2 Unexpected blessings and a bonus

Recently Andy and I have had a bit of good fortune.  Turns out we have a few of the right connections and they've paid off big time.  The first one Andy won't let me talk about but something good happened to him...  The second thing I might have mentioned before is Evelyn's eyes.  She has Intermittent Exotropia which is where her eyes have a tendency to point in different direction or as we like to say "crazy eyes".  I had pretty much given up on it because she seems to have learned to cope with it but it just so happens that Andy's cousin noticed Evelyn's eyes at Grandma Bailey's party.  How crazy is that?  Not even everyone in my immediate family has noticed her crazy eyes but she just happened to notice them AND she just so happens to work with the one doctor I've been wanted to take Evelyn to.  Dr. Sutter is one in a million.  Most other doctors don't even believe in what she does, they're all about jumping straight to surgery for the more complex cases and completely ignoring the less severe cases like Evelyn's.  She apparently has methods of training the eyes and essentially strengthening them to stay straight.  It's amazing!  So wow, where was I going with this.  Oh yeah, Andy's cousin Kate (whom I now LOVE) talked to the Optometrist on Evelyn's behalf and she agreed to treat Evelyn for FREE.  That's right!  She's going to completely fix her eyes, without any surgery, for FREE!  We had our first appointment with her on December 19th and it went really well.  She treated Evelyn so sweet and nice and was totally patient with her.  I was so impressed.  She gave me a few ideas of things I can do to help and at the beginning of this month we had our first appointment with the Vision Therapist.  She taught me some exercises that I can do with her at home and Evelyn got these super snazzy red/green glasses to wear when she watches movies that are supposed to help train her eyes to stay focused.  I am 100% confident in Evelyn's new Optometrist.  She is my new favorite person and Kate too for hooking me up.  I've heard so many good things about her from other people and I just can't believe that she agree to help Evelyn.  It's amazing!  Seriously a miracle.  Another plus is that while we were there she checked Evelyn's vision and heck yes! turns out Evelyn has perfect vision.  So yah, take that bad eyesight genes!

Now for the bonus!  I am proud to announce that after 7 years of debating my college major and taking 2 semesters worth of random off the wall classes I finally narrowed it down to ONE major.  I've always known I wanted to go back to college after the kids were older so in the back of my head I've been contemplating all my options.  I can't guarantee my plans will stay the same but here it is.  I want to get a bachelors degree in Exercise Science which is kind of a mix between Biology and Kinesiology.  It sounds perfect and all the required courses are classes that I would want to take anyway.  After that the goal is to go through Physical Therapy training and either become a Physical Therapist or Sports Therapist.  I can't wait but for now I'm just going to enjoy being a mom.

Ho Ho Ho!

December 13, 2008~

This year was Evelyn's first year to really get excited about Christmas so let's just say I may have hyped it up just a little.  She totally soaked it all in and we loved every minute of it.  Santa even made a special appearance at our ward Christmas party and I'll never forget how adorable she was waiting in line with her Grandma Waite and seeing Santa for the first time.

  Evelyn

Preston

♪I saw mommy kissing Santa Clause...♪

Merry Christmas!

Love,

      The Waites

Andy, Amber, Evelyn & Preston

(This was going to be our Christmas card photo)

Cool Project

So I just completed a cool project. It's a Bridal Promo for a bridal show I just did last week. Check it out and tell me what you think... it's only 2 minutes long.

Sweet Jesse Timothy

Congratulations Tim and Brenda!

Jesse Timothy Waite

Born 5 pounds 8 ounces

  and 19 inches

January 5th marked the arrival of the much anticipated Jesse Timothy.  My Brother in Law Tim and his wife Brenda are by far the most deserving of such a remarkable blessing.  It's been so fun to watch them in their early days of parenting.  Jesse is a precious baby boy and it will certainly be fun to watch him through all the stages of his life.

Baby Sarah's Blessing

Sunday January 4th~

My cousin, Lindsey, with her husband David and adorable Baby Sarah.

The kids and I were able to attend the blessing of baby Sarah.  There was a ton of family there.  David did a great job on the blessing and Sarah looked adorable in her blessing dress.

Jack's Baptism

Saturday January 3rd, 2009~

Jack is such a sweet kid.  He's always super friendly to his cousins and treats Evelyn like his best friend.  She loves him SO much.  He's also a super great example to them.  In the car on the way home from Jack's baptism Evelyn said to me very proudly "I want to be baptized like Jack".  I was so touched.  Jack is an awesome kid and a super cousin.  We are all proud of him.

Evelyn and her cousin Charlie were buddy buddy after the baptism, literally inseparable.  They were so cute holding hands and leading each other around the church building.