The first order of business after getting home was hugs from Grandmomma, Poppa and sister followed by the suggested warm bath. Everyone was excited to see William out of his cast.

MaryVic was the most excited. She was literally bouncing off the walls. “I’m so happy for William!” Practically shrieking as she spun around the bathroom. It was quite a contrast between her and William. He sat fastened in a chair while I ran a warm bath. He watched her and seemed quite oblivious to the fact he had lost 20 pounds of cast weight. He did move his legs but not with any excitement.

MaryVic mid-spin. She was running around brother. “Happy, happy, happy!”

William was not enthused with the idea of a bath. It was a surprise to discover he could not sit up in the tub when he was put in. It took just a few minutes for Grandmomma to be evicted so someone could get in and support him. We gently rubbed his legs and a lot of skin flaked off in the water. William did finally relax and play a bit in the water. He was okay so long as he had someone to lean on.

I rubbed his legs down with baby lotion after the bath. He did exhibit some distress during the diapering and dressing process as his legs and hips were moved.

After the bath we went for celebratory ice cream!

GrandPoppa carried him in.

Ice Cream!!!

Wow, look at all the candy up top!

The one mishap, MaryVic was running up and down the length of the counter. She squeezed past me and scraped her finger.

She did it Grandmomma!

Oh, the guilt!

William was served first.

MaryVic got her usual strawberry with sprinkles in a cone! We did ask for a kid cone.

After ice cream, we came back home and put William on the floor to play. He is not able to sit up by himself yet. He did surprise us by crawling some and he does remember how to stand from a crawl. He kept putting his right foot underneath him from a crawling position like he was going to push himself up. He rolled around a bit too. He tried to pull himself into his chair which is a rocker like the one in the bathroom picture but started crying. I had to pick him up and put him in it.

Sitting in his booster seat instead of the stroller. The spica cast had spread his legs too wide for the seat.

Enough with the pictures Momma!

After dinner, we did another warm bath. MaryVic got in with him and he did a bit better at sitting. Promises were required by us from MaryVic to be careful and not bump him. William didn’t want to get into the tub. He did finally wind up on his tummy in the water. He propped himself up on his elbows and played a little bit. I gently, gently rubbed his legs with a washcloth and applied more baby lotion to his legs afterwards.

He went into footie pajamas for the first time after. He slept okay but does have some pain as he moves in his sleep. He seemed to want his legs up and I tried propping them up on a pillow. He eventually wound up next to me with his feet on me. We were going to give him some pain medicine but I think he slept okay for being without it.

Mary Alice told me the following morning that at bedtime MaryVic said she sometimes gets scared at night and gets in bed with Mommy. MaryVic then wanted to come get in bed with me and William. She told Grandmomma she would be very careful and not bump William. I knew MaryVic had fallen asleep at the foot of the bed leaning on my legs. MaryAlice moved her to her bed after she passed out.

We are very grateful that William is out of his cast, for the support of family and friends and all the love and prayers for William’s recovery. It is wonderful to have him home, free to wiggle and snuggle. Grandmomma asked him if he was stuck while he was playing on the floor and William answered “uh-uh” so he does realize that the cast is gone and is enjoying being more mobile.

Yay!!