Looking Back

Sorry for the lack of post updates, but we haven't had much new to report.  Mackenzie is walking/running around all over the place these days.  She still has a bit of a widened stance when she walks, but it has definitely narrowed. She still wears her brace for napping and at night.  We go back for another x-ray and check up in about 2 weeks and are hoping we can ditch the brace for good.

I was looking through some old photos yesterday and it is amazing how much she was able to do while in the cast.  Even now, she walks around with it on when we have it on her before or just after sleeping.  She always stands up in her crib now too when she wakes up and wants out.  She's quite a climber, so I am happy for the brace in the sense that it prevents her from climbing out of her crib!

I am trying to get a video of her running, but it seems like whenever the camera comes out she just wants to touch it.  I will definitely update after our next appointment.

Here are some photos from the past 6 months or so:

From October - the Brace doesn't stop me from crawling through my tunnel!

From October - I can just about reach it

From December - playing in a bucket

From December - tobogganing at the babysitters is so much fun!

From December - She loves doing this, so funny!

From January - a Winter walk

Merry Christmas

I know I haven't been updating much lately, but there isn't really much to say.  We got a great Christmas present on Christmas Day this is what Mackenzie started doing on a more regular basis!

She walks off and on now.  She seems to prefer to walk if it is on carpet and our main floor of our house is all hardwood flooring.  Sometimes she will take up to 20 steps across the room.  She has learned that she can't really carry things around with her when she is crawling so she has been shuffling around on her knees, pretty cute.  Upstairs she still loves to use the push toy from the earlier video I posted.  She pretty much runs around with that thing and can steer it all over.  She loves to do laps around the Island in our kitchen and have someone chase her.  I love that she is just doing all these "regular kid" kind of things.

Her walking stance is definitely wider than a "normal" kid.  She looks like she's been riding a horse for a long time.  We are hoping that with time her stance narrows, if not, we may go back to Physio and see if they have any ideas.  For now we are just so happy that she is continuing to progress!

We have Steps!

Mackenzie has started taking her first steps!  She has been cruising around with her walking toy and all along the furniture, but she took her first solo steps on Thursday evening.  She is very wobbly and only takes a couple at a time before dropping back down and crawling the rest of the way.  We are so excited and proud.

We go for another check up with the Orthopedic surgeon on December 18th so we will keep you all posted on how that goes.  She is still wearing her brace at night and for naps.

Look at Me Go!

I'm a little late getting this up on the blog, but I took this video last Friday night.  Just 10 days after she got out of having to wear the brace full time.  She just got up and started doing it all on her own.  First time up she did an entire lap around our kitchen island without stopping.  We didn't even show her how to use the toy to push.  We are so proud! She is also walking all over holding onto furniture and moving between pieces of furniture.