Happy Birthday Hayden

Hayden's birthday was last Wednesday - she turned the big 3!! Since there really isn't much she can do as far as activities right now, we decided just to have a little pizza party at our house with some kids from our neighborhood and ward. We had pizza and cake and ice cream and then watched a movie. It seemed like they had a good time, and I think Hayden enjoyed having other kids come over.

Hayden got to have round 2 of cake and ice cream that night with the family. We got Hayden a Smart Cycle for her birthday, but obviously she can't play with it yet. Avery wanted us to open it right away, but we told her she had to wait until Hayden gets her cast off so she can try it first. She is having a hard time waiting to play with it, but it is a good way to teach her patience!

Hayden gets her cast off in 3 weeks from Friday. The doctor said it will take her a few days to get comfortable with standing and walking again. It will be interesting to see how she does once the cast comes off. The Smart Cycle actually may be a good way for her to build up her strength in her legs again. We'll see how it goes... In the meantime, we are counting down the weeks! Happy Birthday Hayden!

Five Weeks to Go...

Hayden has been in her cast for almost three weeks now. We thought she would have it on for only six weeks, but we found out at her one-week checkup that it is actually eight weeks. She is scheduled to get it off on Feb. 20th, which is five weeks from today. Woohoo! We figured out how to get in her in the stroller so we can at least take her outside for a few minutes or push her up to the table to eat dinner with us like this. This picture was taken after the first week.I took this picture of the girls today. This is Hayden's usual position on the couch. Avery is enjoying watching all of the movies with Hayden of course. I have noticed that there is a lot less fighting around our house lately, which is nice. Avery has been pretty good about being sensitive to Hayden and letting her play with toys that they normally would fight over. And it helps that they can't chase each other around the house or push each other over or hit each other. Besides the DVDs playing over and over again, it's actually pretty quiet around here most of the day. (Sorry these pictures are so blurry. I can't figure out how to get my memory card from our camera to upload, so I have been using my cell phone to take pics).Avery was getting jealous of me taking pictures of Hayden so she had to pose for a photo too.

In general, the last three weeks have been a little overwhelming at times, but for the most part they've gone pretty well. None of us slept much the first week. Hayden would cry and scream a lot, partly from pain (we think) and partly out of frustration - I can't blame her for that. But, thankfully, she is sleeping a lot better now at night and only wakes up one or two times crying, but goes back to sleep after I go in there. There have definitely been some adjustments and Brandon has gone to the store several times for me since I can't leave the house during the day. And our ward members and neighbors have been so wonderful! We had dinner brought to us three days in a row this week! I am totally being spoiled. I am so grateful to all who have helped babysit, drop things off, make dinner, take Avery for the day, phone calls, emails, etc. We are so lucky to have so many wonderful friends and family members. Thank you!!