Siena's 4 year video

Siena's amputation and first prosthetic summary

Siena's amputation went well and she has her prosthetic and is doing fantastic! If you want more info on that you can head over to the blog I put together that is just all about her Fibular Hemimelia. This is the link for that: Fibularhemimeliajourney.blogspot.com
Here are a few pictures to just sum it all up:

Waiting at the hospital to be called back for her amputation.

 After the surgery wit her awesome doctor

 

Long story short, Siena is amazing! She has really surprised us ( and in most ways, it wasn't really a surprise because she's always had such a positive outlook on life) with how well she has done with it all.

Bear Lake Trip

Apparently I never hit publish on this post..

This last weekend(Memorial Day weekend) we took a little trip out to bear lake. We specifically chose a beach-y location because we had heard that the beach/sand can be a little challenging once Siena has her prosthetic. The trip was fabulous and so relaxing. It was also cloudy and rainy the entire time.. Not really ideal for a lake vacation, but we still had a blast! The condo we stayed at had an indoor pool and so all was well.:)

Since it was so cold we mostly spent our time at the indoor pool, but one of the days we bundled up(except for Siena.. Not sure how we missed that she was wearing shorts when we left. Kids are crazy though. She didn't complain about the cold) and headed out to north beach for a little drive and ended up stopping and getting out for about 10 minutes of beach fun.

Declan trying to figure out where his built in chew toy went..

It was so cold and windy, but the kids had fun building their mini sand castles. We were literally the only people out on the beach. We only saw about 3 cars drive by too while we were out there. No one else was stupid enough to get out in that cold.lol but it sure was pretty!

We also got to check out some of the fun restaurants up there. Our favorite for sure was cooper's where we got pesto Alfredo chicken pasta that was so flavorful!

We had such a great time! I love family vacations!

Declan's 5 months and 4 month photos

 This is what he was wearing right before I stipped him down to his diaper for his monthly pics. It was too cute to not get a photo!

 I love his little tongue! So sweet.

 Declan is a BIG thumb sucker. I absolutely love it (I know someday I will eat those words, but for now I will live in ignorance.:) ) It's so sweet to find him sucking on his thumb in the mornings and after naps. Declan is such a sweet and mellow guy! All of us love him tons!

 The winner:

 Siena was so excited to get pictures with her little brother. He wasn't quite as excited.

 He would say cheese as long as Siena wasn't around. Unfortunately we are still working on that wincing reflex he has when Siena is around...lol

 I had to tickle Brighton in these next ones to get him to stay put and to make anything other than an angry face.

 Tickling was no longer working.. Love this next one anyway. So cute/funny!

It seems I have missed his 4 month pictures as well, so here are those:

 It's so fun having a little baby around. Brighton and Siena just dote on him and love him so much. It's fun to watch.

Moments like these make those "hard days" seem unreal. Love these kids!

 the 4 month winner: