Prophetic Pose

Little did we know on Christmas when we took this picture of Tatum wearing toy glasses that it would soon become her reality. In the beginning of January we went in for Tatum's 18 month check up. Everything is going pretty good. Tatum passed the autistic screen with flying colors. The doctor even mentioned that Tatum might be "gifted". When she had her big weigh in the numbers were a little low at 19lb 1oz....but she's just a little girl. She is now 35% for height and 10% for her head. If your kids are not little anymore this all probably doesn't make and sense to you anyway. When the doctor did Tatum's eye test she said she wanted us to take her to see an eye doctor to get her eyes checked out. I really didn't think anything of it really. Eric and I both have good eye sight and don't wear glasses.

Well we went this past Tuesday and it turns out that Tatum is farsighted in one eye. She needs glasses and will wear them full time. She will probably just have to wear them until the age of 9. I will say that the news was quite shocking and I was a little sad. I just want people to see her for the beautiful little girl that she is and not the glasses. You see when we go places I often get how beautiful she is or how cute she is. (I agree whole-heartily) I just hope that the comments don't turn into "oh what cute glasses!" Now they are cute glasses, but what makes them cute is Tatum!

Just see for yourself......

She could hardly be contained!!!

What a great day we had today. The break in the cold weather offered us a much needed reason to go to the zoo today. we first went into the Desert Dome. Tatum was a bit hesitant at first. She was so quiet and just observing all that passed her line of vision. She seemed so serious while studying each animal, rock formation or plant in sight. Her most favorite part was digging in the dirt. She would pick it up sift it through her fingers. Next she would pick it up and walk about 2 feet and dump the dirt. She was so upset when it was time to move on. Can you guess who is getting a sandbox this summer?

Our next stop to us to the Aquarium. Tatum got quiet again. She just looked at the fish. We then headed to the Rain Forest and the mood immediately switched to "world look out cause here I come". Between the puddles, leaves, rocks and lights...she just couldn't contain herself...and we couldn't contain her much either.



We then headed to the Pavilion, where much to Daddy's delight, her favorite thing was the Safari Jeep. She loved being behind the wheel and "driving". When another little boy got in with her I liked how she said "I'm Tatum" and "I'm one"! When we had to pry her out of the Jeep she cried and said "Jeep Jeep, Jeep". It was heartbreaking.

Did I mention the most exciting part of the day for me? I changed her diaper before we went to the Zoo, and 4 hours later at home her diaper was still dry! I then asked her "Tatum do you need to use the potty?" I took her into the bathroom and with a big smile on her face she emptied a full bladder into her potty! WHOO HOO!

It's like this, and like that and like that and uh!

So we have a new game around here. When Tatum is up in her highchair she easily gets distracted from eating. She starts to point to objects on the counter or the refrigerator and stretches her arm out (like she is grabbing for an item) and says "that" in a really pleading voice. I then point to the objects one by one and say "this?" She will then keep saying "that" and when I finally point to the magic object "this?" she responds "THIS!" It is kind of funny. I know that I should name the objects that I am pointing to so she will name them, but she actually knows the names and says them, this is just a fun game she plays.

Well that's it for now, so jus' chill 'till the next episode :)