Get used to having your eyes poked...

Owen got his eyes checked yesterday; click here if you want to learn all about retinopathy of prematurity. The good thing is that he passed with flying colors (I think there's no vision pun intended, but maybe there was a little intent). The bad things are that (1) it's impossible to explain the steps of an eye exam to an infant, (2) it's terrifying to watch even a trained professional jab your child's eyes with a stick, and (3) Owen's probably got a lifetime of trained professionals jabbing his eyes with sticks in his future. I guess I'm exaggerating a little, but judging by the genes that went in to this mix, he will be stuck with regular trips to an optometrist, and I'd rank the glaucoma test right up there with a stick in the eye.