Harnesses and Hip Displatia

About a month ago at Brynnlee's 4 month appointment our doctor became concerned about her hips. She has been watching them since Brynnlee was born because she was breech, but never thought we needed to do something about them until now. She told us that we should probably head over to Scriner's Hospital and get them looked at. Last Friday we took Brynnlee over to the hospital and they did an X-ray and decided that Brynnlee has Hip Displatia. Her hips are in the socket but there is a space between the socket and her bone and so she is at a risk of them dislocating. I guess because of the space her hip socket is not growing around the bone. The options she gave us were to first put her in a harness for a month to see if that pushes her bone into the socket better so that the socket can grow around it, and then if that doesn't work to go to some more drastic measures such as surgery or having a body cast for a few months. We were really worried about it all but are willing to try anything to avoid the more drastic measures so our doctor strapped her in. I feel terrible because Brynnlee can't stretch her legs at all in the harness and so every time we take her out of it to change her diaper she pushes her legs as straight as she can, but luckily Brynnlee is a trooper and has adjusted really well. We only have to have her in it for a month and we are already a week down. Yea! We're just praying that this works and her little hips will be fixed!

Here is what it looks like completely strapped on.

It wraps around her shoulders and chest and hooks onto her legs.

Even through it all she still smiles!

Eating Solids!

Brynnlee has just started eating some solid foods. She has done so great with them. We started her about a week ago with some rice cereal and every time I feed it to her she just gobbles it right up. I am waiting for her to be difficult with new things, but we were definitely blessed with an easy child (so far). What a cutie!

Valentine's Cutie

Megan took some really cute Valentine pictures of our little cutie. We have just loved all the pictures she has taken. If you like these and the others of Brynnlee you should head over to her blog http://meganhauzephotography.blogspot.com/. She has some wonderful pictures of babies, teens, and families.

4 Month Stats

We went to the doctor on Wednesday for Brynnlee's 4 month check up. She was really sick when we took her in, so her weight went down a little, but I couldn't believe what went up. Here were her stats.

Weight: 11. 53 lbs. Went from the 17th percentile to the 9th (like I said she had been sick all week and wasn't eating much. Before she got sick she was almost 12lbs).

Height: 24.96 inches. Went from the 17th percentile to the 75th. Now I know why she is wearing 9 month clothing. She has been growing like a weed the last few weeks!!

I couldn't believe how much she had grown. She is going to be so tall like her daddy! Everything looked well at the doctor except for her little hips. Since she was a breech baby the doctor has always been concerned and had us watch for hip displatia (where her hip doesn't grow correctly in the socket). Well at this appointment we had some x-rays and her hip is about 1-2 degrees out of place. It doesn't sound like much, but it concerned the doctor enough that we are taking Brynn down to Schriner's Hospital at the beginning of February to have some tests. They said that they might have to splint her legs if their findings are severe, but might also just watch her as she grows if they aren't as concerned. I am hoping that they don't find anything wrong, but we will just have to wait and pray and see.

What a wonder it is to see her grow each month!!!

Great Couponing Trip

My mother-in-law and sister-in-law are wonderful couponers. They are always getting amazing deals at different stores on all their items. I have tried to get into it a little, but usually end up not getting as good of deals as I thought at first. Well every once in a while I have a shopping trip that I am really proud of. Today was that day. I bought all these items for an amazing deal at Smiths. I ended up buying 5 Old Spice Body Washes, 5 Old Spice Deodorants, 2 Olay Body washes, 7 Cover Girl eye shadows, 1 12 pack of Charmin Bath Tissue, 3 Dawn Dish soaps, 1 Large Tide, 5 Herbal Essences Shampoos, 5 Herbal Essences Hair Care products, 2 Head and Shoulders Shampoos, 5 boxes of Crest Toothpaste, 1 large pack of Tampax Tampons, 1 Cover Girl Powder, and 2 Cover Girl Mascaras and only spent $40.03 for all 45 items. With just the sale prices and no coupons I would have spent $155.48, but I had enough coupons to save $115.45 which is a 74% savings on this deal. I couldn't believe it!! The best part of it all is that usually when I get deals with coupons I get a lot of things that Jeff and I don't usually use, but this time I only got things we use everyday. I was so happy about it that I called Jeff and he didn't seem so impressed so I thought I better blog about it. Yea!!!

First Christmas

Saturday was Brynnlee's first Christmas experience ever. I was really worried about how she would handle all the business of it all, especially since our preview day on Sunday at Grandma and Grandpa Great's house didn't go so well. Luckily she was a trooper and did wonderfully for the most part. She already is as crazy as her mom, not wanting to go to bed on time Christmas Eve (she stayed up until 11:30), and then getting up at 3:00 in the morning ready to go. We made her go back to sleep and wait. I didn't know a 3 month old would already get so excited over Christmas. We had a great day though, with one little spoiled girl from both sets of grandparents and Mom and Dad. She couldn't quite open her gifts by herself but she loved playing with them after. Thanks everyone!

Christmas Pics

Last week Megan took some super cute Christmas and summer pictures of Brynnlee. I loved them so much that I just had to post some of them here. I had a super hard time picking which ones to post because they are all so cute. I was showing them to Jeff and we couldn't believe how big our little girl is getting. We were picking out pictures to put up around the house and looking at how much she has grown since we first took her home from the hospital. She is such a beautiful girl and we are so grateful to have her in our home. Megan has taken some super cute pictures of Brynnlee. We are also thankful to have such a talented photographer in our family to spoil us with cute pictures of our girl.