Eye For An Eye

This week Robbie had his first eye exam. This is important because when babies are really early and need oxygen, the veins in their eyes can grow too rapidly. This causes the retina to rip off. The ophthalmologist and nurse told us that we might not want to be present because the exam is upsetting. I decided to stay to take a few pictures, but I must admit that it was upsetting. Here are a few pictures:
The ophthalmologist puts numbing eye drops in and then pries the baby's eyes open with a claw device. A Clockwork Orange anyone? Robbie cried so loud and sounded so sad. I decided that I should have a chance too. Well, I decided to just go with the numbing drops. The doctor allowed this and gave me a few drops. Here I am:

It felt pretty weird, but it wasn't as cool as I thought. The nurse said she had never had a request like this in 12 years and thought I was a little strange. Wait until we get to baby enemas! By the way, Robbie's eyes look really good. The doctor said they were better than most he looked at that day.

Devil In Disguise

We went to Tommy's parent-teacher conference last week and he stopped to show us his locker.
I was wondering why he kept making this face in front of his locker, but then I saw his locker number.It's a little fuzzy, but his locker number is 666. Like I always say, "Dig a little deeper and things typically make sense."

Cool or Uncool: Watching Guys Eat Ice Cream

Uncool

Two male co-workers and I got ice cream cones on the way back from lunch the other day. As we ate the ice cream, we realized that it was painfully uncomfortable to watch each other eat the ice cream.