Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Bye-Bye Baby Bambini's


For those of you who don't know....my daughter was born with an eye condition called accomodative esotropia.  The picture above is one of the first pictures we took of her after she got her new glasses.  I will never forget when she was diagnosed and I was told that she basically could not see a thing (she is legally blind without glasses on) and that I would need to get a pair of special glasses for her called......
baby bambini's.
Of course I was devastated.  My heart broke into a million pieces.  My poor little baby girl.  She couldn't see a thing for the first 10 months of her life.  She wasn't crawling.  She wasn't even moving.  She just sat there and strained to see and crossed her little eyes.  Then we put those little miracle-workers on her precious little eyes.  And a whole new world opened up to her.  She took one look at the world through her Baby Bambini's....and she took of crawling and never looked back.  She was so happy once she could finally see.  As a mother, when I found out she would have to wear not only special glasses, but an EXTREMELY strong prescription (we are talking coke bottle thickness here people), I was devastated.  I didn't want her to have the struggles of being "different."  I didn't want strangers to stare at her and whisper about her glasses.  I wanted to give her my eyes and take away her broken eyes.  But I couldn't.  I could, however, give her the baby bambini's. 
From the day we put those little pale-pink glasses on her face, the world became a new place to my little Emmy Grace...a place she could finally see!  From that moment on, she and her baby bambini's were ONE wth each other.  The second she woke up, she asked for them.  Once she could talk, she would say, "Mom.  I need my glasses.  I don't see very well without my glasses."  And we would immediately put them on her face.  They wouldn't come back off until she laid her precious little head on the pillow.  Now that I have explained the history....you will understand my dismay when I walked in one morning to find the precious baby bambini's in the dog's mouth.

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Notice the bite marks all over the frames and the popped out lens with indentations from being chewed on...nice.  Obviously this resulted in a trip to the pediatric opthalmologist and from that visit, we have a big announcement to make....I would like to proudly introduce:
little momma in her new big girl glasses


And I would like to say a tearful goodbye to the baby bambini's.  Thank you for helping my baby see for the past three years.  I will never forget the look on her face the first time I slid you over her precious little eyes and she truly saw my face for the first time.  I will NEVER, NEVER forget you and I can NEVER thank you enough.  (sniff. sniff.  Yes, I am seriously crying about saying goodbye to my child's glasses.  Yes, I am psycho but I know I am so that makes it better.  At least, that is what I tell myself).

So what do you guys think of the new big girl glasses?!?!

16 comments:

  1. I love the big girl glasses, she looks so grown up. Also, what a wonderful way you described how you wanted to give her your eyes...that love is Christ love. You're a good mom!

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  2. You are not psycho. I started crying just reading this blog. Or maybe I'm psycho too. Your girl is too cute and I love her new big girl glasses!

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  3. Love them! She looks adorable - totally big girl=)

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  4. Oh my gosh! She looks so grown up! C-u-t-e!

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  5. Beautiful. She looks stunning!
    Thank you for taking time today to do Tyler's senior pics. Can't wait to see them.
    John

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  6. What a cutie pie! I love her hair in these pics too! That dog of yours is definitely costing you some green!

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  7. ADORABLE!!!!!!! She's getting so grown up!

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  8. She looks gorgeous in her new frames! And, Mom, I understand the tears. I would save every last piece of the chewed up glasses in her memory box. :)

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  9. I love them! She looks so grown up. This is the most precious "ode to glasses" I've ever read!

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  10. i love that story and love that she was able to see because of those cute little glasses - i loved them and now I LOVE her new big gal specks... very hip.

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  11. so sweet...and way too cute! she's got some stylin' hair as well...adorable!

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  12. BEAUTIFUL GIRL!! But my little chick-a-dee is looking WAY too grown up in the new glasses. How shall we stop her from growing up??!!

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  13. That brought tears to my eyes. Her new glass make her look just that much more beautiful. You'll have to save that first pair of glasses in her memory box along with a copy of this blog post. Precious memories.

    On a side note, both my dh and I have REALLY poor eye-sight. I have my girls trained... they say "when I get my glasses...." notice it's "when" not "if" :)

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  14. How precious!! She looks so grown up (which is kind of sad, I guess). Yeah for the both of you!

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  15. She could pass for a young Sarah Palin in a movie. Do you have an agent?

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  16. Oh Carissa! She is soo beautiful! Her big girl glasses make her look so grown up! I got teary just reading, so I do not think you're psycho! :) You take some gorgeous pics, girl! If you aren't too busy in April, we may have to talk about a visit so you can take Clare's 1 year old pictures! I would love that!
    ~Summer

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