Eye doctor appointments....

We took the girls to see Dr. Roberts at Midwest eye institute this morning for a follow up.  Unfortunately, since Dr. Roberts is a pediatric specialist he only sees infants one day a week, on Tuesdays and way TOO EARLY .  Dr. Roberts has been the girl's opthamologist since they were in the NICU.   He is a great guy and while the girls hate their eye exams, he is super great with them.  More on their appointment later in this post...

The girls were not happy about being woke up early this morning for their appointment.  Needless to say, Mom & Dad were also not happy about having to get up early.  The day began with me getting Alexis out of her crib.  Normally we leave a light on downstairs all night.  For some reason there were no lights on downstairs this morning?  This is still a mystery???  Due to daylight savings time, it was still dark when I brought Alexis downstairs at 6:00a.m. this morning.  I was walking through the living room to turn on the lamp so it wouldn't be as bright for Alexis since she was still waking up.  And then BAM!!!  I tripped over some random pink toy that was left in the middle of our living room floor and fell smack down onto my knees.  I now have a nice HUGE bruise already on my leg and a massive carpet burn on my entire left leg from my ankle to my knee.  The good news is that I managed to hang on to Alexis and not drop her.  I can deal with the skinned up leg as long as Lex is ok!! 

So the moral of the story is....PICK UP YOUR TOYS!!!   I spent many years listening to my parents tell me to pick up my toys and put them away.  I always thought this was stupid since I was going to be playing with them again tomorrow.  I now understand why this is important!  I have a feeling that I'm going to be reiterating more than one thing my parents said to me that I previously thought was stupid!!

The girl's appointments went very well this morning.  Luckily the doctor did not have to pry their eyes open like he did at their previous check ups.  I don't know if you have ever seen a preemie eye exam but it seems rather inhumane to me!  The doctor takes what resembles a binder clip and uses it to pry open their eye lids.  The girls scream their heads off for the following 15 minutes.  Since the girls are now bigger and more responsive Terry held them in the exam chair while the doctor shined the light into their eyes and made them follow the light on the wall.  They both did great and we ALL were excited that the "binder clip" exams are a thing of the past.  Unfortunately, they did still have to have their eyes dilated, but this way was much easier for everyone involved.  Dr. Roberts said that both girls eyes look great.  Alexis has to go back in 6 months just to follow up on a minor issue with some occasional crossing of her right eye.  He doesn't seem concerned about it at this time.  Addison got an A+ for her visit today and doesn't have to go back for one year. 

I will try post pictures soon that we took of the girls sitting in the big exam chair at their appointment today.