The Good, The Not So Good (but not bad!) and the AWESOME!

The Good: Annabelle continues to be amazing. She is walking ALL OVER THE HOUSE!!! She also seems to be picking up a ton of new words, although only her daddy and I know what she is saying most of the time, but it will come. And cognitively she gets it. Her current favorite is sitting on our big bed with her animal book "reading". She'll go through it and make the animal noises that go with each page!

 Also good, she is giving out kisses like it's her job, I LOVE this

Also good, half of my xmas shopping is done, although I better get on the rest of it 'cause we need to ship some packages to NY so they get there before xmas. I also just finished our xmas cards this morning (photoshop is not an intuitive program by the way!) aaaand I finished sewing Annabelle's xmas jammie pants... look at me being all crafty and whatnot.

Annabelle met Santa, wasn't thrilled, but didn't melt down, and then 'Ho, ho, ho'ed' at him, way too funny!

We're getting a night splint for lefty leg to keep Annabelle's calf stretched throughout the night. Shouldn't be a big deal b/c she is generally not tight when she is sleeping, and her calf isn't even the "bad one". Her left bicep is.

The Not so Good: We're scheduled for botox injections on Jan 4. Inandof itself it's probably not a 'not so good' thing as it should really help Annabelle with her arm use and developing a more normal gait.  The not good part is the sedation, last time she was put out for eye surgery was the only time I ever felt her fontanelle bulge a bit, so it worries me. It also worries me that the procedure is not until noon and her daddy will be out of town. How am I suppose to keep that child from eating until afternoon all by myself? Totally not looking forward to that part.
I am looking forward to seeing how she does afterwards. I am planning on taking before and after pics of her left foot- I hadn't watched her walk without her braces in a LONG time and didn't realize just how badly she is collapsing her ankle in when she's not in the brace.

The AWESOME: My baby. The end.... just kidding :-) I found out this morning that I passed my board exam so I am officially a board certified pediatrician, YaY!!!!!!!!!! Such a load of stress off my shoulders!!!

Walkin in a Winter Wonderland!