Judah's Glasses

Yes. Judah will be getting his first glasses next week. I noticed that his left eye was crossing a little and took him to see the eye doctor. She tested him and we found out that he farsighted. In children this means that they can see far and near but need to focus hard to see anything....that is why there is an eye that turns inward. Because the eyes then see double, their little brain shuts the eyesight off in the "bad" (crossed) eye and the vision deteriorates!

SO......now he needs to wear glasses from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to bed....everything in between too including baths! Surprisingly, I am not too stressed about this. His doctor was fantastic! She was so good at explaining everything and worked with him like a pro! He really enjoyed playing eye "games" with her! There is a chance he can grow out of this eye disorder by the time he is a teenager. Please pray that this will happen!

Until we get the call that the glasses are in, I am enjoying his sweet little round face and snapping pictures like crazy.....he will have plenty with glasses on! The doctor said because the glasses will correct his vision so much, his eyes will cross extrememly bad if he takes them off because they will over compensate from seeing so well with them on and work hard to focus and acheive the same thing without them. Therefore, pictures will be taken with glasses on as will everything else!

Judah is excited about glasses. We went together as a family to help him decide which kind to get. After Jon and I picked out some practical frames (plastic that won't break as easily, no nose pad thingys, good shapes on his face) we narrowed it down to about 7 pair. He picked some black converse rectangular glasses. Trust me, he is cool and adorable! I will take pictures and post them soon! In the meantime......here is some I took this week.

It's been a while....

Again! I lose track of hours, days and then weeks!

We have been battling a cold for a while. But besides that, I helped lead worship at our women;s retreat which was a lot of fun for me. God sort of renewed me that weekend and I am finding times of QUICK solitude here and there. For some reason I have been exhausted. I fell asleep at 8:30 pm 2x this week. I guess all the short nights have caught up to me.

Pray for Judah. His left eye is slightly lazy. It turns in a bit especially when he is tired. He see's an optometrist in a couple of weeks (did I get that title right?) Anyway, I found out that Jon's sister and father had the same thing. They had a lot of problems with their vision and ended up with years of glasses. Judah is excited about them for now. He will look adorable. I will post some if he ends up with them. I will post one of me when I was small too. It is hilarious.

Good night!