Paxton's hard pants are off!! It was a scary process for him, watching the saw come down on his legs, but he was brave and watched the doctor's every move. And mama almost tackled the xray tech who couldn't seem to get a decent picture after trying FOUR times while my baby lay on a hard table, in tears. Seriously. Lifting him off that table, I swear he weighs 20 pounds less! I wish they would've weighed him somehow so we could know how much that darn cast really did weigh! And now, my boy looks the same. He has two beautiful legs, one slightly shorter than the other. You can tell when he lays down flat, his knees don't quite match up and one foot stretches a little farther. A bruise on each hip bone and wrinkly skin. He isn't quite back to normal yet, not standing or walking, and even nervous to sit. Those things will take time, possibly even weeks. And the doctor warned he might limp for months. All that is normal. But the likelihood of his femur breaking again is very low. His bone will overgrow and eventually become the same length as his other leg. And when he's an adult, the broken bone will be completely gone as we grow new bone and the old is absorbed. Something new I learned! For now, we take it easy, we give him lots of attention, we still snuggle, he still sleeps with mommy, he still army crawls, he still potties in a bottle but now wears undies, and he still smiles that amazing smile and says, "I can't walk yet, I still have a broken leg." It will come, and we will wait. And this mama is going to worry, nervous of his every step, run, and gosh forbid jump!
His last ride without the car seat. Most definitely his favorite part about having hard pants!
The walk/carry into the doctor.
And finally, his first bath in 4 weeks!!!! A two hour long bath, where he felt comfortable enough to sit and move his leg around just a bit. So proud of his every movement.
Snuggling in for a book on "his spot" of the couch.
HIS LEGS!!! Two of them!! Never has he looked so cute in undies!!
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