Been awhile

Wow I haven't written on here in a long time. I am currently preparing to have Monkey man's 2nd birthday party! And my Lil Boo turns 6 months tomorrow! Where did the time go??? They are keeping me busy as is my new hobby of tutu, soother clip, bib making and other sewing. Monkey had his checkup at the children's hospital and his feet are looking good although his right needed to have the shoe turned out more to see if that helps it as it was the foot needing the most correction.
Well have to keep it short as the lil miss just woke up :)

World Clubfoot Day

Today is the first ever World Clubfoot day! 2 years ago we were waiting to see what "bilateral clubfeet" would mean for our monkey man! I thank Dr.Ponseti for developing the Ponseti method for  treatment of Clubfoot. Without him who knows if my son would be walking, running, jumping and a typical almost 2 yr old boy! Many babies born with clubfeet in developing countries aren't as lucky as we are. My monkey has shown me what determination, strength and resilience are. We are often asked "doesn't it bug him to wear his shoes?" No it doesn't- it is a part of life for him, he doesn't know any different. My boy and all the other babies who have gone through/ are going through the Clubfoot journey are amazing and I can't wait to see what he does with the determination it has given him :) 

I am so thankful for Dr. Joughin and the staff at ACH for knowing how to properly do the Ponseti treatment. Without them knowing how to correct his feet this way he might be in constant pain and needing multiple major surgeries!

Here are some now and then pictures. In the now picture he is being silly moving his feet "up and down" while I try to take the picture 

Happy New Year!

Well a lot has changed since I last wrote! Life has been just a little busy around here as we welcomed are baby girl "Boo" on November 20. She waited until her due date of Nov 19 but decided to be 8 minutes overdue :). The labour was fast and was 3 hrs- more on that in another post when I get to it. Monkey man loves his sister and doesn't have too much jealousy.
Well I will put some pictures and keep this short as a momma with an almost 19 month old and a 6 week old I don't get a lot of time to post :)