Easter 09

So I'm a little late getting to posting pictures and information- no surprise there! But got some cute pictures from Easter- love the one with SB laying one on Davis! We had a nice weekend. I went to the Easter Sunrise service than got home just as Sarah Bess, Davis and Jimmy were starting Easter baskets. The children had a great time- they loved that Mommy and Daddy were keeping the nursery at church. Then we had Emily & Craig, Jessica & Matt, Shannon, Brian, Riley Ann and Regan over for Easter Brunch.

Dress Up

A current favorite past time of Sarah Bess's is playing dress up. She got a great "cinderella dress" from D Daddy and Ga Ga that she loves, made a "tiara" at the birthday party and is getting (butdoesn't know yet), a tinkerbell dress from Sudie and Papa Rob for Easter. She also likes to create her own dress up outfits I wanted to share.

First Birthday Party

Davis and Sarah Bess went to their first birthday party that was a friend of theirs and not one they had due to Mommy and Daddy (Sarah Bess of course has been to Charlie's parties, etc. but this one they got an invitation for to join their friends from school). It was Lily's 4th birthday held a craft/ place in Durham called the scrap exchange. They had a great time and I wanted to share a couple of pictures and singing happy birthday in Chinese!

Cast 2

This morning we went back to UNC to get cast number 2- we were all looking forward to this as the first one was pretty nasty- a smell we hope we don't experience this time! Davis has been doing amazingly well. He has his frustrated days with the cast where he is very difficult to please, but 90% of the time he is his happy laid back self. Sudie has been going to school with him so he can continue in his normal routine- I don't know what we would do without her.
Cast #2 went great. His hip is still in the position they want it to be. He has been a happy boy here this afternoon at home and doesn't seem to be experiencing any pain. The best news... we have a date to take the cast off!! May 18th we will go into Dr. Campion's office to remove the cast- 3 days before Davis's 3rd birthday. We are very pleased with that. He won't be able to walk right away, but we know just having the cast off will feel so much better to him.
Sarah Bess continues to be a great little sister (hard to tell at this point that she is the younger one as she loves to tell us all what to do!). I look forward to them being able to really play again after he is up and moving around as that has been tough to see that not happen too much with the current situation.
We are blessed with two wonderful children, and family and friends to help us!

A few at home pictures after surgery

Surgery Update

Surgery went very well last week. Recovery has been difficult. The surgeon is very pleased with how things went- they were able to remove scar tissue, move his ball into the socket more and somewhat reconstruct his socket with the hopes that this joint will start to function together and grow into a working joint for him. The ball is still at a bad angle and that may have to be addressed down the road, it is unknown at this point.
The few days in the hospital were tough. Davis had more pain than I anticipated including muscle spasms that I hadn't anticipated at all. He was also very anxious the whole time he was there. It was very nice to come home. Now that we are at home, his pain level is better but we are still trying to get him off the heavy pain medication. At this point the difficulty is his frustration level over the cast-which is extremely limiting to him and I would be frustrated too! He is such a sweet boy though and just wants to figure out ways that he can still play. He isn't one to just sit in front of movies too long!
Sudie is here with us and we wouldn't be making it through without her. Davis is very content to sit on our laps and play but doesn't want to be put down to lay on a couch or bed, or his wheelchair for long at all.
Sarah Bess is also trying to adjust to being indoors much more than is usual for us as well as a decrease in attention. She is both sympathetic (saying last night "poor Davis") and frustrated...(following this about an hour later with a shovel toss at him- telling him "That's enough Davis. I don't like the screaming").
Davis was so brave prior to surgery and we got some great pictures of that I will post. I haven't gotten many post-surgery pictures but Mom has, so once I can download those from her camera I will put some of those on here as well. Thanks so much for all the prayers and keep them coming for Davis as he goes through this tough time.
We go back to the doctor on Thursday and will learn more about the next few weeks.

A Day at the Park

Just had to post this picture to show how cute Sarah Bess and Davis's relationship has become. They are the best of friends (they love and fight like it!). I now can't imagine not having two two year olds (now closer to three!)
One other update is to let you know that Davis will be having surgery on his hip on Feb. 25th. If the surgeon can do what he hopes to, Davis will be in a body cast for three months. It will be a difficult time for all, most especially Davis. However, we are very hopeful at this point for the body cast which would mean the surgeon was able to make improvements. Keep Davis and Dr. Campion in your prayers.