot

Here are a couple sneak peeks at the photos I had taken of Diana on Sunday. More to come as the photographer releases them to me.

More Switch Hitting

Switch Hitter

Brad is training Jonathan early to be a switch hitter. He is actually surprisingly good batting left handed.