iphone update

"DinoLand" @ Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom with Mrs. B and Justin

I LOVE this picture!!!

Little smirker

Daniel, Nya and Olivia (safety crew)

Petting the stingrays with the Growe family

Out for PIZZA!

Flash dance...

My iphone usually has many pictures from random days/events so I will just do a "hodg-podge" post with all these recent pics.

Twinkle Toes

HAnd on the hip, Boo Ya!!!

FYI-she DID NOT push that kid to her right...she is just sleepy!

Right after this, she pushed her way to the front of the line.

Iyla Jade has begun dance class and she LOVES it. She spends the majority of the class practicing her signature move..."the invisible hula-hoop"! She spends the rest of the class making sure that she gets the first sticker, is the first in line and is the absolute center of everyone's attention throughout the entire class.

It is GONE!!! Kind of Graphic...sorry

My NYA BLISS lost her front tooth! This is big news around the Davy house. She is so proud...and the tooth fairy gave her $20 for that little sucker. FYI, the usual tooth fairy (a.k.a. myself) only gives $1 but in this case the tooth fairy's "Mom" (a.k.a. Dee) had to step in and up the amount.

Little Leila Sky-BATH TIME!!!

It is official, she is the best baby ever!!! She is so "go with the flow", so sweet, so easy, such a sweet girl. I just love her. I love them all but she has been through so much and she is such a sweet, easy to please little girl. Case in point, as I write this blog, she is sitting on the floor next to me playing with a tupper-wear lid, that is IT. Just the lid for 20 minutes, seriously, what baby does that? Such a sweet girl...

Leila update

So, we had Leila's appointment last Monday. She got a good report. Her x-rays show that her right hip socket angle (AI) is still at a 35 and it needs to be at a 20. She has until the age of 2-3 to get to that point but the number needs to start coming down at every check up. Her next ortho check up is on May 16th. The GREAT news is that her hip is staying in place on its own and her pelvis is level. Also, she only has to wear the brace for 14 hours a day (12 hours overnight and then during her 2 hour nap time). She was wearing it 16-18 hours a day since the cast removal.

I knew from the beginning that she would not be completely "out of the woods" until the age of 3. I guess that is because there is still so much rapid growth taking place during these first three years that it is impossible to say she is 100% until then. So, overall...she is doing great. Hopefully we will not any further surgeries and we can move on. Oh yeah, the best news was that her orthopedist (Dr. Albright) said that his "concern level" was only a 3 on a scale of 0-100...with 100 being the WORST of course!!!

I love this video....so MUCH!!!

I do not every remember sweet Nya being this innocent. She has always been so wise beyond her years...so cute! I really love this, she is so adorable...

Post op

Tomorrow is Leila's 6 month post op appointment. I have been feeling nauseous all day. I just want to hear him say that she is 100% in the clear. I do not even care if he still wants her to wear the brace for 16-18 hours a day (of course I hope he says she does not have to). I just want this to be "somewhat" over. I want to stop being super nervous about her hips ALL THE TIME. I know that there are are WAY WORSE conditions that children can be born with and have to suffer their entire lives with but....this is MY baby and I just want to be able to say that she is perfectly healthy and right on track. I just want tomorrow to go great, PERFECT!

Leila is exactly 11 months old today. She is nearly 10 weeks out of the cast and February 3rd will mark 3 months CAST FREE.

I just want to take a deep breath tomorrow and be able to tell all of my super supportive friends and family that she is TOTALLY HEALED. For those of you reading this that are wondering what the hell could possibly still be wrong with her hips, let me explain:

Leila had a "closed reduction" surgical procedure back in August. This is where they made a tiny incision (1/4 inch) and they snipped the tendons around her right hip. Then she was put in the cast to hold the femoral head in place so that the hip socket could grow and deepen. Well, she looked PERFECT after surgery and even after her first cast change. She still looked great after the cast came off but she still needed to have some more bone growth in that area. The last time she was examined by the ortho was the day the cast was removed (Nov. 11th).

There was always a small chance that if this surgery did not "work or heal" completely than she might need  the "open reduction" surgery. This is when they open her up to expose her entire hip joint. Then they shave down any improper bone growth and put her hip in place (sometimes with the use of pins). Then she would go back in the cast for a minimum of 6 months. Just writing this is making me feel sick. I truly feel (mother's intuition) that she is healed and she can put all this behind her. BUT, I am not a doctor and only he can say she is all better. So please, keep her in your thoughts tomorrow. The appointment is at 10:30 am and I will update as soon as I know anything.

WOW-I was really slacking!!!!

Sea World "Jelly Fish Ride"

My sweet babe

Sarah, Tyler and Nya (love this pic)

The "gang"

Christmas morning

"Look Mama"

Yay, presents!!!

"What did you get?"

Thank you, Stacy and Eric!

So MANY presents

My baby girl

Giant present, tiny girl!

New BMX bike

Presents at mom's house

More presents at mom's house

Mom's b-day surprise dinner

Sneaky girl

Best baby EVER!!!

"Wooo Hoo for Mom's b-day party!"

"Yeah, that's right."

New favorite, I love that smile!

Happy Birthday to you, MOM!!!

Look at Iyla helping to "blow".

Here are the pictures from Sea World with all of our friends over the break, Christmas morning and my Mom's surprise birthday party (organized by me). Sorry it took so long to update.

A few more...

The Photo Shoot

Beauty Baby

Tiny hands

Sisters

My babyness

I love that little face

I'm sure she was saying something funny

Goofballs

So sweet

I love her

How cute are they?

These are the pictures from the photo shoot that we had done with Laughinghouse Photography. She got some really great shots of my girls. I am really happy that we did this...

BFFL

i love them

Here is one picture of Iyla and Solene from their recent visit...more to come. They are really 2 peas in pod. I hope they stay best friends forever like their mommas have all these years.