Poke 'Em, powa is a growing boy and has to keep up his strength.

In terms of your currently owned waiders, I would say do what you can with them or return them or sell them. They make waders with open pants leg style bottoms (you wear them like pants) and you put a separate boot on. Then you put on these sealing gators that go over the tops and the loose pantleg bottom. I have NO idea how well this works. But at least then you can buy one pair of waders and can get various pairs of boots to match with them. They're not as well insulated at the bootie kind in that you'd probably have to get thick wool socks to wear in the boots you choose.