Party Weekend.....and Gianna Starts Walking (for the second time)

I think the pictures sum it up. We had a great day, and the best part of all was that Gianna decided it was time to start walking again. Look at her jumping! Thanks to everyone who made it such a magical day!

Visit from Uncle Brady

Nate's brother Brady came to visit the girls this week. We went on lots of adventures. Swim lessons started this week so he was there to take lots of great shots. Although he mostly hung out with the girls and I, he was able to sneak away for a few hours and watch his home team the Golden State Warriors loose to the Phoenix Suns! We all had a great time, and are so glad that he made the trip out!

This picture is from Gianna's third day of swim lessons. I knew she would do a great job. Look at her kicking her bad leg.

Kailey's strokes have improved so much since last year, look at her go!
She really is trying to smile for the camera. I can't believe how cooperative she is being this year.

Kailey made a new best friend at the zoo.







Hanging out watching The Bee Movie last night before Brady left.

Swim Season Begins!

I think they are crazy, but Nate was doing yard work and must have been hot. The girls will get in the water no matter what the temperature. I was happy to sit on the side and watch. I don't think there is any turning back, summer is almost here! The girls start swim lessons on Wednesday and it was nice to see what they remembered from last year. K was a bit more timid, which is a nice change. She had no problem swimming to the edge underwater, but was more nervous to jump off the side than she has been in the past. Gianna doesn't know how to swim, but I think it felt good to be in the water and move her foot around. I promise I'll have pictures of her swimming posted in the next couple of weeks.

Update on Gianna - Version 2

Well it has been 5 days and still so walking for Gianna. We went back to the doctor today and were able to narrow it down to an ankle injury. We have thought all week that is was her knee or hip, but due to her amazing ability to crawl and walk around on her knees that theory was obviously wrong. She had a ton of x-rays taken Tuesday and they all came back fine. The doctor explained to me today that sometimes fractures don't show up right away and now that we know the area of the injury we can do new x-rays from more angles and try to find the exact injury. We are still hoping it is just a bad sprain, but if she still can't walk on Monday we are going to see an Orthopedic Specialist on Tuesday and get the new set of x-rays and advice started. She is a trooper and does not complain at all, it is just sad that she keeps getting left in rooms because we forget that she can't follow us. This little "Zoo Fall" might turn into a slightly bigger deal than I thought, but nothing she can't get through. Please do keep our little trooper in your thoughts. :)

Update, but not really any change......12 days with no walking! We went to the Orthopedic Specialist today. It was weird, he pretty much shrugged his shoulders and said she will walk again, but it will take time. Some injuries like this take about two months to heal. I don't know about that. They still can't even tell me what her injury is. An MRI might give us more info, but from what they are telling me it wouldn't change her treatment, not that she has been given any of that yet. We are going to give it some more time before we jump to that option. I'm not good at sitting around waiting, so I called her swim teacher from last year and we are getting her back in the pool for some activity ASAP. I am also going to call a friend who is a Pediatric Physical Therapist. I feel like I am notorious for pushing my kids, but in two months I expect this girl to be swimming laps in my pool, not learning how to walk again. She is so tough, the problem is she is SO stubborn, just like me and her sister. She has decided she would rather be carried EVERYWHERE! We are going to work on this and get through it.