Rolling!

Evie has always been a squirmy kid - even before she was born. The first time the doctor tried to find her heartbeat, at 12 weeks, she couldn't find it and sent us back to get an ultrasound. And there was our baby, just doing summersaults, flipping back and forth. She kicked like crazy for a lot of my pregnancy ... and so when she was born and was a feisty little thing, we weren't surprised at all. This is one of things that made getting the cast so hard for us! How would she react to not being able to move a lot?

We quickly found out there was nothing to worry about. Her arms and upper body are still as active as ever, and are becoming more and more coordinated every day. Her feet have come to be affectionately called "helicopter feet" - she just spins them around and around. She even will do sit-ups when she is lying on her back.

Of course, though, the cast does inherently limit quite a bit of her mobility, especially since it goes down to her ankles (well, almost. Her legs seem to have gotten quite a bit longer since getting the cast on). It is hard for us to see other kids her age sitting up, scooting around, crawling - knowing that she would love to be doing those things herself! So when she rolled over yesterday (twice!) I was super excited for her (as you can tell in the video). She is also doing this thing where she sort of lifts her cast up off the ground like she wants to scoot around in it. When she gets the cast off for good, I can't wait to see her take off!

(Side note: It was Wednesday that this video was taken/post was written. On Thursday and Friday, she rolled over no less than 25 times each day. Totally incredible!)