8 Months Old!

My baby girl is 8 months old today!!! Doesn't that deserve a post or what!? What a delinquent I have been.  My girls are definitely a handful.  I knew I'd be busy with the two of them....but wow.  Not an ounce of complaint though...I love every minute of it! Unfortunately, by the time my two babes are asleep and the house is in order there is rarely energy left for blogging.  Sigh.  There is a cool project called NaPloBoMo.  Basically a way to do a blog every day.  I was going to try for June but really, who are we kidding here. LOL. Maybe next month!
Now, Nicole, a whole 8 months old today! Unbelievable! What a ride it's been.  I have to admit we've come along way since we first found out about her cataract and subsequent glaucoma.  Not to mention the lactose issue.  Sometimes I think about all the suffering that baby went through in her first 6 months and it brings tears to my eyes.  But we got through it and I know we will get through whatever else life throws us.
My two girls are having a blast together.  Sometimes I wondered if I'd had them too close together, would the older one feel resentful, especially with all the time Nicole takes.  But no, they love each other so much and I am so very glad they have each other.  Tonight Lilia was in her bath and Nicole was standing watching her.  She started to throw in the shampoo bottle which got Lilia howling which in turn got Nicole howling.  I had NEVER heard that child laugh so very hard.  I so wanted the video camera but there was no way of getting it without leaving Lilia unattended so I burned it in my memory instead.  I loved it.  As time passes Nicole is slowly getting to the point where she can interact with her sister and it's the absolute best.  My girls are awesome.
Wednesday is our big appointment at the Eye Clinic.  This is the longest we've gone between visits.  I think it will be 6 weeks from the last time we were there.  I am so so so nervous.  I think Nicole's eye looks good and she's doing OK patching but we never know until that tonopen hits her eye (numerous times) and we get that number.  I pray everything is OK.  It will be the determining factor for how our summer goes.  I dread having to get that lens in her there too.  Ugh.  Trying not to think about it at all.
So there you have it.  We are in a good place right now.  The weather is finally nice so we are getting outside more and loving it.  (Although patch time does not go well outdoors.) I hope Weds. visit does not shake everything up.  But it's OK.  We will get through it all.
A quick mention about the contact lens.  What a pain.  Given that trying to change Nicole's diaper requires pinning her down you can only imagine what lens insertion has been like.  Needless to say we have not attempted it awake in awhile.  We'll have to readdress that as she starts to drop her morning nap.  Not quite sure how this is all going to work when I go back to work but we'll cross that bridge when we get there. Let me leave you with a couple pics of my girls from today!


Truly Canadian.  Loving her Timbits. (Which she refers to as Timballs LOL)



Happy 8 months Baby Girl!!