you've come a long way, baby

This little thing, who was barely bigger than a squirrel when she was born.
And who slept all the time (I know! Can you believe it?) because she was hypoglycemic (whoops, who knew?)...


She could only sit up on her first birthday with her legs spread out and her back
hunched over for balance. Raising her head like this? Super hard.


We did physical therapy for an hour every day for months and months.
Here she has kinesio tape on her back to try and teach her muscles to coordinate sitting up...


All that therapy eventually came back to bite me in the butt.


Guess what she's doing now?


That's right! She's burning up the soccer field!


Or, at least running around with her tongue all twisted up in knots and looking really sporty.


I can hardly believe it. I honestly never thought this day would come.
And here we are. So proud!
(If you are one of her physicians who doesn't want her playing contact sports,
just look away. I promise. They're all kindergarteners.)