AH. (the penultimate day)

This week. Two days. The day after tomorrow. It's really happening!

I cannot believe it.

I also cannot believe this: I'm nervous! Don't get me wrong. I am excited - beyond excited - for her to be cast-free. I am beside myself with anticipation of taking her in the pool and giving her baths (stockholders in Target & Amazon can thank me for my hefty contributions over the last couple weeks ...) and dressing her in normal clothes and watching her crawl. Totally totally thrilled that this is happening. But I'm nervous about whether or not she will be in pain as her joints loosen up, and how long that will last ... and how she will sleep when she has the freedom to move all over the place ... and what sort of trouble she will get herself into as she gets more mobile. I have just gotten so used to life in the cast, I think it will be pretty strange to change a normal diaper and put her into her highchair. And her carseat. And her clothes. But it will be so wonderful!

Ev is happy too.

Thank you for traveling with us along this journey. A few people have asked if we will still keep the blog once she gets her cast off, and we will. I think there are a few parents & grandparents out there who are still reading ;) And actually, the one thing lacking in the blogs I have read about kids in the spica cast is how the recovery out of the cast has been! So to make up for the lack of posts in the last month, we will be sharing a lot about how Evie does as she comes out of the cast. Stay tuned! We'll be back Wednesday with a cast-free update!

(And before then, I will post a video of how much she is scooting around on the floor, even in the cast!)