New Shoes.

HI Friends, I just wanted to update everyone quickly on Aubrey's appointment on Tuesday. At Texas Children's he got a great report on how well he has recovered from his surgery and how AWESOME his feet look. I will post before/after pictures soon. It's just amazing the change. So, then we went off to get him fitted for the new "shoes" he has to wear....and by that point in the day, he was ready for a nap and bottle (which is refused to take.....because he was so tired). So, he screamed through the shoe fitting and had a really difficult time sleeping and eating that night. We basically were up every hour or so. But we've noticed improvement in how he tolerates them already and he slept a little better last night. He's learned to move his feet better which helps his mood. Thank goodness!!! We also are getting some help from Grandma Jacki which is much appreciated and Grandma Debbie went with us to our 2 month checkup. Aubrey did great there and did suprisingly well with his shots. I think that with all of these prior doctors appointments, the shots were not the big of a deal. :-) I will post pictures soon of his feet and shoes. We continue to be thankful at how well he's responded to treatments and the help Texas Children's has offered us.

Grandpa Jim's Birthday is today!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Jim!

2 MONTHS ALREADY......

Today Aubrey is officially 2 months old! I can't believe it. He's changed and grown so much. Next week will be a busy week for us. He'll be exicted, as any boy would, that on Monday we are getting our HD for our new television that his dad picked out. Woo-hoo!!! Then on Tuesday it's off to Texas Children's and Dynamic Orthotics. First he'll have his last set of casts removed and be evaluated by Autumn. The tenotomy went well the week before Christmas and he seemed to recover fairly quickly with a little help from infant tylenol. We are really excited that he'll be finished with the casts next week. Then we get him fitted for his new fancy shoes!! We were lucky to see a two year old at TCH several weeks ago, who had been through the same process as Aubrey. He was walking like any other little one and the best part was he was SO proud of his shoes with the bar. My mom and I got a kick out of how he held them and looked at us like, "yep, these are MY shoes." It was really neat. On Wednesday, we head to the peditrician for his first set of shots (YIKES) and his two month check up.

Even though I fussed most of the first half, I'm super excited the Longhorns beat the Buckeyes!

I love to look around when I'm being carried and can hold my head up for longer periods of time.

I still smile and coo when I've been fed and I'm not tired. I move my hands alot and kick my legs up, even though they have big casts on them! I'm super strong!!!

Daddy's Boy

I managed to get a few shots of Aubrey watching and laughing at his dad. He loves to just sit and look at Jody. Of course, Jody is also great at getting him to laugh. It's really too cute. I love to watch them both.

Merry Christmas!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas this year. Ours was very busy. We had lots of family to spend time with this year.

On Christmas eve we celebrated my birthday and early Christmas with Grandma Debbie, Grandpa Jim and Aunt Kerri. Aubrey made out with lots of great stuff!!

Aubrey surrounded by his gifts!

Jody helping Aubrey open his presents

Aubrey checking out Grandpa Jim!

Jody and I at dinner.

Grandma, Grandpa and Aubrey

Aubrey and Jody

Me and Aubrey (We could not get him to look at the camera!)

On Christmas we spent the day with Grandma Jacki and Grandpa Dean. Aubrey saw all his aunts and uncles and met his Great Grandparents for the 2nd time. It was a nice day with a great meal and lots of fun.

Aubrey with his Uncle Roger and Grandma Jacki.

On Monday we go for Aubrey's tenotomy procedure at Texas Children's. So, please keep him in your thoughts. He will have the procedure and be in a cast for three weeks while the tendon heels and to place his feet in a completely corrected position. He will probably be fussy for a few days afterwards....hopefully he'll feel better for Christmas. But his daddy has reminded me that luckily he's not weightbearing on those feet, so there won't be any added pressure as the tendon heels. Thank goodness Jody is good at calming me down about things. :-) We are excited that this will be his final set of casts. On January 13th he'll be fitted for a brace and wear that until he starts to scoot. After that, we only wear the brace at night till age three.

Here is a website that describes more about clubfeet and the method of correction we are using.

http://www.ponseti.info/v1/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=28

I will update on Monday after he's home from TCH and hopefully sleeping soundly!

Super Sweet Smile!

I was finally able to get a picture of Aubrey's adorable smile. What a cutie!!!