i guess there are two important pieces of info to start with...
last friday, mike and i took brittin to see a CP/traumatic brain injury specialist at the University of Michigan. the appointment definitely didn't go as i'd envisioned. that's ok though. it ended like this... "brittin is a high functioning child with CP. nothing will help re-form her feet. she doesn't need expensive inserts. (here's the important part)... let her wear whatever shoes she wants that feel good." that is a BIG statement for a girl who LOVES shoes!!!
friday was also brittin's birthday! with this new info regarding footwear, we told britt we were taking her shopping!!
and here's where the PURPLE WEDGES come in. brittin's older sister sireana has a pair of purple heels. brittin loves to walk around in ONE of them. the right... because she can't walk in the left one.
sunday after church we headed to Shoe Carnival for some serious birthday shoe shopping!! on the way there:
me- brittin, what kind of shoes do you want to get?!?
brittin- i'm getting purple wedges!
me- (thinking to myself) oh good LORD!
WE GET THERE... finally find a chair to plop her in... and the madness begins.
i was going to post pics of the shoes we tried on, but that would be waaaayyyy too many pictures!
we tried on sperry's... bob's.... roxy's... nike's... adidas all stars... pastries high tops... all sizes, colors, styles. brittin had a reason why each shoe wouldn't work!
finally... exasperated, i looked at her and said "soooo, we're not getting any shoes today?"
she replied "yeah, i'm gonna get high heels!!"
after mike's jaw dropped, i asked her "are you telling me... you said NO to ALL THESE SHOES because you're waiting for us to bring you a pair of high heels??"
brittin replied "YEP!!"
AND HER SCHOOL QUESTIONS HER I.Q. !!!!!! whatev!! she's just manipulative!!
so i had mike just get a pair of girl high heels to end the madness!!!
here's the shoe... minus the strap. that made it even more fun to keep this on her!!
she was totally excited to see the shoes... all white and shiny!! obviously she doesn't know that whole "labor day rule"!
she slipped the shoes on.
she had a look of pure joy on her face.
she stood up... realizing her instability in the shoes.
she tried to walk.
her left foot immediately rolled to its side.
she realized she was going to fall.
she quickly began grasping for shoe boxes on the shelves, yearning for stability.
ok, that might have been a bit dramatic!
mike quickly reached for her and sat her down.
she ripped the left shoe off.
she stood back up.
realizing she was stable, she took off running down the isle.
when she reached the end, she turned around and said "YEP! i'll take these!!"
we explained she couldn't just wear one shoe... and she said she could. it was at that point, for the sanity of EVERYONE, we left... with no shoes.
we did however walk down to kohl's where we purchased a lovely pair of hot pink Nike's and extremely cute combat boots.
that's a day in the life of Brittin ;)
have a BLESSED day!!!
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