We rock, we rock, we rock on!

Collin's favorite Christmas present this year was his stereo and CDs. He will go in his room, shut the door, blast his music, and dance his little heart out. Ha. I think this is just a preview for what is going to come in his teenage years. So, while it is cute now, I am going to soak it all in because I might not be enjoying it as much in the future ;)

He has really taken an interest in music the last couple of months and will come home from school singing a song (they listen to music on the bus). The other day we were switching radio stations, trying to find something good, and he told me to stop because it was Lady GaGa. Well, we don't really want our 5-year-old listening to Lady GaGa so we have been trying to find other music that Collin likes. Needless to say, all Collin talks about now is Justin Bieber, the Jonas Brothers, and Selena Gomez. It amazes me at how much he knows in so little time, especially because we don't know a lot about those artist's. He learns it all from his friends and from school.

Anyhow, Collin's favorite CD right  now is Camp Rock. Here he is rockin' out to it:

Glasses for a Three Year Old

A few months ago, I noticed that MadaLynn would cross her right eye (only her right eye) when she would focus on something. She was beginning to do it a lot more and people would actually comment on it. Needless to say, while we were at her 3-year-old well child appointment I asked my Pediatrician about. He didn't think twice about it and told us that we needed to see an Pediatric Ophthalmologist.

As soon as the Dr. looked at her he knew what exactly was wrong with MadaLynn's eye. She has a condition called: amblyopia, otherwise known as a lazy eye. It is when one eye becomes weaker than the other, and causes the weak eye not to develop normally. This condition is treatable if caught early enough. MadaLynn's treatment is glasses. The glasses that she needs have bifocals in them, this to teach the eyes to work simultaneously again.

We have been getting a lot of questions from people (some we don't even know) about her glasses. My favorite is: "does she really need those?" I don't know how to answer to this question,  because I think that it is a silly question. I don't know why or who would force their child to wear glasses. Other than some questions, people have been pretty good about them. As a mother, I worried that she would be teased about wearing glasses, but the complete opposite has happened. Collin, and some of her close friends are asking if they can wear glasses too.

I think it is the most adorable thing that I have ever seen. She doesn't mind them that much which I am grateful for. It would have made this situation a whole lot harder.

Also, I didn't send out a Christmas card this year. I was too busy, so for those of you who would've cared, here you go:

Merry Christmas from the Renfros!

Photo shoot

We recently took Collin and Maddie to get some pictures done. I am very happy with the way they turned out. I know that we never post anything else, but lets face it they are way cuter to look at then anything else. Also, I love to look back over the pictures and remember that time in their lives.They grow way too fast.