Avery says "Don't worry, 'eye' am okay!"

This morning, we had to take Avery to the eye doctor to get his tear duct unblocked. Carolyn and I were nervous even though we knew it was a simple and short procedure. This office is so annoying though -- they had once before made our appointment for the Manhattan office without telling us, so when we showed up to the Scarsdale office, it was closed. And this morning, they said to come at 7, so we arrived at about 6:45 since normally you get to appointments early. But the building was closed and there were no cars in the parking lot. This increased our anxiety, but we finally saw someone else go in the building and they let us in. But when we got to the office, the receptionist couldn't find Avery's medical record! None of this is really that big a deal, but since we were already on edge, it seemed worse than it really was. Anyway, once we finally got in, they had to strap Avery down and bind his arms, legs, and even his head so he couldn't move. Obviously he HATED this. And the doctor numbed his eye and stuck a tube in it, and I'm not sure what else. It probably lasted for less than 5 minutes, but with Avery screaming and crying, it seemed longer. Carolyn said "It was less horrible than watching your C-section." Well, obviously. And Avery certainly recovered much more quickly -- before we left the office, he had stopped crying and even wanted to play with the toys they had in the waiting area.
In the car on the way home (wearing his pajamas and also sunglasses since his eyes were dilated plus he likes to look cool):


We came home and poor Carolyn had to go to work, but Avery and I took a long nap and now he is walking around with his walker, probably heading back to the bathroom to unravel all the toilet paper (he's already done this once today):


Our weekend was really fun. We went out to White Post Farms on Long Island with Kim, Jess, and Olivia. Avery LOVED feeding the animals and riding the quarter-fed rides. In fact, he loved the rides so much that he mad-cried (as opposed to sad-cried) when we took him off the ride when his turn ended. Then we all headed back to our apartment to hang out. Avery and Olivia really played together for the first time, and he kept laughing at her because he found everything she did so funny! And they both enjoyed playing with Avery's new toy -- this fancy kitchen set Carolyn found on Craig's list. The woman selling it just lives down the street from us, so she brought it to us early Saturday morning. It makes noises and comes with lots of pots and pans and fake food. Avery has started to really get underfoot when we are cooking or doing dishes, so eventually we think we'll put it in our kitchen so Avery can "cook" while we cook. It's a cute idea, but we'll see if that actually happens.
Then on Sunday, we were heading to church, but we were running late, so we decided to skip church and instead go to the Palisades mall which was really fun. Avery rode (with us) on the ferris wheel and the carousel (which he especially LOVED and said "wheeee!") but also a bunch more of those little rides like the ones on the Farm, and this time, he didn't cry when we took him off as his turn ended. So it seems like he has already learned that there will be many more rides to enjoy in his lifetime :)
We also drove up to check out the outlet mall in Westchester. It's a nice, big outlet mall with all the normal stores but also an area of very high-end, designer outlet stores (ie. Chanel, Georgia Armani, DKNY, Jimmy Choo, etc.) which was frankly weird but funny (there was also a Barney's store which made me think of "Romy and Michele" when Michele tries to get a job at Barney's but instead she gets sent to their discount outlet).

Feeding the animals (Avery loved having the deer nibble food out of his hand!):









Bottles for everyone:


Family portraits:



Cute babies (Dora the Explorer was at the Farms that day but the line to see her was way too long, so instead, Olivia got a Dora ice cream bar):





On the Tigger and Bob the Builder rides, Avery was excited and had a blast (notice how he hogged the steering wheel) while Olivia enjoyed herself more calmly):









Happy babies at playing at home:



Playing with Avery's new kitchen: