That happened while I was computerless.
AnnaBeth and Christine had eye dr appointments in late October and Christine ended up with glasses. She looks really cute. I was really impressed with the office and all the different tests they did and how great they were with the kids. AnnaBeth is going back in a few weeks to see a pediatric eye dr about the one eye lid that droops when she is tired and if it is related to a small amount of lazy eye or if it might be something else. I’ve talked to different drs about it over the years, but not a single one took me seriously until now.
James and I also went to the eye dr in mid-November. I’m getting new glasses. (Yay! These ones are worn out and rubbing my nose raw on one side.) They should be available any day now. I can’t wait to get them. James has some astigmatism, but not enough to worry about. The dr is worried about him in another way though. She really studied the back of his eyes for a while after she got his pupils dilated, then she sent him out of the room for a little while. She said his retinas are extremely big and she’s never seen any like them in a child his age. When she’s seen retinas this big is usually in older people as an early sign of glaucoma. She is concerned about James’s eyes and thinks he may be in that early stage. It doesn’t affect his eyesight at the moment, but she wants to keep tabs on him. We are just praying because we know God is capable of healing anything.
Jeremy and I got a memory foam mattress. Ahhhhhhhh! My back felt so much better after a few days of sleeping on it. The first two nights, I woke up sore because my muscles relaxed and let me feel the soreness from being so tense and tight, but after another two nights, I was feeling so good. We slept on the couch bed at Jeremy’s parents house this last weekend, so my back was sore again, but it will be okay in another night or two.
On the way to Ikea on the Monday before Thanksgiving, we were close to being in a bad wreck. A big truck coming the opposite direction came over the line a bit and the car that was in the left lane on my side hit his mirror on the truck and tried to swerve away. It was raining and he spun out. The car in the right lane (2 in front of me) hit his front end as it came in front of them and spun him the opposite way around and hit their back. The car in front of me swerved to miss them and jumped the sidewalk. I was very happy to find no pedestrians were there as there is usually many people walking around that area, no matter what the weather. God was looking out for them. I hit my brakes and felt them lock up, so I eased off and hit them again and turned into the parking lot that was right there. I wrote out my phone number and gave it to the police in case they needed it for an eyewitness account, but told them I couldn’t stay since I had a van full of children and they were all shook up a lot already and I didn’t want them seeing the people taken out of the cars and put into the ambulances. I did see that there were two people who were badly hurt when I went up to give them my phone number. The man in the first car was stuck in his vehicle and the person in the front passenger seat of the second car hadn’t been wearing a seat belt and had hit the windshield. She was conscious, but not coherent. There was also a mom and baby in the back seat of the second car and the mom was so upset because she wasn’t allowed to take her baby out of the carseat to comfort him, but they wanted to check him out to make sure he hadn’t been hurt before that. I did well with what I had seen at first because I had my friend, Sarah, with me and I didn’t want the kids to see me upset, but it really hit me later when it was just Jeremy and I talking. I had a pretty good cry and let the stress of it out.
Also, I got an e-mail from my mom that said that my Grandma has had some bad days lately when my aunt was up there. Keep praying for my mom’s family. I know this is hard on all of us.
There you go. I think I have gotten you all caught up now.
We have talked about getting a memory foam mattress. I think it would be good for Aaron’s back problems. Maybe some day when we get the money saved up.
Glad to hear you guys were not hurt in the accident. God was protecting you. I hope and pray the people who were hurt will recover quickly. I’ve been in a few car accidents, and I know what you mean about it taking it’s toll on your nerves. I always tend to keep it together at the scene of the accident and break down afterwards too.
We are continuing to pray for your mom’s side of the family.
WOW I can’t believe how busy you have been and that you saw such a bad accident and were almost involved! that’s crazy. Thank goodness you were all alright. Whew…
Thanks for the comment. I wish I could see your pictures, I get an error when I try to go to your page, but your kids are always so cute when I see pictures on your other site
I didn’t even think Lee could be testing me. Could that start this young?? Man oh man… he’s still doing it. It’s funny that you said that because Steve was watching him while I took a nap, and he took him out of his crib to calm him down, and I don’t do that. I wonder if that was what started it all off. I would think at 5mo though, they are too young to realize. I didn’t put 2 and 2 together until you said that. Hmmm.. thanks for the comment