Big Feet

What is with my children and their gargantuan feet??! We were at the mall today and I decided to try and find some shoes for Kaleb at Striderite since the poor kid is always going out in just socks and it's starting to get really cold. They had the cutest little shoes for crawlers, specifically made to be able to crawl in. They were so stinkin cute and I was so excited to get them for him. The girl comes over to help us and sizes his feet and says "oh, they don't make these shoes big enough for him." What? Turns out he is a size 5 Extra Wide and they only make the crawler shoes up to a size 3. UGH! The next "stage" is for early walkers and goes from size 3-5, so he just BARELY fits in those. The next stage after that (size 5 and up) is for toddlers and have a harder sole and are really bulky for a baby who isn't even walking, which is what he is going to have to move into after he grows out of the pair I got him today (which will probably be in the next couple weeks). So I got him the size 5 in the cutest pair I could find in the "Stage 2" but they are still pretty bulky and not at all as cute as the little moccasin style soft "Stage 1" shoes that he is supposed to be wearing but can't because of his gianormous feet. I remember having this exact same problem with Kobe and being equally as frustrated. Why can't they make the crawler shoes in bigger sizes or why can't my kids have normal sized feet?? Katie is already in a size 4 (she can pretty much start wearing women's sizes now), Kobe is a size 11 and Kaleb is size 5XW (Kyle was the same way too and was already in a 12 at age 3) We spend a small fortune on shoes at the rate they all outgrow them. I guess they get it from Kevin, he wears a size 13 shoe. Hopefully they will grow into their feet because the poor kids look like they have clown shoes on!