Fathers Day Weekend

We had a very busy weekend with Chris’ dad and Nancy coming to visit. They came into town on Friday night, and stayed thru Sunday afternoon. We had intended to head to the Zoo on Saturday morning, but due to the rain, we had to improvise. Saturday was spent playing at the house, and swimming in the late afternoon after the rain let up. Sunday morning, we ventured out into the heat, and spent the morning exploring the Zoo. Parker’s favorite was the Tigers, and Brecken liked it all, as it was the 1st time going and really getting it! Following are several pictures from our weekend.

Parker and Brecken finger painting with Grandma Nancy

Brecken checking out the new Tiger Exhibit

Grandpa Craig, Grandma Nancy, Parker and Brecken
Parker and Brecken checking out the gorillas

Tutu Cute!

This past several weekends, Chris has been working on re-glazing our front big window and getting ready to paint. That means the girls and I have been busy trying to stay out of his hair! Last week I decided to re-organize the basement "playroom". With this I brought Parker's table and chairs from her room to the "kitchen" so that she and Brecken could have a place to "cook" and "eat". I also brought the dress up clothes downstairs, so that everything is in one place. This weekend I let them have at it and the girls got very excited and wanted to put on the tutu's right away! Enjoy the pictures..getting one of them together is next to impossible right now, so separate had to do..

.

Eyeballs

Last Friday I had a follow up eye dr. appointment. He had me on eye drops several times a day for a couple of months, and wanted to see if it was working. When we first discovered about my eye condition, I had photographs taken regularly to see the changes. The photos showed what they call Macular Edema, which is a swelling with fluid in the eye. I’ve attached two photos to show what I’m talking about.

In the center you’ll see a dark spot with a cluster of white dots in it…that’s the fluid that we constantly monitor. Those “puss pockets” as they were described to me once affect how you see, if you have them the vision can be blurry, and if you don’t it is clear. When we first started treating them, it was through steroid injections in the eyeball..yikes I know, I certainly didn’t care for that method, but at the time it was the only way, at least that I know of! Now, for the last few months, we’ve been treating them with eye drops!! It’s amazing how treatments have developed. The good news is that the drops are working. I used to have a trace of fluid in my left eye, and that is now gone, and I had an area of concern in my right eye that is now just a trace! The bad news is that I could be on eye drops forever, since history would tell me that when I don’t do anything at all, the edema comes back. All in all it was a good appointment. I go back in a couple of weeks to do another field vision test (to check the pheriphial vision), and then follow up with him in about 4 months!