20/40 beautiful numbers!

Megan had her every 3 month ophthalmologist appt today. And we got GREAT news!
Her vision with her glasses is 20/40!!!! So much better than the 20/400 of April and 20/100 in June.

In April, her dr said she'd be thrilled if we ever got to 20/40, well let me tell you, we were all thrilled to hear 20/4o only 7 months after starting treatment! Kevin and I cheered, the dr gave Meg a big hug and Kellie clapped. All the drops and patching are paying off (makes it easier to keep at it if we know it's working!)

Thank you God!

So, we continue what we are doing, go back in April and hopefully we have even more improvement. (And 20/40 means she'll be able to drive without restrictions when that day comes all too soon!) Now there is hope for perfect vision with glasses, wonderful (20/20 with glasses means she can be a military pilot- yes I think that far ahead!)

In April, we have to take Kellie for a full exam, as the dr thinks she has a difference in her vision between her eyes as well. But catching it at around 2 yrs old it shouldn't be anywhere near as bad as Meg's was at 5 yrs old.

Anyway, we're all smiles around here.

Toddler Charades

Kellie only has like 4 words (one for mom, dad, Emmett, Megan, Nana) in her vocabulary. We've been lazily teaching her baby signing and she has about 10 signs that she uses regularly.

I was putting her to bed the other night and she kept handing me books, I'd start to read, she'd take it out of my hand and give me another. Then she signed "book", made a kissing sound and danced, she kept doing it while handing me books.

She handed me the book "Snuggle Puppy" by Sandra Boynton and I started reading. She shrieked a happy shriek, made the kiss sound and started dancing.

AHHH, all along she was trying to tell me what book to read. See, Snuggle Puppy is about a song a parent dog sings to their puppy about how they love everything about puppy. "It starts with an OOO and ends with a kiss and all along the middle it goes something like this- OOOO snuggle puppy of mine, everything about you is especially fine..." (that's from memory-the actual words might be slightly different!)

I am amazed at how resourceful kids can be! She definitely has a way of letting us know what she wants, if we just stop and pay attention and are good at charades!

Halloween- a little late

I've been meaning to post pictures of the white & pink kitty and the yellow duck that visited us on Halloween.

Megan had a costume parade at school- PopPop, Nana, and Granny came for it. That made her happy. They had a party with food and crafts, fun times!

After the parade, Kellie and I went to visit Daddy at work and had lunch there.

Megan went to a few houses and then came home, she wanted to give out candy. Kellie wasn't a big fan of all the noise (neither was Emmett), but enjoyed playing in the candy and seemed to like her costume, she went next door to Dave and Weeze's and was done with the being out in the dark!