Thursday, March 31, 2011

While the eye doctor is away the children will play.


Among the many differences in mine and Wyatt's upbringing is a something I'll call doctor's office etiquette. According to Wyatt, he didn't ever go to the doctor but when he did they would goof around and play with the gadgets and basically have fun. My memories of doctor visits were far from fun filled afternoons of laughter and tomfoolery! Don't get me wrong, I don't have bad memories of going to the doctor but if I was at the doctor I was sick or getting shots, neither of which rates sunshine and rainbows in my book.

My first experience with Wyatt in a doctors office was at the gynecologists office, of all places, during one of our many baby making attempts. I'm sure you can imagine my horror when he started checking out all the gadgets and wanting to play doctor! LOL! He had to touch everything, opening doors and picking everything up. It freaked me out. I just go in and sit on the chair and wait for the doctor to come in. I do what I'm told and that's it. I don't feel the need to explore every stinkin thing in the room. 

Well, since that day we have spent a significant amount of time in doctors offices together, especially since Collin has come home. I spent a lot of time scolding Wyatt for his behavior and warning that the doctor is coming and he's going to get us in trouble. But, quite frankly, it was usually funny and I couldn't help but laugh. I started to think; what is so bad about having a little fun at the doctors office? It certainly makes life easier with a toddler in the room and daddy can be VERY entertaining!

So off we go for Collin's check up at the eye doctor. We have known since Collin was about 8 months old that he will have to have glasses when he starts Kindergarten or first grade. He is near sighted so he will have a hard time seeing the board. We are supposed to keep checking in with the eye doctor periodically to keep track of things. Let me just say, these people are amazing! They were able to evaluate an 8 month old baby and they can deal with a squirming, uncooperative toddler as well. Of course that wasn't Collin, he was perfect! =0) 

Doesn't he look so happy to be there??

Now for the cool glasses. This is the first time they have used the glasses and he did great. But as soon as the nurse left...the craziness began! First daddy wore the glasses and tried to read the charts.
I can't let daddy out "cool" me so I put them on too...of course my heart was racing just knowing the doctor would walk in on us, namely ME, wearing the funny kid sized eye doctor glasses. Luckily, that didn't happen.

So then Collin had to get in on it and we played "the doctor is coming" and we would take the glasses off and put them on the table and run back to our chairs and sit down staring at the floor like nothing happened. Collin would crack up!

 

I guess it's not so bad to have a little fun at the doctor's office after all. When the doctor was done she told us to make glasses seem really fun because it's only a matter of time-pretty sure we've got that covered!!
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Guatoberfest Cruise 2009

My soapbox about the Advent Conspiracy

I came across this video on another blog. I have to admit I only looked at it for entertainment value. I assumed with a title like that, it had to be some wacko conspiracy theory and who doesn't need a good laugh. Suprisingly enough it really touched me and made me think. It didn't grab my interest because of it's religious value, because that's not really my thing. I am not the type of person that flaunts religion or believes in pushing your beliefs onto others. It touched me because of it's human value and because it shows me how quickly I forget.

When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.


I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.

Advent Conspiracy