Playing Catch Up

So here is a modge podge of what we have been up to the last month. First Kamri turned 4 months old and had her 4 month check-up (I know I know I'm slow...she is almost 5 months now) She weighed a WHOPPIN 10 lbs 3 oz at her check up. That's right people... 10 LBS at 4 months. We've got a scrawny girl on our hands so the doctor had us start trying solids. Well the pictures explain themselves how this went. No matter what the flavor always a wrinkle nosed and a look like get that nasty stuff out of my mouth. Gross! =)

Ewww... Get that nasty stuff away from me

Brian was the head coach for girls basketball this year and I should have been better about taking pictures, but I was too busy cheering in the stands. The program in Pinedale has been down for years so Bri has a long road ahead of him. He did an awesome job this year with the girls though. The learning curve is steep to say the least on being a head coach but he is learning every day. Kamri and I can just say we made it through season 1... WAHOO!
Can you tell who we were cheering for? We are Dad's cheering section!

Coach and his cheerleader!

We live in a great place with an awesome Rec Center. We took Kamri swimming and I don't think you have ever seen a little girl kick her legs as fast as she does in the water. She loves it. I think mostly she loves the freedom of being out of the brace so it is fun to have her play with those cute little STRAIGHT feet! =)

If anyone wants to come see us we will take you swimming too! Just have to throw one in their enticing anyone to come visit.

On to Stage 2....

So we are finally on to stage 2 of Kamri's feet fixing procedures. We are out of casts after 7 weeks and on to a very fashionable brace. The first week was a little rough to say the least on getting adjusted to such a device, but we both survived. Poor little thing. Her skin was so fragile from being in casts for 7 weeks that the leather shoes rubbed blisters/sores on her feet. I can't have her out of the brace for more than 5 minutes at a time besides bathtime. So mostly I would just take it off to doctor her sores. She lived on Tylenol for quite a few days, but is finally off the drugs. It was so hard having to put those shoes back as she screams in pain, but WE made it through and I'm finally getting my happy Kamri girl back. She wears the brace about 23 hours a day for 3 months then she will just wear it at night until she is 2 or 3 years old. The brace is just to hold her feet in position as she grows, so they won't naturally turn back in.

She loves to cuddle any soft blanket now days to fall asleep. This cracked me up, one day she was playing with her toys and decided she would attempt to roll over with the brace (notice the outside leg straight in the air) she can roll over with it, but she ran into the arch. The whole thing just wore her out so she fell asleep twisted around the arch with one leg straight in the air.

The fashionable purple bar....you just wait, it will be in style next season.

TA-DA! Kamri's feet are straight!

We have to do physical therapy to teach her to stand up. She has never had to use those muscles because of her casts.

Ready for church in her white church shoes with the fashionable purple bar. =)