Visit with Dr. Mackay

We had a visit with Dr. Mackay today. I took both kids by myself, thinking Ian would be asleep the whole time. He wasn't! But that's ok.

The visit went well. He said she is looking great and everything is right on track. They took some pictures of her from the front and both sides (while I bribed her with fruit snacks). She just mostly wanted to look at herself on the screen. This child loves being photographed for sure. Just on her terms, that's the problem. We don't have to go back to see him for another 2 years! I love that! We made an appointment today for the year 2014. Wow.

Lucy's eye surgery: 12/15/11

We decided to have Lucy's eye surgery on December 15, 2011. I was due with baby Ian on November 10th, and we were thinking at least he'd be a month old before I would have to take care of a child that just had surgery. I was so nervous about it, thinking it was going to a huge repeat of her head surgery. I really shouldn't have been worried! It went so quickly and easily and then the recovery was just that she was kind of out of it and cranky for the rest of the day, but she didn't even really try to rub her eyes. We had to put ointment in her eyes for a week and they were really bloodshot and a little swollen the weekend after the surgery. The funniest part was that they gave her like a "happy drink" before taking her back to surgery that just made her really relaxed and calm and she started to giggle at everything and slur her words a little bit. We captured it on video and we like to watch it occasionally. Here's some pictures of the day.

Arriving at the hospital at 6:00am! She doesn't know the difference!

Our little family (minus Ian, who was asleep in his car seat) before the surgery.

Lucy and her daddy, before they came to take her to surgery.

A few weeks post-surgery. Don't her eyes look great?

Lucy turns 2!

Today is Lucy's second birthday!!! We had her birthday party this past Saturday, and my mom and mother in law got some great pictures of her. I'll put up another post later with all of those pictures. She also has a follow up yearly appt. with Dr. Mackay tomorrow and her 2 year well visit on Thursday, so I will post after those as well. I also just realized I never posted about her eye surgery which was December 15th, 2011. Guess I have a lot to catch up on! (having a second child really slows down this chronicling process)

Lucy, deciding to get pregnant with you and then discovering we were successful on the first try was the BEST thing ever. I always knew I would be a mom and we had to wait a little while after getting married before we decided to have kids. I'm so glad I had that time with your dad, but it was also hard to wait. I originally wanted to get pregnant at such a time that I would have a baby in May or June because I was still in grad school and was graduating in May, but we thought we might have trouble getting pregnant so we started trying a few months ahead of schedule. And lo and behold, you were there and you were due in March, not May or June! But I couldn't be happier. I had to quit working so I could do two internships for grad school, and I'm sure both of the colleges I interned at thought it was odd to have a pregnant lady waddling around campus in the student centers and in chapel and at SGA meetings. Then on a lazy Saturday morning, you let us know you were coming that day, and you did! You were born at 4:24pm on March 27, 2010. Even with all of the health problems you had and the hospital stays and the surgeries, I couldn't be happier with you or more proud of you or more in love with you. Sometimes I think my heart will burst, just knowing that you are MY daughter and I get to be your mom.

I love you immensely. Happy birthday, Lucy Frances!

Your mommy