Family Fun

Reading with Mum
Fun times with Stacie and Gavin

Reading the paper with Daddy


We went to Durham again a couple weekends ago. Dennis went for work recruiting and we got to see some old friends and have some time to walk around campus. Ethan is starting out with strong Duke influences from his parents--can you tell?

Ethan and Mommy also took a quick trip to Augusta last week. It was so fun to see Mum and Papi along with some friends. We also got to have lunch with Uncle Chad and Aunt Pam.

Helmet Update!

Ethan at his appointment today--big sitting boy! Top 'o his head!

Ethan has his first measuring appointment today, and we got to see his amazing progress! He has been going through a major growth spurt--I could tell because he was eating a lot (of mostly mommy-made food...what an adventure!) and growing out of his clothes. This helps because the helmet is made to direct growth--the helmet leaves room for growth on the flat side and is flush with the protruded side. Most of his growth is filling in the flatter side of the head, which is a great thing!

For number crunchers, Ethan started with a cranial vault asymmetry of 13mm before the band and now has one of only 5mm! Cranial vault asymmetry is basically the difference between the measurements of the two diagonals of the skull. His cephalic index (width divided by length) was 93.1% and now it's 86.8%, so he is doing really well. His orthotist said today that Ethan will definitely have the cranial band completely off by Christmas and we'll start tapering before that. I'm so excited! It's so rewarding to see the progress.

Halloween!

The bride, the bridesmaid (a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty), and Superman
The two big boy cousins!

For really the first time in my (Liz speaking, just always assume it's me because Dennis claims he didn't even know we had a blog until a couple weeks ago :)...) adult life, I live in a neighborhood where kids actually trick or treat! It was so fun to see the parade of kids (young and maybe too old??). Ethan had a quick photo shoot with his cousins before heading home to help me answer the door. Dennis even came home early to help us out, which was super fun. Somehow I convinced him not to give out congee as a trick...