It's been awhile...

There hasn't been much to report, so I haven't been keeping up with the blog, but it seems everyday someone new finds out their son or daughter has been born with cataracts, so I want to do better.  If you are visiting for the first time, please make sure to visit the earliest posts. 

We celebrated Jack's first birthday about a month and a half ago.  Miraculously, we actually had 2 contacts that were the correct prescription to put in for his big day.  I feel like we've either lost one, or got the wrong prescription.  Needless to say, we haven't been terribly consistent.

Here's the birthday boy enjoying his cake:

Jack also got new glasses in May since he had outgrown the other ones.  They are still Miraflex frames, just a little bigger and a different shade of blue.

He aced his one year eye exam at the pediatric opthamologist, so we don't go back until October (although we have yet to make it to a scheduled appointment without squeezing in an "emergency" visit in between.)  After he got his new glasses, we were concerned that his eyes were crossing, but the doctor said we didn't need to worry until he spent more of his day crossed than not crossed, and these were very isolated incidents. 

Other than that, life with a one year old goes on!  Jack's first word was cat...go figure. He loves Rocky.

No official walking yet, but he stumbles here and there.  He's such a swift crawler, I don't think he's in a hurry (and neither are we!)

Hard to believe it's almost been a year since we learned about Jack's cataracts.  I never thought we'd overcome that grief, but like I said, life goes on!  He hasn't skipped a beat and is developing right on par.  We couldn't be happier with our little guy!