Finally

Blair has her own room. We cleaned out our closets and moved all her furniture in! It was a weird adjustment but we are loving it. Some how we managed to get it all to fit, including the vanity that has been handed down for three generations, although our rocking glider is now in the hallway. I love it. The walls aren't painted but I figure if we move what's the point in painting? Most of Blair's decorations are up and I got some really cute frames to put pictures in. In case you are wondering why this didn't happen before she was born, the story is that this house was going to be shared by my brother and I. All of this came about after the inspection on the house we were going to buy turned out disasterous and there was no way we could afford the house and the improvements. So we turned my childhood home into a duplex. Crazy, yes. A bedroom upstairs was converted into a really nice kitchen, a portion of the garage turned into a room. We were set, but thankfully my brother bought his own house and got the keys the week Blair was born. So we were all settled into the top portion of the house, later we moved downstairs into the living room and kitchen and Blair has an amazing playroom. But upstairs we left alone for so long becuase Blair and I are still co-sleeping, what was the point? But now that she's almost 16months old she needs her own four walls with 2 doors. I am also hoping that someday she'll sleep on her own.

Here's some Stats for you all...

Hip Dysplasia occurs in 3-4 per 1,000 births, or 1% of the USA. The factors for HD are: Girl (although boys can also have it), first born, low amniotic fluid, family history, breech (mainly frank breech-bottom down with legs folded in half), native american heritage. It appears most often in the left hip, and 5-9 times more likely in a girl.

There are two tests they do when the baby is first born: Barlow's Maveuver, or Ortolni's Maveuver. Before the bones harden ultrasound is used, afterwards x-rays are used.

This is the hard one for us...The Pavlick harness is successful in approximately 90-95%...we're part of the 5-10% that it doesn't work for.

THIS IS WHY WE FEEL TOTALLY ALONE IN THIS ALL. HD consumes my thoughts all day long, and all I can seem to do is worry, get mad/sad, and research. 6 more months until we find out if Blair is going to have surgery.

Now that I am a mother, a lot of things have changed

So many things change after you become a mother, some though you might not think...

Before I became pregnant I wore low rise jeans, now I wear the mid-high rise? Never thought I'd say that one out loud. Not only has my bust, and waistline changed but I now am a size 8 shoe, when before I could squeeze into a 7.5, which is a bummer because my mom has some really cute shoes!

When I got married I thought the whole home maker thing would kick in, but it waited until Blair arrived. My mother had been praying for the day that I would start sewing, and it has finally happened! I am an official sewing, baking, cleaning Mama.

I now think about what I look like, how I dress, and how I talk along wtih my general attitude. I'm trying not to cuss as much, dress more modestly(maybe that's because of the bigger waistline), do my hair, and be happy (even when my world is falling apart).

Before Blair the internet was used for myspace and homework, now I tend to do a lot of research and printing of articles about Hip Dysplasia. I think about it all day and most of the night. Going along with HD I have become stronger, a real traveler, money and coupon saver, insurance knower, hospital attending MOTHER. I constantly worry, talk, write, discuss Blair's HD. 6 months until we find out if surgery is necessary...it's going to be a long wait. I love being a mother, there is nothing else better in the world!