I am not getting glasses!

Mason: Mommy, can I go out and play in the snow?

Me: No, because we have to go get your eyes checked.

Mason: Why?

Me: Because you have never had your eyes checked.

Mason (in somewhat of a panic): No we do not! I am not getting glasses!

Me: Well, hopefully you will not need glasses, but we still need to have your eyes checked.

Mason (as if inferring he has something else to do): Well I am going to have a piece of cake.

Me: Okay, well we are still going to get your eyes checked.

Tonight Mason and I went to the eye doctor. I figured it was about time he have his eyes checked for routine purposes ... and I needed to have mine checked as an annual followup to laser surgery.

Mason is a tiny bit far sighted and he has a little bit of astigmatism ... nothing that requires glasses for now. Mason should be happy about that.

I asked the optometrist about the brown spot on Mason's right eye. It has always been there and I've always sort of wondered if there is anything I should be worrying about. And the answer is no. After looking at it through the microscope, the doctor told me that is it completely flat (versus being raised) and likened it to a freckle.

As far as I am concerned, I continue to see better than a fighter pilot ... thankyouverymuch. In 2007, I had Wavefront CustomVue LASIK with IntraLase and I'm told this new technology is the reason I am continuing to see better than 20/15 in both eyes.

Now where is my jet?

Ha.

Angel Eyes

My biological kids have the strangest eyes ... beautiful, but strange. Mason has green eyes and Payton grey. They each also have brown markings throughout their eyes ... Mason's are more pronounced since his eyes are lighter (click on the photos below to see them better). I'm not really sure what it is or if it is significant, but it is there, nonetheless.

{Mason}{Payton}

Does anyone know what this is or have this? It is funny because Mason has it on one eye, and Payton on two eyes ... and the location of the brown mark in each of their eyes is the same. Payton's markings are a lot more pronounced in pictures, but Mason's you can see clear as day just looking at him.

Payton also has what are called brushfield spots ... it is common in kids with Down syndrome. Hers are not as pronounced as some, but if you click on her picture above, you will see the sort of white circle that circles her eye ... those are brushfield spots. Nika has brushfield spots too ... I love her eyes!