Standing and finally some sunshine!

Caitlin got her new stander the day after she got her first pair of Afo's.  Initally she liked it, she was curious about it and she loved being able to stand and use both her hands to play, rather than using them to balance!

Standing tall and happy.  She look's so grown up when she's stands!

Unfortunately the novelty of the stander wore off after these pictures were taken :-(  Now, as soon as she see's it she cries and we pretty much need to distract her for every second she is in it or else she is one unhappy lady!  Her physiotherapist wants her in it for a half hour each day, so we splash at the water table, play with toys, let her watch cartoon's, blow bubbles, anything to make that half hour pass easily. It would be easy to not do it, Caitlin would definitely not mind getting rid of the stander.  But at the end of the day it's just a temporary measure, to teach her to stand up without her knees bent and without her bum sticking out and without leaning forward while standing.  I can see every time we do it, she's standing up the way we want for just a little bit longer.  And that makes it worth it.

Besides that, we're all enjoying finally getting some sunshine in Ireland!  After a awfully cold winter, the sun is finally starting to creep in, the day's are getting brighter and it was nice enough yesterday to celebrate Caitlin turning 16months by going on our first family picnic.

Caitlin tried her first Nutella sandwich and she couldn't get enough of it, she's inherited her sweet tooth from me, that's for sure!

Looking at the birds, 

Feeding the ducks with Daddy,

Jack looking adoringly at her sandwich, (Caitlin wouldn't share)

Just chillin!

Yesterday also marked one month from her last shunt revision.  Please God, we'll have many more months (maybe even years) of no operations, were we can enjoy being a family and have lovely days out like this :-)