Catching Up

We have had a lot going on the past few months so I need to catch up.

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We Moved!!

No pictures of the inside of the new house yet because it's still a work in progress. I will get them up eventually.

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Backyard Landscaping

We had to do this right away because of the dogs.

Before

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Brycen's Preschool Graduation

Saying his part in the program

Dancing

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Whitney's High School Graduation

Flat Head

Today at the pediatrician, McKinley was diagnosed with Torticollis and Plagiocephaly. Torticollis is when the muscles in one side of the neck are too tight and cause the head to lean to that side. So because McKinley only keeps her head turned to one side, she has developed a pretty severe flat spot (plagiocephaly) on one side of her head despite my best efforts to constantly reposition her head. This is what she looks like all of the time.

So, we now have to go to physical therapy once a week, continue to stretch her neck everytime I change her diaper (I have been doing this for several weeks already), give her 3-4 hours of tummy time everyday (this should be fun since she is usually done after about 5 minutes) and invest in a Bumbo seat to keep pressure off of her head. If that doesn't start helping then in a month we go back to the doctor and start discussing a cranial orthotic helmet to reshape her head. I feel so guilty because I have always been very anal about my kids heads and preventing plagiocephaly. But when a baby is unable to turn their head to the other side then I guess there isn't much I could have done. Let's just hope that all of this physical therapy and stretching will help and she won't have to wear a helmet during the hot summer. That would be miserable.

4 Months Old!

15 lbs 3 oz

26 inches