Natalie is completely brace free!

Natalie had a check up with Dr. J today and everything looked so good that she said Natalie doesn't have to wear her brace anymore... at all... el finito. What a happy day!

We celebrated with a trip to Tims and a chocolate timbit for each of us. She was in heaven and so was I.

And as if that wasn't wonderful enough - Natalie decided to try taking her first steps tonight! I managed to get her to do it again and got it on video. I'll post it tomorrow.

Bye for now.

Big news!

Natalie is brace free!

On September 15th we visited Dr. J and after checking Natalie's hip x-rays she decided that Natalie would only need to wear her brace at night. Hooray! I was so suprised and relieved that I cried. It was a fantastic day.

Here's a video of her walking her bike just two weeks after her brace came off. She's so proud of herself -and so are we.

It's been so long...

It has been too long since I've posted anything. Life seems to have gone a bit wild but it's settling down now (a little bit at least). There were some high points and some low points, but overall we're all happy, healthy and loving life.

Here are some highlights:

Natalie started to crawl in her brace! She loves to throw toys and then chase after them - it's her favourite game.

We were going to head east and live in Toronto (at the request of Dan's company) but we decided it wasn't the right move for us so we're staying put in Cowtown. Hooray!

It took six months, two new floors and a little more than a week in a downtown hotel but our flood renovations are finally finished. Now we can finally have people over for dinner.

After finishing up a very fast year of maternity leave I've decided not to go back to my old job. Instead I've launched my own writing business! http://www.wendymcmahon.com/

{thanks for designing a beautiful site Sarah}

Despite hours of daydreaming about playing on swings, going swimming and taking first steps we went to visit the surgeon and learned that Natalie has at least three more months in her brace - possibly six. It was dissappointing but the way I see it, she's a super happy little girl with a small problem that can be fixed.

And... our little munchkin turns one in a week!

Life is good.