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.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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!
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!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
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!
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!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Creativity
Those of you who know me pretty well know I'm not creative. I need directions for things and am not llikely to change up colors or supplies specified in the directions. My "art" tends to be more realistic and matchy.
Well, apparently this not one of the things Megan got from me! Case in point-
Megan and I went to a pottery painting place recently and of course, painted pottery. We had fun- a great mother/daughter day.
I chose a penguin ornament- I painted him black and white and within the lines. Megan insisted we use the paint that had flecks of other colors in it and that made it slightly less conservative.
Megan chose a cartoonish reindeer to paint. The all important red nose is present on this reindeer. Otherwise, It was one colorful yellow polka dotted reindeer!
It was so hard for me to not make suggestions on which colors to use where. She did ask me to help her paint "Mommy, my arm is tired. Will you paint this part yellow, I want it yellow" and so Mommy did as requested. It was killing me to not "fix" it.
As we walked towards the counter I saw several other moms with that "I can't believe you are painting it like that, but I'm not going to say anything" look! I looked at them with a knowing sympathetic smile.
It turned out cute and is a one of a kind masterpiece . One I will cherish forever.
(When I get the camera battery charged I'll download the pictures and post them in a new post)
Well, apparently this not one of the things Megan got from me! Case in point-
Megan and I went to a pottery painting place recently and of course, painted pottery. We had fun- a great mother/daughter day.
I chose a penguin ornament- I painted him black and white and within the lines. Megan insisted we use the paint that had flecks of other colors in it and that made it slightly less conservative.
Megan chose a cartoonish reindeer to paint. The all important red nose is present on this reindeer. Otherwise, It was one colorful yellow polka dotted reindeer!
It was so hard for me to not make suggestions on which colors to use where. She did ask me to help her paint "Mommy, my arm is tired. Will you paint this part yellow, I want it yellow" and so Mommy did as requested. It was killing me to not "fix" it.
As we walked towards the counter I saw several other moms with that "I can't believe you are painting it like that, but I'm not going to say anything" look! I looked at them with a knowing sympathetic smile.
It turned out cute and is a one of a kind masterpiece . One I will cherish forever.
(When I get the camera battery charged I'll download the pictures and post them in a new post)
Monday, October 20, 2008
Farm fun Weekend
On Saturday we went to Jumbo's Pumpkin Farm and South Mountain Creamery (Michael, Samuel, Luke, Carter, Danielle, Cara, and Natalie joined us- poor Cassie wasn't feeling well so she and Angie stayed home and watched movies!).
It was fun-At Jumbo's they had a hay ride, pumpkin patch, corn maze, pony rides, farm animals. The kids really enjoyed themselves. The guys and the bigger kids went thru the corn maze- to Danielle and I who were chasing Kel and Nat around the patch it seemed to take them a long time, but they 
made it out safely. Everyone picked out pumpkins to take home and enjoyed running around.
At the Creamery there were cows, free kittens, fresh ice cream, , another hay ride, other fun stuff, some guys selling chocolate covered espresso beans (something new to add to my list of things I like to eat!).
made it out safely. Everyone picked out pumpkins to take home and enjoyed running around.At the Creamery there were cows, free kittens, fresh ice cream, , another hay ride, other fun stuff, some guys selling chocolate covered espresso beans (something new to add to my list of things I like to eat!).
On Sunday the 4 of us ventured to Whispering Meadows Alpaca Breeders. Alpaca's are such neat animals and they are soft. However, they aren't the friendliest animals- not mean just kinda snobby. They had a hay ride, pony ride, a cool store full of Alpaca fiber items (such soft warm gloves, hats, throws) and of course Megan asked for a bear made of Alpaca fiber- so incredibly soft.
Such family fun this weekend! Check out our photo sharing site to see more, if you want!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Bookend birthdays and cousins
Happy 1st Birthday to my grandniece Sophia and Happy 4th Birthday to my niece Cara!
Last week we attended Sophia's party on Sunday and Cara's on Saturday. What a way to bookend a week- with CAKE (I love cake, esp birthday cake!) and family (I love family, too).
Both parties involved driving for a while to get there, so I had time to think about stuff. This is a synopsis of some of those thoughts...
Our struggle with infertility was hard, but because of it our kids are close in age to all of their cousins.
Even though Danielle is 8 yrs younger than me, with the infertility that Angie (our oldest sister) and I struggled with, our kids aren't that far apart.
Kevin's ni
ece had her children while she was young, add on our infertility, and our kids are really close in age.
It's nice that the kids are close in age and have playmates at family gatherings and hopefully friends for life.
If I could go back and do it all over, would I choose to struggle again- nope, while we were in the middle of it if you told me it would work out this way would I have been ok with still waiting- probably not, but since it is how things happened- it's good. He took what was happening and made good things out of it!
Sometimes things that are hard to endure, when you get to the other side, they work out ok.
Last week we attended Sophia's party on Sunday and Cara's on Saturday. What a way to bookend a week- with CAKE (I love cake, esp birthday cake!) and family (I love family, too).
Both parties involved driving for a while to get there, so I had time to think about stuff. This is a synopsis of some of those thoughts...
Our struggle with infertility was hard, but because of it our kids are close in age to all of their cousins.
Even though Danielle is 8 yrs younger than me, with the infertility that Angie (our oldest sister) and I struggled with, our kids aren't that far apart.Kevin's ni
ece had her children while she was young, add on our infertility, and our kids are really close in age.
It's nice that the kids are close in age and have playmates at family gatherings and hopefully friends for life.
If I could go back and do it all over, would I choose to struggle again- nope, while we were in the middle of it if you told me it would work out this way would I have been ok with still waiting- probably not, but since it is how things happened- it's good. He took what was happening and made good things out of it!
Sometimes things that are hard to endure, when you get to the other side, they work out ok.
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