Caroline is 1!

What a great birthday Caroline had! Yes, she was in a cast and I had to literally do some things last minute, but with the help of Nana babysitting the majority of Friday, I was able to accomplish everything. Including a new outfit! As you can see in one of the new pictures I posted! She was the perfect birthday girl. She played the part like a trooper. All her friends and family came and I will talk about her 1st birthday to Caroline for as long as she will let me!

We just got back from Omaha yesterday and we are still gathering our thoughts from the trip. It was very informative, but also very eye opening. We met other families of OI kids and we learned that literally not one child is the same. Everyone is different. It's funny on the OI Yahoo website everyone talks about their OI baby being a "snowflake" and I never quite understood what they meant. But now I get it, not one OI baby is the same. We met 2 different 7 year old girls who both had OI and they are complete opposites physically. But they are both so sweet and so nice. They loved playing with Caroline! It's hard to believe they are living with the same disorder. The girls have been coming to Omaha for years, go to the OI camps and act just like 7 year olds should act. It was very humbling. We also met a 2 year old that is still wearing 3-6 month clothing, and a 9 1/2 month old that is still wearing newborns. Makes my breakdown of Caroline wearing 6 month clothing at 1 year seem stupid. It was also humbling to the fact that we just take so many things Caroline can do for granted. Caroline can hold her head up and sit up without assistance. A lot of these babies can't. Caroline has NO respiratory issues, a lot of these babies do. But what they all have in common is they are the sweetest babies and most resilient babies you will ever meet. You hear stories from the moms of the fractures, surgeries, hospital stays and you just close your eyes, take a deep breath and release. Then you think GOD for giving us our Sweet Caroline.

Once I have digested more of the information from the weekend I will post again. We met with so many people in one short day, that I am still not sure we got all our questions answered, but I know we did a good thing by taking her there.
Thanks to everyone for Caroline's perfect birthday! She had a blast! And Web and I did too!
Love to all!