Aria gets glasses

About 2 weeks ago, I was showing Aria a picture on my phone and as I watched her look at my phone, all of the sudden her left eye went totally crossed eye in towards her nose.  Her right eye stayed straight.  I had never noticed it but as I kept looking at her that day and the next few, I knew we needed to head to the eye doctor.

As I asked her about it, she easily admitted that sometimes my eyes go all funny as she took her hands and shook them in front of her eyes.  Then the day after we went to the doctor she asked when she was getting her glasses because 'I can't eat my cupcake without my eyes going all funny.'  I felt bad that she realized it but never thought to say something until I brought it up.

I feel so blessed that when I called, someone had just called in a cancellation for the very next day.  Otherwise their next appointment was 5 weeks away!  We went in and they dilated her eyes and sure enough, Aria is now wearing glasses.  She is far-sighted, meaning she can't see things close up, which is why her eye went all funny when looking at my phone, eating her lunch, etc.  Her prescription just for my reference is right eye +3.5 and left eye +4.0

We went and picked out a pair at Walmart but because of her prescription it was going to take almost 2 weeks.  I didn't want to wait that long to get her seeing better so the next day we headed over to the mall to a store that could do them same day.  So she now has a purple pair and a Hello Kitty Pink/Purple pair.  We just picked up the pink pair tonight and those are the ones she was most excited about so I'm guessing she'll wear those most of the time.

She has been so good about wearing them so far.  Every once in a while she asks to take them off and 'take a little break' which I let her but pretty much she wears them all day and doesn't fidget around with them much.  I'm happy it's been a pretty easy transition for her and I think it helps that she realizes she can see better with them on.  The first few days she kept asking how long she had to wear them until her eyes could see better.  I think she thought she would wear them for a few days and then wouldn't have to wear them and her eyes would be 'fixed.'  Now that I've explained it a little better things are smooth.

I have to admit I feel a little sad about the whole thing.  I know in the grand scheme of things, this is such a small thing and I'm so grateful it's nothing more then just glasses.  But I feel sad that she pretty much hasn't been able to see very clear her whole life.  And by seeing how thick her glasses are, they are pretty bad.  I'm trying not to feel guilty about it but I can't believe we hadn't figured this out until now.  I also feel bad she has to always wear glasses.  I miss seeing her little innocent face and beautiful blue eyes without glasses.  I also feel sad that now the way everyone will tell Siena and Aria apart is Aria will be known as the one with glasses.  Which I guess is fine and makes it a lot easier for everyone that has a hard time telling them apart (which is a lot of people) but I just feel a little sad about the whole thing.  Anyways, there's my thoughts and emotions.  As a mom I just want to protect her from everything but that isn't the purpose of this life and isn't realistic.  But like I said, it's really not that big of a deal and she's healthy and great and happy and for that I'm grateful.

And look how cute she looks in her glasses!