It is five months to the day after that first intubation, the one that happened down the hall from the operating room where my innards were being carefully replaced. I’ll let Mr. Astaire say the rest.
The First Day of The Rest of Her Life.
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Yeah Simone!!!! That was the fanciest footwork I’ve ever seen! Great video and congratulations to twinkle toes Simone!
what a pretty pretty girl with no tubes!!!! xxxo
Yippeeeee! Way to go, Simone! LOVE seeing her beautiful face with no tubes.
I know you are one proud and happy Momma – Baby Girl is sporting the tubeless look! Go Simone
Best. Video. All. Day.
WOOOOOHOOO!
Happily Ever After.
I think I am in love!
Hooray! And what a dancer she is!
Hurrah! (And oh, the tapping! The tapping was so great!)
She looks so great!! All plump and pink! Perfection.
The spinning move made my head explode from laughter.
That’s brillant. I can’t stop laughing. Terrific.
no strings attached indeed! what a great day!
p.s. you couldn’t possibly be more excited about Burn Notice than my husband. Never thought we’d be such fans of USA, but there you go!
Yippeee!! Go Simone! Oh, and it must be a lot easier: tapdancing without wires…
You are killing me with the tap dance montage.
Thankyou so much for the smile. She is gorgeous and FREE!
wow – congrats!! this must be sunch an amazing feeling for you. what a fun video, too! she’s an amazing “air-tapper”.
Nice work Simone! Being wireless is all the rage these days and I must say it looks good on you!
mmmm room air! Congratulations to you and Simone.
Yay Simone!
That actually brought tears to my eyes. What an amazing little girl! And who doesn’t love some Fred Astaire in the morning?? Congratulations!
Oh, BLESS!!! I’m all teary-eyed now.
Extremely nifty footwork there, honey! Mummy will doubtless be forking out for dance shoes before too much longer.
Back off people, I call next dance!
Woohoo! Congratulations to you guys and the Tiny Tubeless One. What a great montage, too.
How fabulous! My favorite music video ever, the dance numbers were amazing! Go Simone!
Really, these are HAPPY tears! I am so thrilled for you both. What a fantastic video too! Congratulations and I can’t wait to see what sort of adventures Simone is set to have now!
Yipeeeee! What a great video – I especially love the dance sequence at the end. Bravo, Simone!!
She looks positively giddy to be free. I love it, but I’m sure you love it more.
oh my gosh! Who’s a free baby now? WHOOOO? WHOOO?
Adorable.
Oh! You just made my day. The cute baby tap dancing along with Fred is just too precious for words.
Simone……You GO GIRL!!!!
Alexa – Thanks for sharing her with us!!
She’s Beautiful!!!
What a wonderful video! I’m so impressed with you and so happy for Simone!
Tubeless, wireless baby WTG!!!!!
Great video!!
I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face watching that. Hooray for Simone!
She is just so beautiful! Way to go Simone!!!
I’m so happy for you guys!
Beautiful before, but WOW – she’s even better sans tube. Congratulations!
Yay for Simone! Woo hoo! No strings to tie you down!
YAY congrats you go girl!!!!!!!
Awesome. Congratulations to all of you and here’s hoping she’ll be free of all monitors very very soon.
Beautiful video, beautiful girl.
Am so happy for you three!
what an gorgeous and fabulously talented little girl!
DEEP BREATH! aaaaaaahahhhhhhh
Wooohooo!!!
GREAT video!
Love it! The tap dancing is perfect.
Look ma, no tubes! Wooohooooo!
What a fabulous video!
Those tubes were holding back some serious talent! Look at that girl go!
Aww, look at that footloose and fancy free girl. She looks better WITHOUT accessories, doesn’t she?
Congratulations.
Yay Simone! Looking great, getting so big! That was an awesome video.
Yay, no tubes!
I love her arms and legs moving around. It looks like she’s dancing and having the time of her life.
The Baby of the Week (Year) has so many talents!!
Congratulations!
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