Peyton is 3 months old, and the cast is off!

Today Peyton is 3 months old!!! Time is going by too fast. She is such a happy baby, she loves to smile and laugh. She sleeps 10 hours at night and takes good naps. She is really a good baby and such a joy to our family. Her nickname is Peyt (pronounced Paint) and is adored by her two big sisters.

Today is the day Katie's cast is coming off. It's been 5 VERY LONG weeks. It's been hard but an adventure. Some of our adventures have been avoiding parks and the beach (sand can get inside her cast), no swimming or baths, and staying where it's cool (she can get heat rash under her cast if she gets to hot). Also, helping her learn to use her left hand to eat and relearning how to go potty with only 1 arm/hand was a struggle. Certain clothing and dress-up items have been hidden because she can't wear it with the cast. I have also learned that corn-on-the-cob, fajita tacos and watermelon are really hard for a 3 year old to eat when only one hand can reach her mouth. My mom, Katie, Peyton and I picked up Meg from school and headed to the Dr's this afternoon.
My mom has never seen a cast be casted or taken off (my dad was the parent who did that) so she came along to see it.

Katie was very excited to have it off, but she gave the nurse a hard time by not sitting still.

Here is a quick video of her cast being saw'd.

It's off! After the cast was removed she had it x-ray'd and her fracture was almost 100% healed. She is to wear a removable brace for the next 10 days.
Peyton slept thru the entire thing, even thru the loud noise of the cast saw. She is such a good baby.

P.S. No I didn't keep the cast, I took pics of it after it was cut off and then it was tossed in the trash. I felt that if I kept it in a box for 15 years that at age 18 Katie would look at it, roll her eyes at me and then toss it in the trash herself.