Korbin @ 7 months and my LASIK experience

Korbin is 7 months old..well I am a little behind, but you get the idea! Our cute little boy is the highlight of our lives, he has such a cute personality and he makes me smile everytime I see him. He has a big smile and isn't scared of smiling at strangers. He is Mr. Chatterbox still and I imagine he will continue to talk a lot. This month he started saying "dadda"..it's cute! He also started saying "Dad"..of course he isnt intentionally saying it, but it sounds just like it. He loves to play with toys and seems to have a long attention span for cartoons (I know, 7 month olds shouldnt be watching tv!). He also learned how to drink from a straw and seems to do really well with it. He loves remote controls or anything electronic, surprise surprise! He still needs a bib all the time which is a little annoying, but thats okay! He is such a good little boy, the past week or so I had to run around like crazy, going to SLC and back, riding in the car a lot, and going to "strange" places and he was such a good boy..he didn't make a peep which made it easier for us. He is a good little boy at restaurants also, he just loves to look around and eat his puff treats. Anyway.. he is our perfect boy and we just love him to pieces! Here are some 7 month pictures. Enjoy!

Korbin and Mommy

Happy Boy!

His favorite buddy Jimmy.

Who is that?!

Silly cousins.. Korb and Makayla

Soo cute!! Leah (Korb's cousin) and Korb

Go Bills! Yes he is standing on his own, but he has some assistance with the couch!

He LOVES this ball! He is also fitting in 12 month clothes now.

LASIK-

I got Lasik done last thursday (almost a week ago) and it has been one of the best things I have ever done.  I had wanted to get it done for probably about 10 yrs but there were so many stipulations that I didnt get it done.  Then when I married Steven I told myself that I would treat myself to getting LASIK done when I graduate..kind of a present to myself. Anyway, I graduated last April and couldn't get it done because I was pregnant, then I couldnt get it done because I was breastfeeding..anyway, my sister got it done at the end of last year and really made me want to get it done. So Feb rolled around and I decided it was time! I went in on Feb. 2nd to see if I could get it done ( I tried not to get my hopes up because it was something I really really wanted to get done)..anyway it went well and they told me that I probably couldnt get LASIK because my eye sight was soo bad, but I could get PRK. PRK is the kind where they don't use a laser to cut the eye they use solution and just rub each layer off.  PRK takes longer to be able to see, but you dont have to worry about the flap wrinkling up like you do with LASIK. But, I was just happy to do whatever.  I got a call the next day and they told me the good news that I could get LASIK done. So we made the appt for Feb 17th!  The week before the surgery I had to wear glasses the whole time..ugh that was one LONG week.  My glasses are seriously 12 years old and I could not see anything! 

The surgery day was a long day and a lot of waiting. After a few more tests and waiting it was finally my turn.  I went in and they numbed my eyes (weird feeling). I layed on the table thingy and they went for it.  I felt like they were pressing my eyes clear back in my head which was weird and very uncomfortable. They took the flap off and I couldnt see anything, it went black. After all the loud clicking and a lot of staring at the blinking dot (that I couldnt see half the time!) it was finally over! I could see! Right after surgery I couldn't see too well because it was soo foggy and my eyes were really sore. They gave me some beautiful tape on glasses and sunglasses to wear.  The tape on glasses had to be worn the whole first day and every night for a week. The worst part of this whole thing was the burning the first few hours after surgery (OUCH!) and taking the tape off my face every morning, seriously, could they find stickier tape?! 
My vision as of the day after surgery was 20/20 and they think it might get better once the fogginess goes away. I love being able to see and I am excited to never have to wear contacts again!! I tried to make a picture look like what I could see before the surgery but it wouldnt go that blurry..just picture sitting right next to someone and not being able to see their eyes, nose, mouth, ears, or anything.. it was like a tan blob in front of me.  I was one of the blindest the place had seen, for people that wear contacts, my prescription was -9.3, I think being legally blind is like -6 or -7..hopefully that gives you an idea! 

Below are some pictures of this experience.

Me with my terribly ugly glasses!! Ohh they were soooo bad!!

Ouch! I could barely open my eyes. Here are my tape glasses. This was an hour after surgery.

The tape glasses and the sunglasses..yeah I was stylish!

The blood shot eyes..they still look like this.

The circles where they pressed on my eye!

Korbin at 6 months!!

Korbin Randy Rounds is 6 months! I can not believe he is already a half of a year old! That seriously blows my mind! This kid has been the best thing to happen to us and he is such a funny, cute little kid! I can already see his sense of humor coming through and he is going to be one funny kid as he grows up!!

STATS- 

Weight- 20.37 lbs (88%) 

Length- 28.74 in (97%)

Head- 17.5 in (67%)

He is already showing a that he is interested in sports. He comes to our soccer games and watches the ball and the players run back and forth as well as when we go watch Daddy play basketball. He loves to play with toys especially Donivan, that giraffe is by far his favorite toy! He also really loves his plastic keys. He knows who his cousin Makayla is and they always try to grab each other. Last Sunday Korbin grabbed Makayla's hands..it was about the cutest thing ever! Wished I would have had my camera handy!

 I think he will probably be a late crawler because of his weight. His arms are not strong enough to hold up his body so for now Korbin likes to do the leg kick/swim. It is really cute!

