Strabismus

D's glasses are to treat strabismus its not a strong prescription, but the theory is that his eyes have been over-focusing. Sometimes his left eye is turned inward and sometimes his right is turned inward like in the pictures below. Strabismus can be treated surgically, or with eye patches as well. There is no real proof about what works, its usually a lifetime thing that you keep working at. Our neighbor across the street has strabismus and has been helpful to talk to. We'll try glasses for a few months and if there isn't any improvement, the next option is usually surgery.

They determine the prescription for babies with a little machine that looks in the eye and uses light and shadows and geometry. Pretty amazing.

Baby Glasses

I was prepared for a major battle to get D to wear these, he went ballistic when we tried on glasses at the doctor or baby sunglasses frames, but these glasses are especially for babies and don't have any metal parts. He seems to really like them. When we first put them on he was all smiles and giggles. He has put them through a few crashes so far and they are super gentle and don't hurt his face at all, I'm very impressed. He knows he isn't supposed to take the glasses off, so sometimes he giggles and does it just to tease me.

Third Birthday

We asked AP what she wanted for her birthday lunch and she said "Pizza" then she said "But pizza won't turn me three, the cake turns me three!" Sorry about the blurry picture, it was supposed to be a cinderella cake.

Yellowstone 3 of 3

Yellowstone 2 of 3

Grandpa doing clown balloons at the cabin

D playing with logs at Old Faithful

One of the many crafts at our yellowstone cabin, this is the one I planned.

Yellowstone Reunion 1 of 3

My sister and I had our first babies a week apart. Now they are almost eight!

Flashback to the reunion in 2005


Here are the big sisters giving their little 2 year old sisters piggyback rides.


She kept asking to go to the blue "sone". We didn't understand, until she said I don't want to go to yellowstone, BLUE is my favorite color. Blue Stone.

Swift Creek Canyon Hike

This is where my Grandma and Grandpa got engaged. This year we are celebrating my Grandmas 100th birthday. Pictures are of my kids and my brother.