She can still wear bows

Callie got her Doc Band yesterday, and good news, she can still wear bows!!  Wearing the Doc Band for the first time went pretty well too.

It was a pretty long afternoon though.  Our appointment was at 3:30pm in Dallas, about 45 minutes away from home.  The only thing is that it is really close to downtown so traffic can get pretty bad.  It took us almost 2 hours to get home last night, and we had to stop halfway home so I could feed Callie.  She was pretty upset by the time we made it home, but I'm pretty sure that was because she had been in the car for so long and not because of the Doc Band.

Callie lucked out and didn't have to wear the Doc Band last night, which usually she will need to wear for 23 hours a day.  There was a spot where the band was rubbing on her head so to protect her skin she didn't wear it last night.  This gave me an opportunity to decorate the band.  A lot of people paint the bands and get super creative.  I can be crafty, but not that crafty :)  So I bought a bunch of stickers and just put them on the band.  I think it turned out pretty good :)

I took these pictures this morning so Callie isn't quite awake yet.  I'll post some cuter ones with bows in the next couple of days :)

Today we had to go back to Cranial Technologies so they could adjust the band where it was rubbing on Callie's skin.  Our appointment today was at 4pm so this meant that we had to drive through rush hour again . . .  

This time we stopped at a mall half way home to have dinner.  So Callie had her first public outing in the Doc Band.  It was interesting to see how people reacted to the band.  There were people that would look and smile and I could hear them say "how cute" as we walked by.  And then there were the people that looked, and then looked away quickly, so that I wouldn't notice them "staring" at Callie.  This is something that I'm pretty sure we have all done.  You see a kid in a wheelchair, or a kid with special needs and you look away quickly, trying your hardest not to look again so you don't make the parents uncomfortable.  Kids are just kids, no matter how different they are.  Having Callie has definitely opened our eyes.  She has helped to make Scott and I more open minded and accepting of all people.  I knew Callie would change our lives even before she was born, but I had no idea it would be to this extent.  She is an amazing girl and I can't wait to see what else her life holds :)