Yw Board Reunion Seaside 2009

Sign reads: Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Stephanie, Latessa and I

The yummy chicken taco cheesecake I made. It was SO good.

Carter's New Buddy

Carter James MEETS Porter James Podpah for the first time. They are buddies instantly!

Mom takes Tate's Stitch Out!

So, it is Monday and Tate goes back to school on Tuesday. His stitch is STILL not out and so of course I make a call to his surgeon. He tells me that the stitch is probably mush now and if I just pry open his eye it should come right open. So...here we go...Dr. Mom. I sat Tate on the toilet seat with my compact mirror. I used my tweezers and grabbed the knot at the top of the stitch. First Tate wanted me to do the other eye first so he could see what it felt like. He was ready. I got a hold of the stitch and a quick pull and it was out. Tate flinched and that was it. He looked at his eye and then RAN to show Logan his new eye. He loved that it looked real. I was really sad because I thought that this would match better. Tate looked in the mirror and asked why they were different colors and I just explained that this one is temporary until his eye finishes healing and then he will get a prosthetic to match better.

This eye is called a "conformer" or "space saver." This was put in to hold a space while everything healed up. It is like a big contact lens. They used to put in this clear "contact lens" that was a lot less pretty and then most kids would wear and eye patch. Tate will have a prosthetic made in about 5 more weeks.

I went to school today with Tate and the kids did not seem to notice. A few of them kind of would stare at Tate and I could just see their little brains thinking...something about him is different, but I can't quite figure it out. When he wears his glasses it is even less noticable. I was pretty upset that it didn't match more. My mom came over to check it out and she said that it was a really pretty eye, it just didn't match. She cracks me up.