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Hey there!  It's incredible how fast these past few months have been.  Actually since having Isaac I think time has been flying.  I'm grateful to post updates on this blog to help me remember life with three kids.  Maybe one day I'll have to figure out how to print all these posts.  On April 1st Mckenzie, Channing, and I woke up to saran wrap in front of our bedroom doors.  Only Channing didn't see it in time before he walked right into it.  Other pranks included freezing the kids cereal bowls, switching a kitchen drawer, and turning milk green.  Channing also did a water bottle prank to Mckenzie which got him in big trouble.  I told him not to do it but I guess his idea was too good to not try.  Basically he told Mckenzie to look in his water bottle and then he squeezed it which shot water up her nose.  I could tell he actually felt really bad afterward.  



On April 3rd I took Mckenzie to the eye doctor.  In the past few months I have noticed that she tilts her head when watching a show and her right eye often looks inward.  See the picture above?  You can see that her right eye is not looking straight.

They did different tests on her eyes and determined that her right eye is not very strong and she tries to use her left eye to compensate for that.  Alternating esotropia it's called.  She's needing to do vision therapy to strengthen her eye muscles so that both eyes can work together.  We are crossing our fingers that insurance will cover some of the therapy appointments since they cost a small fortune.  


I'm sure you're wondering if Isaac has grown out of screaming all the time.  That'd be a no....  The picture above is after I took away a spray bottle (one he wasn't suppose to have) and then out of anger he pulled out one of my snap dragon plants.  I scolded him and then went inside the house.  He then stood at the door screaming for a few minutes.  Oh that kid.  Never a dull moment.




We had the Crawfords over for dinner so that we could catch up after they'd been in Mammoth for a week.  The cousins love playing together.  


Mckenzie did so good at her eye doctor appointment.  I'm sure she'll be tough and do her best with another eye appointment this week.  I'm grateful for professionals that know what they are doing.
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