Pictures to come later but WE HAVE GRASS and it is beautiful!! We can't run on it quite yet (though we let Conner have a little run anyway), but it looks awesome! Today I ordered this
http://www.boddingtons.us/ground-reinforcement/turf-reinforcement-mesh.htm to help make the entire area wheel chair and HKFO accessible and to protect the roots of the grass. This way, the entire surface is usable to Madi, but it's also affordable. We were looking at a rubberized surface and they are just way too expensive (we're talking over $20,000 just under the playground area alone!!). The mesh cost about $1,500 including shipping and the metal pins needed to install it, which may seem like a lot, but when you compare it to other options, it is very, very cheap. It feels so awesome to finally see it all coming to fruition. Now to find a playground :).
Just realized I took a picture on my phone to send to David when he was at work, so I do have a picture, though it's a crummy one. You can't see all of the grass, but I'll post more pictures in a bit that show the part around the corner that you cannot see in this one...
