Our first playdate...

So today Mabel and I met with two other wonderful moms and babies. My step-sister and her beautiful baby boy and a friend of hers and her sweet 23 month old daughter. The 23 month was another "hip baby"! She just graduated from her cast a week or so ago and is now cruzing around in a brace. It was so great to see such a well adjusted baby who has gone through the surgery and casting process and adjusting now so well to the brace. Their story made me feel so lucky, the diagnosis came at 18 months so she had to be in traction for four weeks followed by a closed reduction and casting for 12 weeks, but the process in the cast was differnt. She had to sleep on a frame with a bedpan instead of diaper at night. It sounded awful, but that sweet little girl seems to be doing so well and Mabel was so intrested in watching her scoot around and play. Mabel has never been around another baby girl, most everyone I know has had boys! Mabel just crawled around on her belly just entralled in what this "big kid" was doing. She had such a blast and I did too. It is nice talking to other moms and to meet someone who can relate to what we are going through...I think Mabel felt the same way.