 Korbin absolutely LOVES to eat! He LOVES his baby food and is excited when he gets to try something new. We have yet to find a food he doesn't like..the green beans were an issue but after a few weeks we gave it to him again and he loved them! He LOVES his apple juice and yogurt. He is a very good eater! I also let him have the spoon after we are done eating and he enjoys putting it in his mouth.  I also think it feels good on his gums. (No, no teeth yet, but they have got to be coming!)

This kid enjoys feeding himself and he is one silly boy when he does! He has managed to be able to palm the bottle with his left hand and just feed himself with the one hand.  Something else he likes to do when he eats is to feed other things besides his tummy..his forehead, nose, and eyes often get hungry also. He can do tricks with his bottle like turn it upside down and try to drink from it upside down. I love that he can feed himself because it gives me a little extra time to do things I need to do!

 This month I moved him from his mini tub to the big tub.  He was getting way too big for the little tub so I decided to just put him in the big tub with not a lot of water. He loves it though! He enjoys splashing with his feet and playing with his new bath toys (Thanks Rachel!)

 My chunky monkey!

 Korbin enjoys watching the Jazz..but only when they win. Here is his cute Jazz outfit!

He is such a happy boy! I absolutely love his smile! He really enjoys scream talking. He does it in the car, in his crib, watching tv, and while we are trying to feed him. Sometimes he scream talks too loud that it hurts our ears! Silly boy!

 
 He is such a big boy! He can now sit on his own for as long as he wants and he can now sit straight instead of slouched over. Yay!

 Korb got the flu about 2 weeks ago and it was about the saddest thing ever! We had a lot of sleepless nights and that kid was one warm kid so we had to give him cool baths and light pj's, also a cold rag on his head. I am glad that is over! :(

 He loves to sit on your lap and make noise as you bounce him..he could do that for hours! He also still enjoys his jumper a lot and loves to pet his dog Jimmy! He is starting to be more observant about the TV and seems to concentrate really well when I put on cartoons. I think we will have to get some old school cartoons cause these new ones are terrible!

Here are Korbin's 6 month pictures taken by my wonderful sister! Enjoy!

Christmas and New Years

New Years Eve-

Well this year we weren't feeling too up to doing anything big and luckily Ryan and Rachel were thinking the same thing, so this New Years Eve consisted of us four playing board games, eating delicious donuts, lots of pop, tons of candy, listening to music (some good, some bad), and a good time! We did however stop our game playing to watch the countdown and say our Happy New Years to each other. It was nice and a stress free way of celebrating it. I do think however that I gained some weight from that and many other junk food nights that week.

Steven trying to beat Scramble on his Ipod, which he did,and he was very proud!

Happy New Year!!

CHRISTMAS TIME-

We had the opportunity to go see the Christmas lights with Steven's bro and his family. I was excited that they invited us because I was just telling Steven how we hadn't had the chance to go look at any lights. So we went one night with Ryan and Rachel and it turned out to be a fun night. At the end of the lights Ryan decided to get all of us gutter tacos..which if you haven't tried them, you are missing out! But they were delicious as always, and Steven even admitted they were good.

Cold but happy baby! He LOVED the lights and would stare at all of them..he wouldn't stop chatting.

Our cute little family :)

CHRISTMAS EVE-

 We spent Christmas Eve doing our usual which consists of spending the evening with my family. I love Christmas Eve and we always have fun.  This year was a little different because we had a few extra people at the house..Steven's Mom came which was fun (Steven's Dad couldn't come because he just had surgery), we also had my parents neighbors come (well some times neighbors, this is their "winter" home.. ha ha) Anyway, Gary my parents neighbor brought over his guitar and played some Christmas music for all of us and we also got to sing along. We had some delicious pizza for dinner and we played the $5 present game. It was a nice night and always fun to spend time with the family.

Grandma Sylvia and Korbin getting ready for the present game. No, Korbin doesn't go anywhere without his giraffe!

Some of the family and party goers.

Some more of the family..

Korb in his new Christmas Pj's..I loved them and wished we had them longer so he could wear them more than one night.

Just hanging out listening to the guitar.

CHRISTMAS MORNING-

 This year we changed our Christmas routine a little because we have a fun little boy to share it with. We woke up about 8am and opened our presents. Then we went to Steven's families house and spent time with his family as well as opened presents..at around 11am we went to my parents and ate the usually delicious brunch..and then opened presents there. After that we were all so exhausted that we took a nice 3 hr nap. After the nice nap we headed back over to Steven's families house to play some games.

Korbin and Steven's stockings layed with care.

Korbin with some of his Christmas presents. Spoiled kid!

"Thanks Mommy for all the wonderful presents!"

Steven's parents house..Steven's Dad was not able to be within 15 ft of kids, so he was sentenced to the corner..kind of sad, but he seemed to be a good sport about it.

Our sweet new sports cups.

Just the start at the Shaw household.

My Dad and Mom

Korbin attempting to take his morning nap..I think he was too excited!

Our cute little family on Christmas.

We hope you had as wonderful of a Christmas as we did! We are so lucky to have such amazing friends and family, and we absolutely LOVE our chunky little boy! We had such a great 2010! Lets bring on 2011!!