Is that a twinkle in her eye?

Yes I didn’t use the magical silver machine I blog from to generate the pictures above. They are 100% legitimate, the glasses have landed. Remember when we said the optometrist originally told us that she had been in the field for 15 years and she pretty much guaranteed we would cry when Paige put on her glasses for the first time because she would come out of her shell? Remember that? Do you? Well, Paige didn’t act any different. Yes we were going to cry, but we were going to cry for the wrong reasons. It had only been a few hours, maybe she needed more time? I could have sworn the eyeglasses manual said your baby will be able to see and interact within 15 minutes after taking the glasses out of the box. See, this is why I don’t read directions!

So we are trying not to think about whether or not she can see or can’t see. Tobie and I started talking, it could be worse and started rattling off other preemie problems we don’t have. Well, Tobie was getting Paige ready for bed and I asked her to get Paige dolled up for a quick photo shoot. Low and behold as I walked around the room, Paige started following me with her eyes. She’s never done that before. That’s a good sign and that’s where I leave you tonight. Oh btw, now that she has glasses, her IQ has gone up 40 points. That’s a fact about wearing glasses if you didn’t know.

We used state of the art computer graphics to render an image of what Paige will look like with glasses

Tobie here: So it’s been a while since I’ve been a little frustrated. Okay…maybe not that long….but I’m trying! So no, we don’t have Paige’s eyeglasses. I ordered them on Monday. Paige and I went after her eye appt to pick out frames at the only store in the Valley that carries baby frames. We only had about 5 frames to choose from. About five minutes after we get home, the lady working at the store calls and says that she has another pair of frames that she forgot about. Why she couldn’t have shown us all the available frames when we went the first time is beyond me, but that’s life. So the next morning we load up and head back out this time taking Cole with us (which makes it a little more complicated) because unlike the previous day I have no one to stay back with Cole. The lady sees both babies and says “Oh my gosh…I didn’t know you had two!” I wouldn’t have had you come back”. Oh but you did, but in the end it was all good because the frames she didn’t show us the first time, were the ones we ended up picking out. All along this woman is telling us the glasses will be ready Friday and I spend the entire week pumping Paige up for them. She was a little worried about her looks, but I assured her she was the most gorgeous baby girl with or without fashionable eye wear. Friday afternoon rolls around…I call the woman to see if they are indeed ready before heading down to their shop. She says the FedEx box had arrived but she hadn’t gone through it. She was with clients, but promised me she would call back right away as I had explained to her we had another appt later in the day (Cole’s play therapy) and time was pressing. Well she never called back. I decided to pack up the babies and go there anyways. I walk into an empty office. Where are the clients? Where is my return phone call? Where are Paige’s glasses? All futile questions as the glasses aren’t in. Supposedly now Monday, possibly Tuesday. I thought it was a standard operating procedure to inflate the time it takes something to get done, that way you are always pleasantly surprised when it comes early. It’s just a little frustrating because now that we know she needs glasses to see, we want her in them ASAP. All in all my hopes and excitement for Paige’s sight are just postponed for a few days. Ahh, I feel better now, how about you?