On Thursday Chance and I went on a tour of the USS New Orleans. It was built here in the city and is being commisioned today. It has been docked just a few blocks from the house all week. The tours were free so we went. We had to stand in line for about an hour to get in but Chance was very good in his sling he slept most of the time. We had to go through metal detectors and could not take cameras which is why this picture isn't too good. I took it with my phone after we left the ship. Once inside Chance woke up and I held him while we took the tour. He looked around at everything and everybody he seemed really interested in what was going on. We got to see the mess hall, the pilot house, crew's quarters and the command center. It was a cool experience getting to go on the ship and see all of those things and even though Chance won't remember it he seemed to like it at the time.

I also wanted to update you on Chance's eye. It is all better no longer pink at all and not draining anymore either. I did figure out how to get him to open his eyes to get the drops in though so if we ever have to do it again I am ready. The trick: put the drops in the corner of his eye (while he's crying) then blow in his face. He gets stunned and blinks his eyes. He's then really upset but then you just pick him up and things are all better and you know the drops actually got in his eye.