Van's better than ever feet

The first picture is of Van's feet after birth and the next picture is his beautiful feet today!

Van's casts were removed last Thursday. Dr. Gordon was very pleased with how they looked and worked. We were given the good news that we were done with casts for a few years and will now get Van's braces. Those words felt so good and were such a relief. This is the moment we have been waiting for since we first found out about Van's clubbed feet when I was just 22 weeks pregnant.

I have been reflecting a lot about all that Van has gone through in his short life thus far. 3 surgeries, 15 sets of casts, 2 nights at a hospital and and lots of dr. visits. The amazing aspect of this is Van's wonderful attitude throughout everything. He has figured out how to sit up, rollover and crawl with castys on. He is an amazing boy and I am so excited to watch him continue on his journey, growing and healing.

The 1 pic is of his new braces that he received today. Van will have to wear them for 18 hours a day, which majority of that will be sleep time. We believe he will be required to wear the braces for nighttime for the next 2-3 years. He does not seem to bothered by them so far, hopefully that continues. The other 2 pics are Van at the Dr. office last Thursday with free feet.

The next pic is of his new air Jordan shoes!! Dr. Gordan told us to get him some high tops, to help strengthen and support his ankle. Well after trying on about 15 pairs of shoes-the ones that fit and were cute were these stylin shoes.

I also want to thank everyone for all of the love, support, prayers and positive energy sent our way other the last year. It was amazing to feel all of our friends and family holding us through all of Van's journey. I am now just waiting to see our little man walk...