Wednesday, March 27, 2013

More snow

Seriously, I am sooooo ready for spring.  Next weekend is Easter and we are hovering around 35 degrees here.  And to top it off, we got over 12 inches of snow on Sunday!  So, we ended up with a snow day on Monday. 
This is not even the full amount!  It was still snowing at this point.
 
Don't get me wrong, I love being able to stay home with my kids, but I would prefer to stay home in May when the weather is better. You see, every snow day we have adds an extra day to the end of our school year. So now we are at May 23rd as our last day. Boo.
 
So the day it snowed, we decided to go ahead and dye our Easter Eggs.  Nothing fancy, but we sure had fun.


 
 
Julia is definitely becoming more aware.  She understands that she needs to wear glasses and is definitely becoming a pro at all things related to the EYE.

 
 
 And with having to stay inside comes the multiplication of germs. Both Jed and Julia have been through two rounds of antibiotics for ear infections. Julia and James both had the stomach bug. Julia's was really bad and she ended up in the emergency room. So glad that spring is around the corner. Maybe I can teach the kids to clean up their germs?




Nerves have set in. Julia is seeing the Pediatric Opthamologist on Tuesday and I am nervous. I seem to be more nervous when I think things are going well. It is like I am waiting for the shoe to drop. I am praying that this appointment goes well and there are no surprises. I am kind of hoping for a new prescription so that we can get new glasses. I would like Julia to have transition lenses for the summer, and since First Steps is paying for a pair, I figure this is as good of a time as any! Not sure if she will graduate to a bifocal yet or not. We will have to wait and see what good ole' Dr. H says!  The bad thing is Julia is fighting the patch again.  And boy can she fight!  We've been using the arm braces again because otherwise she will rip the patch off every 2 minutes.

Cheese from the cheese ball!

Patch off.

Here mom - I don't need the arm braces.

Here, you can have the patch too.
 
So wish us luck.  We will head to Children's on Tuesday (thankfully we are on Spring Break) and see what the docs have to say.  We also will be having therapy with the Occupational Therapist and vision specialist this weekend.  Hopefully spring is coming soon and we can put all the snow behind us!

4 comments:

  1. Hi, Thanks for your post on my blog. You're right, Julia and Josie do seem very similar! Good luck with her upcoming appointment- I totally know how you feel. It's almost worse when you think everything is going well!

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  2. GOOD LUCK!!! Keep us posted.

    I will say it in every comment...you are in patch hell. It WILL get better, I promise. I remember dreading Thanksgiving break (Anderson was about 22 months old) because it meant I had 3 extra days at home to keep the patch on...do not judge my parenting, I am telling you, it was terrible.

    Winter at this point=depressing. :(

    C'mon Spring!

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  3. Patching is the DEVIL! (((hugs)))

    Love the cheese balls picture!

    Can't wait for spring/summer!

    Hope the appointment is surprisingly easy and brings only good news!

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  4. Thoughts for you this Tuesday!!! And even more strength and energy to keep pushing you through this phase of patching with Julia. Keep going, your doing it, whatever it takes... imom!

    I always brace myself for a late Winter/early Spring snow storm, I hope that was the last!!?! Happy Easter! :)

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