Yay! Yay! Yay!

Mister Murphy officially graduated from the harness today. We are all very excited. I can't explain how happy this makes me. We go back in July to get an X-ray to ensure that hip socket is growing like it should.  Yay Murphy!

So we had a great day after that amazing news. We left the doctors and headed to the toy store. Mabel loves the toy store, she has two local toy stores that are "her" stores. She was trilled to look around, play with the dollhouse, train set, and baby dolls. We stayed for about an hour - and Santa has lots of ideas. Murphy slept pretty much the whole time in the BabyBjorn.

After the toy store we headed to the car so I could nurse Murphy before heading to the playground. I had parked in a little side parking lot planning he'd need a nursing and as we walked to the car I noticed a magical sight...through the trees following a small waking trail there was a playground! Score! Since Murphy was still asleep we checked it out. Oh, happy Mabel!

After some playing we headed to the car for snacks. Murphy nursed and Mabel had fun eating and playing in the car. And then Murphy had biggest poop in history of his diapering career! It went up the back in classic blow-out form. I cleaned him up and changed his clothes. He was so smiley! 
We played a little more at the playground before heading home. Mabel begged for another playground, but Murphy was done. We ate some lunch, played a bit more than off to nap.
The night before Mabel had a night time accident, I was so tired from my bad night of no sleep Zack heard her call, checked on her and cleaned her up, I felt so bad I didn't hear her first call, I woke as Zack wad tucking her back in. She was ok, but this is the first time she had an accident so she was concerned with the whole thing. My little Mabel, she asked me if I made mistakes as a kid, of course everyone does!

So it as always was a little bit of everything today. In the end a great monday with my two sweethearts! Mama & MJ Monday!

Happy Dance...

Dance Murphy Dance!!!!

Good news! Murphy is now down to being in the harness 12 hours a day! That is right, only half the day now and we can choose when. I'm so happy. The ultrasound results were great and the doctor was very pleased with the results from the pavlik harness. He said that the measurements on Murphy's left hip were pretty bad - I forgot to get the numbers, but now they look really good. With our family history (and since Mabel's was so bad) he wouldn't feel comfortable saying good-bye to the harness all together, but he is confident with 12 hours a day. We go back in a month and we have a recheck and hope for a stable hip. Yay! So we have a happy little man and a relieved mama and papa. As the doctor said, "See how good it is when caught early?"

Yes, yes happy news, which is good since after that ultrasound Murphy was not happy - cried for the whole 15 minute wait in the waiting room between ultrasound and doctor...that wasn't fun. The rest of our day went well. After I took Murphy out of the harness I took Mabel outside to playwith Murphy in the BabyBjorn. It was cooler than I realized so we only spent a half an hour out, but she was happy with what she got. He napped and I was able to het some quality play time with Murphy. He is such a happy little guy.

Now Mabel woke well bit she is going through something. She only wants Mama. If Zack tries to do anything for her she yells and demands "I want mama!!!". Everything. Poor Zack it was a long night as she yelled at Zack even when he said he'd make her a little dessert! So the poop hit the fan when come bath time Murphy needed some nursing time - yikes! She cried so hard that she was shaking and Zack tried his best to stay calm, but she made quite the fuss over it all including taking out her braids after he braided them because she thought he'd do one side and I'd do the other - did I mention I've been braiding her hair at might "like Cinderella" and she looks so cute? Anyway needless to say it was a bit of a rough start to the night. Poor Zack and Mabel. On a high note, Murphy slept SEVEN hours...oh boy I better not get use to this! Oh yeah, and I wanted to note that I asked the ortho about using the bumpo seat and if it was ok with his hips and the doctor said it was ok. I've read a lot of conflicting stuff about kids with hip dysplasia and the bumpo seat, he said that it won't do anything to his hips and plus we don't sit him in it too long. I remember when Mabel was little like Murphy in that bumpo...look at her now! Her legs look so long!