Doesn't he look soooo cute??? I think so. This whole process started back in November when I took him in for his pre-kindergarten check up and he failed his vision screening. I thought he was just messing around and being shy. Well, that is what I hoped anyway. The doctor told me that I needed to take him to the eye doctor and have a dilated vision test done. So on Tuesday of this week we had our appointment. Ryan wears contacts, so they had an appointment together. Ryan went first to show him that it's not scary and doesn't hurt. When it was his turn he was so brave. The drops they put in his eyes to dilate them stung, but he didn't cry. I could tell he wanted to. Shoot. I wanted too. But he was tough. When the doctor came in the first thing he said is "he is very near sighted. If he were 16 trying to pass a drivers test, he would fail miserably". I almost started bawling right there. He is ONLY 5! Ryan didn't need glasses until he was in Jr. High. It was hard, but I had to be brave too. So I held it in. Then he said that when he is in his late teens his vision will be worse than Ryan's is now. I had a lot of questions since I don't need glasses. The doctor listened to all my concerns and helped me feel much better. He said that with glasses Brady will have perfect vision. I am so grateful that we have such a simple thing to fix our eyes when they are broken. Now I just have the task of making him keep them on. Today is the first day with them and he has already pointed out things to me that he couldn't see before. Like, an apple picture that I have on top of my cabinets. He told me "I know how many apples are on that picture now", and when I made him sit back on the couch to play the Wii, "I can see it, Mom!". I told him that he can no longer sit 1 foot away from the TV to play. But that didn't last long. He is right back up in front of the TV. I think it is just going to take some getting use to. It's something new and different. When I asked him the other day why he hadn't told me that he couldn't see, he said "I can see". I feel so bad that I hadn't noticed sooner. He hasn't been able to see for a while, long enough that he didn't know any better. And looking back, there were so many signs that I missed. Such as, standing right in front of the TV, not looking at things out the car window when I would point them out, and putting his socks on up side down. All this time I have just been frustrated, thinking that he is being defiant, when really, he couldn't see. He looks so handsome in his new specs, I hope he takes care of them. This could get very expensive for us. But, we will do what ever it takes to help him. No matter what. I am so grateful that we have the means to buy him the things he needs. And he looks so handsome, I can't help but love it!!