Its been a few weeks since the last post so I wanted to give an update on everything that's happened. First of all, we had the "Lucky Leg" Party and Benefit and it was AMAZING!! It was a beautiful fall day at the Park. There were tons of people who came to support our little Super Nash. There were 20 teams that played in the bean bag tournament and 10 entries in the chili cook-off. HOW AWESOME!?!? We had a silent and live auction which were both very successful. The face-painting, glitter tattoos, colored hair pieces and super hero pictures were all a BIG hit. I'm pretty sure everyone had a great time. Nash had the best day EVER!! He had non-stop attention and played with his friends on the playground all day long. He got glitter tattoos and his face painted like a pirate (his choice) and he wore his Super Nash cape all day too :) When we left to go home around 5:30pm, he fell asleep in the car. We put him in his bed around 6pm and he slept all night long.
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| Family pic |
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| silent auction |
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| Chili Cook-off |
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| Bean bags |
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| Hattie and me |
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| Nash's aunt Annie |
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| Nash's Grandma Donna :) |
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| Happy little Pirate |
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| Friends! |
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| Nash the "ladies man" |
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| glitter tattoos |
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| Hangin with cousin Wyatt and big brother, Aidan |
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| Live auction |
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| My friend Holly flew here from Arizona and surprised us!! |
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| Grandpa Stew and Aunt Annie |
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| Aunt Teresa, Aunt Annie, Uncle Gary |
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| Ready to party!! |
We couldn't be happier with the turnout from the Benefit. It was a huge success and we are so thankful. All of the donations raised will greatly ease our financial burden for Nash's first leg lengthening. This brings me to the next bit of news.... We had Nash's 3 month post-op visit with our local doctor, Dr. Lindaman, in Des Moines. We went to see him a week after the benefit. He took x-rays and we got to visit with him for a little bit. He thought the x-rays looked great and he said the bone was healing nicely! We really liked him and we are so glad we have him closer to home. We are also happy we have another great person to help guide us in this crazy, scary and exciting journey.
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| Dr. Lindaman and Nash |
A couple days ago I received an email from Dr. Paley ( I always get really excited when I see his name in my inbox) He said he got the x-rays and Nash's bone is healing PERFECTLY! He said we are on the right track to have his first lengthening a year or more after the hip surgery, which will be August of next year. I know that we will have a choice if we do it then or wait a little longer. We will find out more when we go to Florida for his 6 month post-op in February.
In other news: Hattie is crawling!!! She is growing so fast and gets cuter every day :) She got 4 new teeth on top last weekend! That was a little rough since it was Thanksgiving weekend. We had a fun time though! We got to celebrate with my family on Thursday, Hattie and I went shopping with the girls on Friday and we hung out with Chris's family on Saturday. It was a great weekend. We have so much to be thankful for...we have such sweet little blessings in our life...we are so LUCKY!!
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| Happy Girl :)) |
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| First time in a shopping cart sitting like a big girl! |
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| Shopping with the girls :) |
