A Test on Her Hip
Last Saturday was our oldest daughters birthday party, she turned nine. Wow she is growing up so quickly. For her birthday party we were able to rent out the Oklahoma Baptist University swimming pool and they furnished a room, etc. My wife went to one of our cousins birthday parties there and said it was extremely nice. I had no idea it was as nice as it ended up being.
Natalie had been swimming before, but this kind of stood out in my mind as I was thinking about some of the active things Natalie has done in the last few weeks. She is actually an extremely active child now days. I am constantly having to tell her to slow down as she runs through church, or make sure to hold onto her tighly in parking lots and stores because she will try to run away. However, while swimming she seemed to really enjoy it. For a couple of hours we had lifejacket on her and she was kicking around the pool, with a little help mind you, but still doing a lot of the work. I was really impressed with her stamina. You would think that with her hip displaysia it would become sore or would be quicker to tire out. She held up with everyone just fine and this is a promising sign that she will be able to play sports if she decides she wants to.
