Emily Update

Here are the Freeman Family Children, all of them. (What a beautiful bunch!) The kids had a great time visiting Mh at the hospital. Mh ended-up staying at the hospital until Friday evening. She has been feeling pretty good since the low blood pressure episode, and is feeling ready to take-on-the-world! Well, maybe ready to go home, climb the stairs and lay in bed for a few more days (weeks?!?). The kids are excited to have Mom home, but are already realizing that with Mh's current (though temporary, thank goodness!) limitations, they are now her arms and legs. Mom even had a job list for them Saturday morning.

Emily is doing wonderfully. She isn't sure about her bed at this point, but with some convincing, I think she might make it hers soon. Emily and Dad had to go to Boise to see a specialist for Emily's hips. It was discovered that she does in-fact have Hip Displacia, a condition where her hip sockets are under-developed and she must wear a brace until the joint is strong enough to stay in place. The brace looks like a parachuting harness except her legs are held at a 90+ degree angle holding the head of the femur in the socket. We don't know how long she will have to wear it. The doctor says that it depends on each kids development, on how she progresses and when then feel that she is ready - his words were, "a handful of months." Anyway, until then, here is our little mountain climber! (Jeremy, I think that I can adapt this to a repelling harness, I just need a very small carabiner!).

Emily doesn't seem to mind most of the time, though I think that sometimes she would like to stretch her legs a little and enjoy this new-found freedom that she has.
It is fun to see the kids get so excited about the new baby. I figured that after all this time with Nathan around, the girls might not be too excited about another 'invasion'. Even Nathan is enjoying her...

Nathan did find ways to entertain himself. He was VERY board in the hospital, and was told "NO" way too much. He did find way to entertain us though. He entertained us with new uses for some of the equipment in the room.

We tried to explain that this wasn't a toy, but I don't think that he go the message.

Emily is a welcomed addition to our family, even Mom and Dad enjoyed their time with Emily. Grandpa Evans even got in on spending time with Emily.