Ever hear of Brown Syndrome?

Neither had I until Monday.
We've noticed for a while now that The Girl's left eye could sometimes wander up in her head and almost get lost. It freaked us out; but if you know me, I'm not a 'dr person' so I was willing to 'wait it out'. At a visit to my own optometrist, who happens to be a member of our church, I asked him about it and he took a look at her and waved a few things around and said that we needed to go see a pediatric ophthalmologist... sooooooo after waiting it out again, C finally called and made an appointment for three months into the future (ha! 1st available!!!)
Monday was three months into the future. After 4 seconds w/ the dr he tells us he knows exactly what it is and that he even wrote a chapter in a book about it and that it is quiet rare actually and then he mumbled something about 'brown syndrome' and proceeded to walk out of the room. His nurse person came in and put drops in The Girl's eyes. If you could have heard the way say said "Daddy" (3 or 4 times) after she did that you'd have the same tears in your eyes that I did. PATHETIC! She got to leave the room w/ some groovy 'sunglasses' and wait with us in the waiting room for "15 minutes" that somehow turned into the longest 40 minutes of our lives. (read: loud, obnoxious, unruly other children were in the waiting room too) Surprisingly, or maybe it was an act of self-defense, The Girl fell asleep. For what it is worth: internet on cellphones is WORTH EVERY PENNY!!! I googled brown syndrome while we waited so we could at least get out of the dark a little. We were called back into the office and the dr tells us that the problem is in her right eye. At this point I'm thinking we need a new dr but then he explains to us the scoop. Basically one of the tendons/muscles that controls the movement of her right eye is too short and therefore when she goes to look up and to the left the eye can't move as far as the brain wants it to and the other eye overcompensates which is why it seems to disappear in her head.
What we do now.... we keep an eye on it! (How ironic!) Apparently, there are 3 levels to this syndrome; mild, moderate, and severe. We are in the mild category. For 6 months we watch; if she starts to tilt her head or change her posture to see better, we call asap.
The treatment: surgery. He words were "you leave her alone with me for 10 minutes while she is sleeping and I'll make it all better". At that point I stopped listening. You'll have to ask C just what it is that the dr will do in those 10 minutes... I think it has something to do with a shunt or extender or something. I just can't handle thinking about eye surgery on my 2 year old!!!


~Til next time!

The post where I gift you with photos

of The Girl b/c her LI aunt is visiting her Upstate aunt and can actually view the blog! :BIG SMILE!:


This is from today:



and because I seriously LOVE her sneakers...



She LOVES to talk on the phone....





See what you can get from the internet Aunt V!!!! :)

Big girl bed!!!

Here it is!!! (Mostly) The room is still very cluttered with scrap supplies leaving me limited space to maneuver around in to get good shots so you'll just have to deal with what I've got! :)
Not pictured is the second set of sheets that I bought so that I can sew (yes, ME! sew!!) the top sheet into a curtain for the side of the bunk, right now we are improvising with one of my mom's favorite blankets. The girl has also inherited my mom's tempurpedic pillow (which I miss greatly!) IKEA was also short one mattress the day we went to pick up mattresses so next weekend we plan to rectify that empty top bunk problem. As of yet, The Girl hasn't slept in her new bed, mostly b/c I'm afraid she'll get into all my scrap stuff, but she sure does love playing in/on it! I have a babysitter lined up for Thursday so MAYBE I'll be able to take care of that then.
Oh and we haven't installed the rungs on the ladder so that she cannot get to the top bunk without us.

I know, I know...

I should blog now while I have the time b/c once The New Guy (and no, we don't know the gender we just refer to 'it' that way) gets here I won't have the time.

It is official. I hate Texas. In the month of November, my house A/C should NOT kick on!!! Fire ants are of the devil; both The Girl and I got a few bites yesterday. Maybe I should consider this good luck, b/c I also got bit by fire ants when I was pregnant with The Girl. My left foot is so swollen that I can only wear one pair of shoes right now and trust me, they do NOT go with everything. I had never even heard of fire ants until I moved to Texas!!

The Girl's vocabulary has literally exploded (in a good way). She also has gotten so good at going down for naps and bedtime that I fear we are being spoiled. She never really fought it before, but she wanted you to hang out in there until she fell asleep. Now she is quite content to say 'night-night, I love you' and read herself to sleep. :D

We have gotten started on making the scraproom/office a new bedroom for The Girl. Well, let me rephrase; C has brought the office desk and desktop computer downstairs to the front living room and moved some furniture around in there too. This weekend, I am slatted to get my scrap supplies out of there. C is going to take the girl on a few errands and to a music practice so that I will have a few hours to work uninterrupted. The Girl is being blessed with a new bunkbed and we are so terribly excited about it, I think I'm going to POP!

I think 3rd trimester tiredness has set in a little early. I thought being a diabetic during my last pregnancy was hard b/c I couldn't have ice cream in the summer... this time it stinks too b/c I'll have to watch my rolls/biscuits and mashed potato intake at all the holiday functions. :( I've started a list of foods that C is going to need to bring me at the hospital as soon as The New Guy is out. Last time my only request was m&m's which some awesome friends of mine took seriously and brought me a large bag of every flavor that existed (at the time). Gotta LOVE friends like that! :D

I think you have been thoroughly updated so I'll leave you with these pics of The Girl from yesterday....










She thinks she is the coolest thing ever with "2 bows". :D

You might be a redneck if...

you set up a tv and vcr in your garage on top of your table saw!





In other news.... the girl is going as her daddy for halloween!