Baby #3

I had my 1st Ultrasound this morning and got some pics of our 3rd addition. The ultrasound technician said if she had to guess she thinks the baby is a girl b/c of the way the tail bone is developing. It's too early to tell for sure if this baby will be a girl or not but I sure hope so!

In two weeks Ella will have Strabismus Surgery.

Strabismus is a visual defect in which the eyes are not straight and point in different directions. The misalignment may be constant or intermittent. Strabismus is a common condition among children. About 4% of all children in the US have strabismus. Strabismus surgery is preformed by the ophthalmologist. It is an outpatient surgery. The ophthalmologist makes a small incision in the tissue covering the eye to reach the eye muscles. Specific eye muscles are repositioned during surgery, depending on which direction the eye is turning.

Ella got her first pair of glasses at 17 months. It was really hard to keep them on her and we struggled with that for the next 2 years.

Finally, right before her 4th birthday we found some glasses that she would keep on. We have had these glasses since then and even threw in a patch or two over time.

After this surgery Ella will still need to wear her glasses for a while but not the patch. Hopefully this surgery will be the end of it but it is not uncommon to have follow up surgeries. I guess we will just have to wait and see.