doc and zoo

Last week, we took Ryan to the eye doctor in Houston. For a long time we have noticed one of Ryan's eyes drifts to the side. Most of the time it is fine but we notice it mostly when he is tired or in a "stare". I stare off into the distance a lot and like to "finish" my stare...am I the only one besides Ryan who does this? He got that from me I guess! Anyway, the doctor said we need to patch his eye every day for 1-2 hours.
Pretty pitiful, huh? This was the second day and he wasn't too happy when we put it on. He is used to it now and just continues to play like no big deal! Thank God he doesn't fight it. We will go back in 4 months to see what progress he has made.

Michael and I had taken the day off so after the doctor visit, we went to the zoo! It was a nice warm (not hot) week day so there weren't many people there...nice! Ryan had his eyes dilated so we had to keep sunglasses on him and his hat. Thankfully, we had brought his wagon and so Ryan's hands were preoccupied by holding on to the wagon and so he didn't pull at his glasses or hat :)
Michael, Ryan and the Rhino (this was Michael's friend Ryan's nickname so Michael wanted to take this picture with the rhino)
(I think that Ryan looks so old in the picture! Actually, the glasses and hat make him look old in all these pictures!)
Did you know that porcupines climbed trees? I didn't!
Beautiful bald eagle
Can you see the baby elephant?
Ryan had not had a nap so he got really sleepy while we were there. We laid him down in his wagon with a bottle :)
After the zoo, we walked around a little by the water downtown. It was really beautiful. Don't remember if this was here when I was a kid or if I just forgot about it.
We walked through a big, lovely Japanese garden....it was beautiful!
We had a great day and Ryan was a trooper! Thank God for random off days!