Moon's Groovy Christmas Cowgirl Costume. She picked it out herself!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
A moment for baby brother...
It isn't very often during this pregnancy that I really get to enjoy how amazing it is to grow this baby. With Mooner, even though I was so sick and felt so anxious, I would still marvel at least once a day at the wonder that it all was. So it was such a special experience last night when, Moon in bed asleep, Patrick out with a buddy, I alone in the tub, got to WATCH my big belly dance around for a good 10 minutes while the baby did some wild kicking and swimming. It was just really wonderful and I felt so connected and in love with this little baby. Just wanted to share that with all of you, who probably wonder what is going on with this baby and not just the Moon.
Monday, October 15, 2007
A Pre-Birthday Surprise!
Even though my birthday isn't until Thursday, Patrick totally surprised me by inviting some of my girlfriends to visit (2 of whom I haven't seen in almost a year!). It was such a great present and involved eating Lebanese food, sleepover movie watching and happy toddler times! Of course I didn't get any pictures, but the next morning we took Moon and Amelia to the park for some running around. It is so amazing to see our little girls play together. It won't be long until they are the age we were when we met!
Even though my birthday isn't until Thursday, Patrick totally surprised me by inviting some of my girlfriends to visit (2 of whom I haven't seen in almost a year!). It was such a great present and involved eating Lebanese food, sleepover movie watching and happy toddler times! Of course I didn't get any pictures, but the next morning we took Moon and Amelia to the park for some running around. It is so amazing to see our little girls play together. It won't be long until they are the age we were when we met!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Please send me strength to get through the rainy season with creativity and PATIENCE!
So we have been doing some crafting. The glue stick has proven popular, to the tune of 1 stick per day.
So we have been doing some crafting. The glue stick has proven popular, to the tune of 1 stick per day.
We have also taken to sorting buttons
WooHoo. So much fun to be had. No really. Moon finds it all too fun, at least!
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Eye Update!
So today Moon went to OHSU Casey Eye Center to get another opinion on the condition of her eyes. The appointment went really well and many people looked at her eyes (because it is also a med school). They basically did the same tests, etc that her usual eye doc does, which was reassuring. By the end of the (3 hour) appointment, Moon was sitting up in the exam chair by herself. She also was falling asleep, but at least that was cute!
The basic conclusion was that the original diagnosis of farsightedness, leading to strabismus and amblyopia was correct. Her vision in the left eye is considerably worse than the right eye (which we also already knew) and we need to get the vision in the left eye to equal the vision in the right eye before we can expect to see improvement in the crossed eye look. So, good news is that surgery is not in our near future. Not so good news, but still not bad, is that we are going to have to put a vision blurring drop in Moon's good eye (the right one) every other day to strengthen the left eye. The concept is the same as patching, only the vision will stay obscured for a longer amount of time and she cannot "remove" the drops. I am not too excited about putting a chemical in her eye every other day, but the eye doc did tell me about some studies that were done on the safety of the drops that OHSU was a part of and I felt a bit better. In the end, I think it will be worth it for a short period of time. We are going to give the drops 3-6 months. And we have a checkback appt next month with our regular eye doc. So that's it!
So today Moon went to OHSU Casey Eye Center to get another opinion on the condition of her eyes. The appointment went really well and many people looked at her eyes (because it is also a med school). They basically did the same tests, etc that her usual eye doc does, which was reassuring. By the end of the (3 hour) appointment, Moon was sitting up in the exam chair by herself. She also was falling asleep, but at least that was cute!
The basic conclusion was that the original diagnosis of farsightedness, leading to strabismus and amblyopia was correct. Her vision in the left eye is considerably worse than the right eye (which we also already knew) and we need to get the vision in the left eye to equal the vision in the right eye before we can expect to see improvement in the crossed eye look. So, good news is that surgery is not in our near future. Not so good news, but still not bad, is that we are going to have to put a vision blurring drop in Moon's good eye (the right one) every other day to strengthen the left eye. The concept is the same as patching, only the vision will stay obscured for a longer amount of time and she cannot "remove" the drops. I am not too excited about putting a chemical in her eye every other day, but the eye doc did tell me about some studies that were done on the safety of the drops that OHSU was a part of and I felt a bit better. In the end, I think it will be worth it for a short period of time. We are going to give the drops 3-6 months. And we have a checkback appt next month with our regular eye doc. So that's it!
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