At the opthamalogist's suggestion, Indie began patching this week. Not knowing what the patch was, she sat still for me to put the patch on but after expressed "I can't see vewwy (very) wehw (well)." and my heart broke. She was a trooper, though, and left it on for a couple hours. Other parents have mentioned that in their experience with patching their kids, letting them watch tv for a little while greatly helped the child's attitude. We tried her favorite show, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Typically she will watch a whole episode, but it kept her attention for about 2 minutes. Up to this point we knew her right eye's vision was really bad, but we didn't know exactly how bad. Now we know she at least can't see the tv (a 60" 15 ft. away). We tried reading books since she loves that, but she had to hold the books a few inches from her eye. She doesn't know you unless she hears your voice. I pray that this affliction never bothers her as much as it bothers my heart.
The one up side of Nora waking up at about 6:30 is having company as I get ready for work. She is in a good mood for the first 15 minutes or so and jabbers away.
Apparently I say "5 more minutes" often, because as Indie was playing with her letters and I told her we had to clean up soon, she replied, "5 more minutes".
As Christmas is with Adam's family this year, we got together with my family for an early celebration. We were craving our favorite sushi (Tony's in Layton) so we ate there, deciding we should start a new Christmas tradition doing this. Indie loves the beans (edamame) and insists "I do it mysehwf" (getting the beans out). I think half of them make it to her mouth with the other half all over the place.
Following dinner, we opened presents at our place. Quite fitting, Uncle Tyler gave Indie a play sushi set which she LOVED. Grandpa Rex used to dress up for Santa gigs, so he has a really nice costume. We thought it would be fun to have our very own Santa visit from him. Thinking Indie would merely be a little nervous, I opened the door with her when Santa knocked, but she ran screaming and crying to Grammie's arms. I felt horribly but tried to help her warm up by giving Santa a hug, but she was not having it and terrified the whole time. As we continued opening presents, Nora just loved chewing anything she could get her hands on and Indie loved opening presents, thinking they were all for her. Nora got this adorable elephant from Tyler.
Christmas Eve was on Sunday, so we just had sacrament meeting combined with some other wards. I can't say I mind short church with 2 little ones.
With the Jones and Roberts families getting large, Adam's family decided to do their own Christmas Eve party. We had dinner, played games, and had a white elephant gift exchange. I gave a bowl of items commemorating the Robert's famous family councils. Brittany got it and didn't get the humor but everyone else liked it. Adam gave a fart coloring and a favorite child ribbon, which fittingly, Mikkele got.
December 24, 2017
