Baby, You're a Firework

Happy 4th!

My very first 4th has come and gone.  Well, the first one that I remember, that is.

It was a day filled with pals, a pool, and pyrotechnics!  

We went to a barbeque, and then a pool party, and then the super fun day was capped off with the most amazing colors in the sky.  They were so completely awesome!

At first I was kind of afraid of them because they were so loud.  But, as you can see from the picture, I couldn't keep my eyes off them!  

Our 4th of July celebration really was a day of fun in the sun.  We all had such a great time and I think we were all secretly celebrating a great check-up the week before, but also quietly thinking about how far we've come.

Time has come and gone and it's been over a year since my breaks.  It's really something to think about, and I know Mama and Daddy quietly mark this anniversary with happiness, sadness and anxiety.
I know it's silly to say something is both happy and sad.  It's a happy thing that I haven't had any breaks in over a year, but it's also sad that certain occasions (a friend's birthday party) will always remind us of that scary time in our lives.  Although each new day is met with happiness because it's one more day that I've gone without a break, it's also met with a bit of anxiety too.  How long will it be until I break again?

So much has changed and we've all grown so much since I was just a little six-week-old baby.  We've learned so much, met so many people, been inspired, touched by generosity and we've felt so loved.  It's easy to forget about all of the other stuff and just enjoy the moment these days.

Check-Up
I had another checkup with my doctors at Lurie Children's Hospital and it couldn't have gone better! I was so patient and cooperative, everyone said so.  Even after I fell and bumped my lip (that I had hurt the day before) and it swelled way up and it really hurt, I still sat and let the doctors take a good look at me.  Here are some things they said:

*Mama and Daddy shouldn't worry too much about me getting hurt, or what to do if and when it happens.  If it's going to happen there's not much we can do to avoid it (or try to stop it).  We all still have to live our lives!
*I'm growing just fine and Mama and Daddy shouldn't be worried about a thing right now - no physical therapy is needed.
*My legs look fine - even my left one (that showed bowing on the x-rays when I was little)
*I am moving around and doing all of the things that kids my age should be doing
*I seem to be very strong

Here are my stats:
I'm 29" long (16th percentile)
I'm 18 lbs (1st percentile)
I may look little on paper, but in this family I'm about normal...what I may lack in height or weight I definitely make up for in personality!

These are a few of my favorite things:
*Climbing and sliding head-first down slides (my Daddy taught me that!)
*Eating with big kid spoons and forks - I can do it myself!
*Standing and holding onto things with one hand (this often gets me a fat lip)
*Playing with anything I shouldn't be!
*Watering the flowers
*Climbing up and down steps - I can turn around and go feet first!
*Smiling, laughing, saying hi to everyone and everything
*Watching big kids and wanting to do what they do
*Sticking my tongue out when someone says, "lizard!"
*Holding on to furniture and walking around (I'm so close to walking on my own!)
*Riding around in my super cool little pink car
*Swimming

Lizard! 

My very own portable pool  

My Little Pink Car

                                                    

     

 

            My Kansas City cousins came to visit me in June!

I'm having so much fun this summer and I hope you are too!  

Coming up: a trip to Michigan and

                                          Mama and Daddy go on vacation

Hmmm, let's see what kind of shenanigans I can get myself into next month...

xoxoxo, Maggie Shae