Update

Morgan is enjoying her helmet free life.
I am enjoying putting little bows and ponytails in her hair. Here are a few pictures of her without her helmet. The one of her holding her helmet was made the day we left the hospital.We will be going back soon for a follow up physical therapy appointment. They just want to make sure she is doing everything she should be at this stage. I can say I am 100% sure she is plenty active! She is so busy and I am very exhausted by the end of the day from trying to keep up with her. She is not even walking yet. It scares me to think about what life will be like once she starts running.

Graduation Day

Today is a very happy day. Morgan has graduated from helmet therapy. We were so happy to leave Vanderbilt Hospital today with Morgan in our arms and her helmet in our hands. She looks great and we are so thankful this is over. We will post more info later when we have a chance about what the doctor told us. We wanted to go ahead and get the word out while I had a second. Here is one last picture of her in the helmet. Many more helmet free pictures to come!
Thank you all for your many prayers. As Avery said as we were leaving the hospital... "God heard our prayers."
More to come...

Get this thing off!

Lately Morgan has been very fussy. It is almost as if she is saying, "get this thing off!" She usually ends the fussing by pulling her helmet off. I have no idea how she is getting it off. It is molded to fit her head perfectly. It looks incredibly painful when she starts tugging on it. Somehow she turns it around sideways where she is looking through the ear hole. Then she pushes with all her might and off it pops. Usually she gets it stuck and then I have to come running to the rescue. The other day we where on our way home when she started pulling it off just as we got in the driveway. This time she didn't cry she just started laughing. I knew she was OK so I took off inside to get the camera. We are just a few days from what we HOPE and PRAY will be our last appointment in Nashville. Enjoy the pictures.

1st Birthday

Our sweet Morgan turned One today! WOW, the time has gone by so fast. To celebrate her first birthday she learned to take her helmet off tonight. That is not a good thing. Here are some pictures of her enjoying her first cake. I am so gad we took the helmet off. It would have been very hard to clean.

where did it go??????

Several days ago I posted a blog entry about our trip last week to Disney and today I loged on to post a few pictures when to my surprise there is no post about Disney anywhere. Now, I know I am not crazy because I know of others who read it and asked me to post pictures... where did it go? So let me sum up what was in the missing post.
It has been a while since my last entry because we just returned from a long stay at the happiest place on earth. That is right, we have been in Disney World. It was a great vacation and both of our girls had a blast. The weather was very warm and not great temperatures for wearing a helmet. We talked the trip over with her Dr. ahead of time and he suggested we remove the helmet anytime we were outdoors. The risk of her overheating was just to great. I have to say I so enjoyed seeing her sweet little head all week. For 5 days Morgan traded in her pink helmet for a pair of pain Mickey ears. She was just to cute.
Tomorrow Morgan will be trading in her helmet for a birthday hat. She will turn 1 at exactly 3:12 pm. I can't believe she is already one. This year has been full of ups and downs. A first birthday is always exciting but for me this one is especially exciting. It is very encouraging to look back over this year and see how many times God has provided for, comforted, loved, and guided us. I know what we have gone through is so small but it makes me wonder how and why people go through things with out Christ. I have leaned on Him so many times during the last year. I would not want to go through this again but I am very thankful for the things God has taught me along the way!
I hope all of this makes sense, after all it is 1:00am. I guess that means it is now Morgan's birthday. Happy Birthday!