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Little Leopold Reppond saw his mom clearly for the very first time, and just couldn’t stop grinning.
Adorable video shows the 4-month-old, who has impaired vision due to a rare condition called oculocutaneous albinism, having glasses placed over his eyes.
He takes a few seconds to get used to his improved eyesight. But he then looks up at his mother Erin, and breaks out into the most beautiful of smiles.
The tiny tot from Seattle, Washington, is witnessing the world around him in focus for the very first time, and obviously enjoys what he sees.
The intimate moment was captured on camera by Leopold’s father, David Reppond, and posted to Facebook last Saturday. It’s now going viral.
“When he finally did look up that second time and you see that recognition on his face, that’s a smile we just hadn’t really seen before,” Leopold’s mother Erin told ABC News. “He’s a pretty happy baby and he smiles and I feel like he generally is pretty happy but that smile was something that was so different for me to see.”
One in 20,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with oculocutaneous albinism, which affects the coloring of the skin, eyes and hair, according to the National Institute of Health.
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