The glasses club, that is! Joshua got glasses about a week and a half ago. He's already been to three appointments with the eye specialist that my other kids go to, Dr. Larson. We found out that he is farsighted and has an astigmatism, and knew that he would need glasses eventually. But at his checkup a couple of months ago, the doctor discovered that his eyes are now crossing, as well. He said that we'd be putting him in danger if we didn't get him in glasses now. Danger, in this case, means that if we don't get the eye crossing corrected with glasses, he could need surgery like Matthew had. It took a while for the glasses to come in since they were on back order, but here they are. Now that he has them, he looks so much like Matthew at that age!
I remember so vividly how hard it was having Rachel and Matthew in glasses as babies (at 13 and 10 months of age). So I was a little nervous this time, but knew that it was inevitable. Somehow every one of my kids has inherited poor vision, and four of them have cross eye! (My vision is perfect. Hmm...) Luckily, Joshua took to the glasses very well. He had earned an A+ from his mother by the end of the first day because he did so well with them! Although he often tries to look over the top of them, he does keep them on for the most part. This is a big relief for me.
Another milestone Joshua just hit was starting nursery a couple of weeks ago, since he is 18 months old. This has been another huge relief for both Brent and I, because we both serve in Primary callings. I am the primary pianist, so Brent had been taking Joshua with him to teach the 10-year-olds, and sometimes Joshua was quite a handful. He has already adjusted to going to nursery pretty well, with just a few tears at the beginning.
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