Bad Genes....BAD!!!

I have awful genes when it come to eyes. I am pretty much blind and have been for a long time. I still remember getting glasses in 1st grade but refusing to wear them. It was a self image issue I struggled with for a long time. Though I do remember the first time I out glasses on and walked outside. I said, "Wow, there are mountains." I still to this day appreciate seeing mountains. I am grateful to be able to see and that we have the technology to be able to. I had some hideous glasses in my growing up years (i will refrain from adding any pictures.) So I prayed often that my children wouldn't have to go through the heart ache I had in wearing glasses. I remember being teased and just crying. I even remember starting 7th grade. It was a new school, I had just moved and I was struggling with my self image. I refused to wear my glasses, so I would sit as close to the front as possible, grab my glasses out of my bag hurry to put them on and sneak a peak at the board and take them off. This resulted in many horrible headaches and a heavy backpack (I couldn't see the numbers on my locker so I didn't use it.) It was awful. My Mom finally took pity on my and got me contacts...YAY!!!!!! Oh the stories I could tell. So, when Tanner was in kindergarten I took him to get his eyes tested and the optimologist said, "He has perfect vision, why did you bring him in?" UH, to make sure. LOL So when I got a call from Tanner's 3rd grade teacher saying they he was squinting during the vision test, my heart sank. I kept telling myself he's a squinter, he'll be fine. I got the courage up and took him in. GLASSES!?!?! I was so sad to think that my baby boy needed glasses. He went to pick out his glasses and tried many on. He finally settled on this pair. I of-course didn't love them, I wanted him to get the thin wire ones that barely showed up, but No, this is what he liked. With a big smile on his face he turned to me and said, "Mom, I like them, but how do YOU think I look?" With a tear in my heart and a smile on my face I said, "You look awesome Tanner! I am so proud of you." He does look awesome, but then again I am his mom. I am so nervous to see how others react to his glasses and I silently pray that people will be kind. He is off track, so he doesn't have to go to school for 3 weeks and I hope he gets used to them by then. I also hope that the kids at school are kind. I'm especially worried about pictures this weekend with Davis' family. Sometimes family isn't very tactful and I am just anxiously hoping no one will make any snide remarks.

On a side note. Tanner is an awesome kid. He got himself a hamster today. He's been saving his money for months now and we keep putting it off. I told him he had to wait until he got off-track, so he could take care of it and get used to it. We are also going to be moving Bennett into his room in a few days in hopes of them both adjusting before Tanner goes back to school. Bennett has been sick with a cold so he is cranky. I am very nervous about this change. Tanner also was a huge helper today. I am exhausted. Bennett hasn't been sleeping well, so I haven't been sleeping well. Tanner got up this morning and got Ady and Matt breakfast. He even got them lunch when we got home and I was upstairs nursing Bennett in hopes of him taking a nap. He is growing up so fast and is such an awesome kiddo. I am so grateful to have him apart of our family. LOVE YOU TAN MAN