And after three stinky-no bath- weeks the cast comes off!! The x-ray shows a pretty straight leg, still not straight enough to not make mom feel bad, but straight enough to try without a cast and we'll go back in two weeks! Piper didn't like the sound of the saw and her leg itches pretty bad, but she LOVED her two baths the next day!! I added a picture of her waiting to get her x-rays and listening to her sister's i-pod! She loves the music and now can shake it again once her limp is gone....Yes, she does walk with a limp. They say this is normal until she gets used to her muscles again. And, yes the limp still pulls at my heartstrings and makes me feel bad! I think we are going to hang her cast above the bars with a warning of BE Carefull!~ No one will be able to accuse our gym of "Failure to Warn" Right??? I know with our three active kids and a life growing up in a gymnastic gym this won't be our last injury in the family, but after our Christmas visits to the clinic (broken leg, back spasms, sinus infections, ect) to the SAME doctor-I'm pretty much left with embarrasment. And to top it off the doctor that saw us so many times in 1 1/2 weeks was the grandpa of one of my gymnasts! Well what's the saying there is no such thing as bad advertisement???

Mom and her favorite gymnast, then the rest of the team!! Just kidding....we do pretty well at being excited for everyone. We had a few first places and we as a team took first on vault and on beam!

Hanna and her tongue at her FIRST GYMNASTICS MEET! We took Hanna to her first meet where she actually did really good for her first time. Her tongue never stayed in her mouth and mom's favorite part was when she was up on the beam we all could see her mouthing the words of her routine so she wouldn't forget it! Her best score was a 8.55 on vault. She did her backhandspring on floor which she learned only two days before! Mom was so proud and excited that I will be able to share these special moments with her.

Piper's Broken Leg

Piper got her pink cast today. We had new x-rays and Dr. Kortni couldn't see the break anymore, but since my degree is in motherhood and not broken bones we went with Dr. Hende's opinion of 3 weeks in a cast. 3 weeks is definately better than 8 weeks! Since her leg is already healing, they padded her cast extra and said she could walk on it after 24 hours! YEAH!! She is such a trooper. She does seem 100% better after the cast. She was so irritable with the splint, it must have been too tight. We havent' slept much the past week, so hopefully she will sleep better tonight, because mom has to go back to work tomorrow! I have enjoyed my time at home. I think the kids have too, except they do love the 10,000sq. feet of open padded area of our gym to play in and the freedom to roam and play with all the school toys. They ask everyday if they can go. We've stayed away to get a break, but they get to go back tomorrow too. I forgot to write about Alizah's theme song this week. It has been "Go me, Go me, It's my birthday, It's my birthday." It has been pretty cute. We all wish everyday was Alizah's birthday...she has been an angel!! I think being the middle child, she just needs the individual attention. I think mom and dad need to try harder to focus on her sometimes too. Well, we go back to the work tomorrow and hope our school/gym has run in our absence. Maybe if it has, we can stay away more! We can hope right???