Wednesday, September 24, 2008

A Beautiful Sight

Yesterday the girls had their appointment with Dr. Blumenfeld, a neuro-opthomologist who is partners with Dr. Gold, the girls opthomologist. The appointment went great...the doctor was wonderful, and the girls are FINALLY getting treatment for their vision problems. Turns our the reason for the turning in of their eyes is they are far-sighted. They also have an astigmatism as well. The doctor has decided to prescribe glasses to the girls. He wants them to wear them for three months and come back to see if the crossing has improved. If not, he will talk about patching and if that does not work by the time they are three, he will discuss surgery. But for now, I'm just excited that we're doing something and that their is a "cure". As for what the glasses will look like, I have posted a picture as well. Paige's will be pink, of course. The only other color for Bree was a baby blue...no purple! One surprising thing about all of this is that Paige's prescription is much stronger than Bree's...we always thought Paige's vision was stronger.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Therapy Evaluations

The girls had their physical and occupational therapy evals last week. They both have showed improvement over the past 6 months and have meet that goals that were set. These are the age equivilents that the girls scored under the PDMS-2.
___________________Paige_________Bree__________

Stationary----------------11 months---------8 months

Locomotion---------------9 months----------7 months

Object Manipulation------13 months---------12 months

Long term goals:
Paige - to walk four step without assistance
Bree - to sit unassisted and play with a toy for thirty minutes

Short term goals:
Paige - cruise left and right five feet with verbal cuing and to creep with reciprocal pattern
Bree - be able to move into and out of sitting without assistance and creep forward five feet without assistance.

My personal goal for the girls is to see them walk down the aisle next October in our wedding. I am confident that will happen.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Our Wedding Website

I decided to create a website with all the information and ideas on the wedding planning. We would like all of our friends and family to visit the site and let us know what you think.
The link : Our Wedding

Tuesday, September 2, 2008