As my husband is so fond of calling me when he is desperate to find fault with me (generally after a discussion where I've clearly kicked his butt ;) ), "Blindey" is one of the many things I will be glad to leave behind after today! It's LASIK day!!
Yesterday was Emily's 15-month checkup, and she did a fantastic job. I felt SO bad when they gave her her shots, though; she cried as though she was saying "...but what did I ever do to you? We were having fun, and now this?? why??" It was pretty heartbreaking, cuz she was so pleasant and agreeable and charming through the rest of it. She is still 95th percentile for head size and height, but moved down again in the weight percentile to 55th. It's nice that even though Travis and I provided a lousy selection of noses in the gene pool, at least she'll fare well in the physique department.
They asked her if she could say 3 - 5 words, and I was thinking that's pretty accurate, but it's probably more like 15, depending on your definition of "say," to sound Clintonesque. She's got 8 - 10 signs, and a few words, but lots of appropriate babble, like "zhuuuu" for shoes, "Yaiyaiyaiyai" for kitty, etc. It was funny to me that they asked only about her verbal development and not her motor development. Okay, honestly, it was disappointing to me because I think that's where she really shines and I could show off a bit. :) I guess they asked if she can feed herself with her fingers, and I told her she feeds herself with a spoon! So, that was my moment of being That Mom.
So, today we are hoping that Grandma S can get past her snowy gravel road and come down to help me out as I recover from the procedure this afternoon. Stupid snow!! When it comes right down to it, I am really pretty nervous about being awake as they cut open my eyeballs, but I am doing my best to trust and have faith and all that. Apparently I'll be pretty drugged up, and people do this all the time, right?? Wish me luck!!!
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