Kaia is doing well! Thank you all for your well wishes and concern. The orthopedic doc wants her to keep her splint on until next Tuesday to be sure that any swelling is gone before they cast it. Then he thinks the cast will only be on for 2 or 2 1/2 weeks. So, not so bad. He said the break is a full break through the bone, but the bones didn’t move, so they didn’t have to set them, and the break is below the growth plate, so she shouldn’t have any problems there either. She’s been moving around (by crawling and scooting) with ease and throws herself onto the couch. She’s even been putting a little weight on it and doesn’t have any pain. Her main problem is that her heel itches like crazy when she is sleeping. I think her foot is going to sleep and she wakes up when it starts tingling.

We went to her Nana’s house for dinner last night… here she is (the little brain child) trying to figure out the game “Battleship” and ‘resting’ on the couch. She’s learning to be flexible about getting around, and we’re given another lesson flexibility in our lives…

The insulation went in yesterday. Easy-peasy! They just spray it (icynene) into the walls in a very thin layer and it puffs up to fill the wall space. We would have loved to use something totally sustainable, but this was the closest we could get for what we needed. Icynene is a petroleum product, but it is supposed to be more air quality friendly and non toxic. It’s also more energy efficient.

See the thin, white spray on the upper left wall…

Here’s what it puffs into:

Cool, eh?