December Nights and February 1st

Yummy milk! 

I am so cute in my harness-free outfit!

Ava and teh Nativity Scene: "Talk them!!"

In front of the Balboa Park fountain

Mommy and Lucy at December Nights!

End of the night, Ava doesn't want to leave

Ava and daddy exploring how gravity works at the Reuben Fleet Space Center

We had a wonderful time at December Nights last night! Ava loved the nativity scenes, especially that I narrated and made all of the figures "talk them". She had gingerbread men (just the feet) and got to play at the science museum in the kids zone. She had an absolute ball! She loved all of the lights and running down the Prado. She was afraid of Santa...very afraid! She was last year too. She hasn't quite made the connection between presents and Santa yet. Once she does, I'm sure her fear will go away. She did like seeing the flying Rudolph and reindeer though. Lucy was a trooper, she was pretty good, but started to lose it at the end of the night around 7, so we called left. Ava protested vehemently, saying she wanted to stay.
As far as Lucy's development goes, we went to see Dr. Pring and good news overall: her left hip has corrected to 28 degrees, but her right hip is still at 31 degrees with no improvement. Dr. Pring is optimistic that she will correct with no problem, although I am nervous. If it isn't working, we are going to try a different type of brace and the next step is surgery. Again, Dr. P doesn't think that is likely. We have another appointment on February 1st to check again. I am just praying that both are corrected even more, hopefully at or below 25 degrees. She is now wearing the harness 18 hours per day so at least she can wear normal baby clothes for part of the day. It is the little things sometimes. On a bright note, Lucy is sitting up like a champ, she still falls over sideways occasionally and arches back, but overall, she is doing really well with that milestone.
We are off from school for Christmas break in 2 weeks..yay for being teachers :-) (at least there is that perk!)