Eye Check-Up

Today we went back to the eye doctor for a check-up. Evelyn looks amazing and we can stop patching. Wooohooo!

At our last visit the doctor asked us to look through our photos to detect any head tilts or signs of eye problems. So today I took my laptop to the visit because I had so many pictures. After looking through the pictures she didn't see any head tilts or early signs until the Christmas pictures of 2008. Which was a relief for me, because I was worried that I had missed something. Then I showed her the pictures in Jan. of her eye crossed and she was amazed at how crossed it was (remember this is a different doctor than last time).

She also aked that I write down any questions I had and bring my list to the visit. So here are the questions we asked and the answers we got.

1. How does her eye look now? It looks great and is back to normal.
2. What do we do know? You can stop patching and go back to normal.
3. Will this happen again/when she gets a cold or virus? Yes, this will probably happen each time she gets sick. So the goal is to keep her from getting sick.
4. Will she grow out of this? Most likely yes.
5. Will we have to do surgery if she doesn't grow out of it? No. You will only have to do surgery if her eye crosses and continues to stay crossed for several months with no improvement. This usually means that nerve has stopped working or her brain as given up on the eye. Very unlikely to happen.
6. What do we do when her eye crosses again? Notify the doctor and begin patching immediatly. Follow up in two weeks, if improvement, no need to bring her in for a visit. If no improvement or questions, bring in for visit.
7. When do you want to see Evelyn again? Every six months due to her condition.
8. Can you be Evelyn's primary Eye doctor? Yes
9. When do we have Evelyn's vision screening? We checked her eyes at the last visit (november) and her eyes are fine vision wise.

All in all a good visit, very informative. I pray and hope for good health in 2010.

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve with Daniel's extended family. Thanks Robin for hosting!

Evelyn is Two

Today Evelyn turned Two!

Happy Birthday Big Girl!

It has been a wirlwin couple of days with all the holiday's, but in the middle of all the crazyiness...Evelyn turned two.

I can't believe how fast she is growing up!

Evelyn had a doctor's visit right before Christmas and here are her stats:

Weight: 22 lbs
Height: 31 3/4 ins

So in the last six months Evelyn has grown 1 inch and gained 2 lbs. This doesn't sound like much, but the doctor says she's fine. She's just my little peanut.

Over the last month or so Evelyn done alot:

- moved into 18-24 month clothing
- shoe size changed, now wearing mostly size 5 toddler shoes
- repeat the alphabet and can say most of them in order without help
- repeat numbers, colors, and just about any word
- can count to 10 with prompting
- can jump with two feet off the ground (sometimes)
- listens to mommy and daddy and usually does what is asked
- climbed out of her crib - only once, so we removed her crib bumpers
- learned that playing with playdough and coloring can be alot of fun
- finally learing to play by herself (only a little and for short time periods)

I'm sure I am forgetting something, but they change so fast and learn new things almost daily.

Evelyns' eye is officially back to normal. Cross your fingers that we will go along time before it happens again.

Christmas with the Jones'

This year we celebrated Christmas with the Jones Family on Tuesday before Christmas. Here are some pictures of our first Christmas celebration of the year!

2 Year Photo Shoot

In November, we had our best friend and favorite photographer Lori Jackson photograph our family. At the top of this blog, I have created a slideshow of our photo shoot.

Thank you so much Lori Jackson for a great photo experience and taking amazing photos of our family.

If you need photos taken of your family, wedding, or anything, please check out Lori. For more details visit http://www.lorijacksonphotography.com/. You can also find her on Facebook and follower her on Twitter.

Nana's Birthday Party

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, we also celebrated Evelyn's great grandma's...Nana's...birthday. Here are some photes of the birthday dinner.

Bingo

One Thanksgiving tradition on my moms side of the family is a game of bingo with lots and lots of prizes. Below are some pictures of our bingo night!

Evelyn playing with a new keyboard

Daniel wins the adult cover all prize

Evelyn wins the child cover all prize

Charles and Karen calling out the numbers

Evelyn checking out what everyone won