Month: April 2015

We had really hoped to be done with eye patches long before this point. We had assumed (way back when) that Teague would have a single surgery and then all would be great. We’ve now had six surgeries and we are still patching one of his eyes. At his last eye checkup, the ophthalmologist confirmed that his left eye is finally at an equal strength to his right. (I was mentally jumping for joy and thinking this would be an end to eye patches.) Then she informed me they would like us to continue to patching for 3 months and we’d talk at his next checkup. Teague is occasionally grumpy about the eye patches but overall has a good attitude. He likes to pick out his eye patch and can put it on himself when he is in the mood. The current recommendation is to wear it for 6 hours on the right eye every day. The truth is we wear it for 4 hours five days a week, but that seems to be getting the desired results.

To embrace this awesome weather we spent the entire day outside. I picked Teague up early from school and we met some friends at the park for lunch and playing.

Kaitlyn tends to get unhappy outside. I’m pretty sure it is the sun in her eyes. She also gets unhappy if I put a hat on her head or sunglasses on her eyes. I am working very hard to get her used to both of these. Today we worked on the sunglasses and she finally seeemed to leave them alone and enjoy the outdoors – until I put her down and she felt the grass on her feet.

Abram (Alex’s best friend from Milwaukee) sent him a “Flat Abram” with instructions to tour Kansas City and send pictures back to Abram’s school. Flat Abram had been to school with Alex and to a few sporting events but nothing that seemed to really represent Kansas City. Alex, Kaitlyn, and I made a day of touring Kansas City with Flat Abram. Then I spent tonight getting all the pictures ready to mail to Milwaukee. Here’s a collage of Flat Abram’s visit with Alex.

Today seemed like a good day to try finger foods. I happened to have a frozen medley of broccoli, carrots, and edamame. Kaitlyn ate it all but really loved the broccoli.

Teague (and Daddy) had a soccer game. Alex was really excited to help me put Kaitlyn to bed. I told him he could be in charge of getting her changed and in pajamas. (To his credit – this is kind of what it looks like when I try to get her ready for bed too.)

Bows and Shoes. This girl can remove them in a heartbeat and then normally proceeds to chew on them.

Kaitlyn needed her normal 6:15 bottle but as a treat to me went right back to sleep. I was already awake so I just curled up on the couch to reach. I heard whispering in the boys’ room and then Alex came tiptoeing down the stairs. He wanted to surprise me with breakfast. He was a little unhappy to already see me awake but was happy to go ahead and make me breakfast anyway. He was a little hampered by what he could reach and open but the idea was so sweet and I thoroughly enjoyed my granola bar and string cheese!

Then the festivities had to wait till after Wade got home from work. He came home with Chinese food and my favorite chocolate cake from Cheesecake Factory. (He’s a very good husband – and smart too!)

Last night at dinner I had told the boys a story from my Semester At Sea. My Mom had mailed a box of treats to me in Brazil and instead of using regular packing materials she had used tootsie rolls. The boys loved this idea and for my birthday present they used individual packages of Oreos!

It might finally be time for new space suits. We seem to have outgrown the ones we have.

This boy and his books….

This is just a quick disclaimer. My daughter’s name is definitely spelled Kaitlyn and I do know how to spell it. The auto spell check on my computer likes to change Kaitlyn to Caitlin and often does it without me catching it. So in the event a post gets published with Kaitlyn’s name spelled wrong – please know it wasn’t my fault! I do know the difference!