Pretty Amazing for a 2 1/2 Year Old

Abby went to the eye doctor today, and he was able to actually get her eye measurements through reading the eye chart!!! He started out by having a list of all of the letters in front of her so that she could point to the one she saw on the wall (only one at a time was shown), but then she just started calling out the letters herself--even better! The eye doctor said that it's pretty good if he can get 4 and 5 year olds to consistently identify letters, but it's pretty amazing for a 2 1/2 year old!!

This made me smile big time...after all, not too many "vegetables" have their letters down by 2 1/2. :)

As far as her eyes go, she is 20-50 and 20-70. We don't need to do bifocals yet, but we may have to patch the good eye if the discrepancy gets any bigger. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things!

I love sharing these little stories of the everyday miracles. God has been so gracious to us, and Abby is most definitely living up to her name as a big Joy Joy Joy!!

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Rachel and Daniel said…

Go girl! Love this! I think her and Elijah would get along great! I love this age. :-)

April 22, 2013 at 9:35 PM

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