Hope's New Glasses

TA - DA!!!!!

Hope has her new glasses! We were supposed to pick them up last Friday but Hope hasn't felt well for the past several days. She has been cutting 5 or 6 teeth all at the same time and she was pretty miserable with it. So on Monday Hope, Mommy and Grandpa Holtz went and picked up Hope's glasses. Grandpa Holtz bought Hope some bling (a pink boa and a sparkly bracelet) to go with her new specs :)

Hope doesn't seem to mind her new glasses at all. It's hard to tell how well they are helping her but she definitely seems to be looking around more and trying to "look" at things. She doesn't try to pull them off like she does her cochlear implant - she must know how sophisticated she looks :)

Grandpa Holtz had to fly back home to North Carolina today and Hope misses him a lot but is really excited that both Grandpa and Grandma Holtz are coming to visit her next week.

Happy Birthday Hope!

It's hard to believe, but Hope is 10 months old now!! Happy Birthday Hope!!!

Hope got to spend her 10 month birthday with a trip to the pulmonologist. Everything went well and since Hope was in such a good mood, she decided to venture over to the hospital and visit with some of the nurses that took care of her when she was in the NICU.

Today Hope was visited by the vision consultant for Early On. She had some very encouraging news - it seems that Hope IS able to see, at least to some degree. Hope seems to really like looking at shiny, red things and prefers to look at things that are off to her right side. The vision consultant will continue to work with Hope (as will we) in hopes of getting her to be able to see equally in both directions.