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New Splints and Weekend with Tammy

Our weekend started out with Maddy getting new splints on Friday at Scottish Rite. They took the molds for them last week and then we picked them up this week. She was having some problems with the knee immobilizers rubbing her skin. These seem to be helping a lot with getting the reds spots cleared up. They make her look so tall. Aaron and I were just in shock over how long she looks when she has these on.
Maddy got this duck from Dr. Griffith for Easter. It quacks. At first she was scared of it. When it would start quacking she'd push in away from her as fast and far as she could but now she likes him and gets a huge smile when he quacks at her.
Jessica bought this cute shirt for Maddy last summer. It could have been a dress on her at that time but now it fits great and looks so cute.
Tammy flew in on Saturday. We picked her up from the airport and went to the Ft. Worth Arts Festival. We also walked through this really cool fountain area they have down there. This fountain you can walk down inside of it on these stepping stone things.
Maddy loves water and she enjoyed the spray from the fountain and putting her hand in the water.
This is another fountain and my favorite one. It is so pretty and peaceful.

Tammy and Maddy at the arts festival. It wasn't as fun as I'd hoped because they were having some tryouts for Big Brother that day at the festival and it was super crowded. We saw some very interesting people there. Some of the booths had really neat stuff and some were strange, even disturbing. We stopped at Jamba Juice down there and got some drinks. Yum! Just what we needed after walking around on a warm afternoon.

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Brittany said…
Looks so fun! Great that Tammy could come down. I'm loving being outside. We're going camping this weekend!
April 12, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Zach and Alyson said…
good pics... Zach and I had fun at the arts fest... my friend Amanda was one of the emerging artists right next to Jamba Juice. Definitely a great place for people watching.

-Alyson
April 12, 2010 at 8:51 PM
bee said…
Great pics. I love that shirt from Jessica and the pic of her on the bed. She seems to be saying, "hey, look at me. Aren't I cute!" How are these splints different. They look like they may hold her hips out a bit wider. She is GROWING!
April 12, 2010 at 9:50 PM
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