Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
Yeah, I know, it's a bit late. Nearly 2 months late to be exact. Can you tell I've been a bit busy? I've had a reminder in my phone for weeks now to update this blog, but couldn't seem to find the time to do it.
I hope everyone is doing well. We can't complain. God is good to us. We couldn't be more blessed. We had a wonderful Christmas (see pictures below) and a nice New Year's (see pictures below). I turned the BIG 3-0 January 24th. So far, I can't complain. ;) We had a lovely Valentine's Day. We took Scout to Build-A-Bear just as we did last year to keep the tradition going. I'll post a blog about that trip in a few days. I can't believe that we are almost into March! I'm really enjoying this warmer weather and hope it's here to stay!
Scout is now 20 months old and will be 21 months on the first of March. I can't believe it! My baby will be 2 very soon. It just doesn't seem possible. :( I've already started planning her big birthday bash. I'll keep those details to myself until I have some things set in stone. Scout is growing up quickly. It seems like just yesterday she was just learning to crawl. Now she runs constantly and never stops talking. She still jibber jabbers, but mostly, she's talking in sentences. It's taken us a while to figure out some of the things she saying, but wow, she amazes me! I remember teaching her body parts. She caught on pretty quickly. Now she points and tells me what and where they are. I didn't realize she could do this until last night. Sometimes I don't give her enough credit.
We went to see Dr. Schmitt (pediatric opthamologist) this past Friday for Scout's follow up. Scout's accommodative esotropia hasn't improved much with wearing glasses. We were very disappointed to say the least. We were certain it had improved, at least a little. She seems to think glasses aren't going to fix this problem for Scout, and is talking about possibly doing surgery to correct it. She does want to wait another month and we have to make sure Scout is wearing her glasses every waking moment so that we can say we've given glasses a 100% chance before going the surgery route. To help us with this, she prescribe eye drops to dilate Scout's eyes each night. They will stay dilated all day which will blur her vision making her want to wear her glasses more and not put up much of a fight. Not that she fights us, but it's a constant battle to keep them on her at times. The drops seem to be working for now. We'll follow up next month and see if there's any improvements, if still none, we are definitely looking at surgery. It breaks my heart to think about my baby being put to sleep, but I know God will take care of her.
That's really all the updates I have for now. I've spent most of my time uploading pictures to this post, which by the way, takes hours!!! Ugh! I wish there was an easier way to do this. Oh well, it's worth it! :) Thanks to all of you who follow my blog! I'm proud of my baby girl! Enjoy the pictures below:
I hope everyone is doing well. We can't complain. God is good to us. We couldn't be more blessed. We had a wonderful Christmas (see pictures below) and a nice New Year's (see pictures below). I turned the BIG 3-0 January 24th. So far, I can't complain. ;) We had a lovely Valentine's Day. We took Scout to Build-A-Bear just as we did last year to keep the tradition going. I'll post a blog about that trip in a few days. I can't believe that we are almost into March! I'm really enjoying this warmer weather and hope it's here to stay!
Scout is now 20 months old and will be 21 months on the first of March. I can't believe it! My baby will be 2 very soon. It just doesn't seem possible. :( I've already started planning her big birthday bash. I'll keep those details to myself until I have some things set in stone. Scout is growing up quickly. It seems like just yesterday she was just learning to crawl. Now she runs constantly and never stops talking. She still jibber jabbers, but mostly, she's talking in sentences. It's taken us a while to figure out some of the things she saying, but wow, she amazes me! I remember teaching her body parts. She caught on pretty quickly. Now she points and tells me what and where they are. I didn't realize she could do this until last night. Sometimes I don't give her enough credit.
We went to see Dr. Schmitt (pediatric opthamologist) this past Friday for Scout's follow up. Scout's accommodative esotropia hasn't improved much with wearing glasses. We were very disappointed to say the least. We were certain it had improved, at least a little. She seems to think glasses aren't going to fix this problem for Scout, and is talking about possibly doing surgery to correct it. She does want to wait another month and we have to make sure Scout is wearing her glasses every waking moment so that we can say we've given glasses a 100% chance before going the surgery route. To help us with this, she prescribe eye drops to dilate Scout's eyes each night. They will stay dilated all day which will blur her vision making her want to wear her glasses more and not put up much of a fight. Not that she fights us, but it's a constant battle to keep them on her at times. The drops seem to be working for now. We'll follow up next month and see if there's any improvements, if still none, we are definitely looking at surgery. It breaks my heart to think about my baby being put to sleep, but I know God will take care of her.
That's really all the updates I have for now. I've spent most of my time uploading pictures to this post, which by the way, takes hours!!! Ugh! I wish there was an easier way to do this. Oh well, it's worth it! :) Thanks to all of you who follow my blog! I'm proud of my baby girl! Enjoy the pictures below:
























