Hello World:)

That is how I think Nathan is feeling.  I had no clue that my poor baby couldn't see that well.  He had adapted so well with his vision the way it was.  He had nothing to compare it to, so to him, his vision was normal.

We have taken him to have his eyes checked before due to his squinting habit.  And it was determined his eyes were fine and that his squinting was just that~ a habit.  At the time that was probably true.

We had no clue his eyes would be so bad.  The optometrist told us that she knew Nathan was very bright because he made honor roll all last year even with his eyes working so hard against him.  His eyes were so bad that she couldn't even prescribe him glasses, we had to referred to a specialist.

He was diagnosed with Intermittent Exotropia- referred to as an eye turn~ opposite of crossed eyes, instead of moving toward the nose like you would if you were cross eyed, his eyes move in the other direction. I have it also but mine is more controlled and we hope that Nathan will be able to control his over time with his glasses.  He also have severe Astigmatism and severe Hyperopia (farsightedness).  My baby couldn't see.

The phone call that took 2 long weeks finally came~ Nathan's glasses are ready to be picked up.  I am not sure what Nathan was more excited over, getting out of school early or going to pick up his glasses.  I think both equally excited him.

We went to pick up his glasses.  He put them on~ the look on his face was priceless.  He became so happy and was smiling ear to ear.  He looked at me super excited and said, "MOM, I CAN SEE!!!!!"

Those words alone meant so much~ I was almost in tears.  Nathan has been through so much in his 8 years of life.  He had a hearing impairment when he was younger and now his vision.  The pediatric optometrist told us that in about 2-3 weeks we should see a brand new Nathan.  Given his reaction today when he put his glasses on for the first time, he suddenly figured out he can now see and everything is so clear.  Hello world:)  I look forward to getting to know this brand new boy who is about to discover the world around him.

He spent the entire 45 minute ride home reading everything in sight:)

Here is my cute Nathan with his brand new eyes~

He looks so happy.  Those who know him, know how hard it is to get to smile while taking a picture.  He wants to be done with this picture and go back to whatever he was doing.  Today, no problem~ big grin ear to ear. 

I am so happy that he is so happy:)  He can't wait to show off his new look at school tomorrow:)