Cell phone pics from Moody Gardens

Here are some random cell phone pics. Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera charger, so it died partly into the second day.


Nap time


Tough girl


Safari girl


Dinner Saturday at hotel


Who is that masked butterfly?


Loving on her new Dora doll


On the Colonel Paddlewheel











It was hot, hot, hot!!!





Palm Beach Waterpark





Ned (in red hat) and B at top of pic








Vampire teeth smile





Hotel pool (water was ice cold!)



Lunch at The Spot on seawall blvd before heading home

Galveston Moody Gardens 2011

We took a mini vacation to Galveston this past weekend. We stayed at the Moody Gardens Hotel and explored the Gardens. Brinson had a lot of fun. It was pretty hot, but at least we were inside/outside. We did the Rainforest pyramid, Aquarium pyramid, Penguin Encounter, Dinos Alive, 3D Bugs on IMAX, 4D Dora adventure, Colonel Paddlewheel boat, Bones exhibit at Discovery museum, and Palm Beach waterpark. A lot of stuff to do in 2 1/2 days but we managed to do it! And a few things we even managed to do twice. We got home yesterday in time for Brinson's first day of school today. It was really nice. I'm glad we did it, even if it was a flogging...lol

I am going to make a separate post with my cell phone pics, I couldn't get them organized well to put them in this post.

Time to start the day!! Wakey wakey!

Brinson was ecstatic to see Dora walking around at breakfast, her lil face just lit up!

Hugs for Dora

Waving bye bye to Dora

Inside the hotel lobby

Posing like Dora

Gettin ready!


Entrance

Safari girl playing with the river otter

He was really cute and very playful

Looking at a butterfly on the bottom of the bench

Closer view

She loved walking thru the ropes

Playin in the water (yuck)

Playing in the air vent, Wheeeeee!

Carrion flower, smells like something dead

Birdy

Lizard

Monkeys!

The 3 Musketeers lol

Ready for fun!

Exercising at the Bones Exhibit

Coloring a skull


And one!


And two!

Life size Operation game

Grrrrrrr!

Dinos Alive

She was all happy when we entered....

Then the dino roared....lol

She went to touch this one's face, and right before she got to it, it roared, and she freaked lol!

No, mommy! I don't want to touch it


At least there was no crying!!

Rainforest pyramid (I think)

My Favorite Fish!!! Yellow headed Jawfish

Seahorse in center of pic

Another seahorse

Watching the fish/sharks/turtles with Daddy


Aquarium pyramid

Feeling coral

Boy, what a system!

Swimming like a shark

In the shark cage with Mommy

This was dinner last night at Cheddars.....exhausted!

Update on B's vision

Brinson saw Dr. Coats yesterday for a 3 month checkup. We got good news and some surprisingly bad news also. The good news is that her vision has improved a bit since her last visit. The bad news is that she's legally blind in her left eye. Now, while Ned and I knew she had the amblyopia, neither of us knew just how bad her vision was. We knew she had bad vision, but were under the impression that it was corrected somewhat with glasses. They said it's obviously from the prematurity, her retina just didn't develop properly in that eye. Her CORRECTED vision (with glasses) is 20/40 in her right eye and 5/300 in her left. I was trying so hard to not cry in the doc office. When they tell you "if her vision doesn't worsen she might be able to drive a car when she's older" and "they have an eye clinic where they can help her with eye exercises" and "she can have a form from the state for when she goes to school to have her sit in the front of the classroom, have large print books, and possibly a tutor to help her learn" that was a lot to digest.
We are going back to patching her eye daily. We are starting off at 2 hrs/day and working our way up to 6hrs/day. She did really well today with 3 hrs. This may or may not help her bad eye, but it's the only thing we can do at this point. She's a real trooper and understands why we have to do it. So far she likes playing "pirate" with Mommy.
She goes back to the doc in October for another assessment. And we won't know for sure where her vision stabilizes until she reaches puberty. All we can hope for is that it gets better and doesn't worsen (which is also a possibility).
Send your prayers this way please.