Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Happy World Down Syndrome Day

When a mother hears that her unborn baby has down syndrome it is scary. As great as it would be for every mother to jump for joy at this diagnosis, that's not reality. It is scary. 90% of the time fear wins out and those babies are never born. 10% of the time, love wins and a mother is blessed beyond comprehension (as all mothers of all babies are). My hope is that people will see and realize that down syndrome is okay, and that fear will not win so often. This is what parents said they "would go back and tell themselves".
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Thursday, March 1, 2012

According to My Son

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Happy Transformations

So I've been some what obsessed with the web site Reese's Rainbow lately. I've read about what happens to most of these children once they reach the age of 4 (or 6 depending on where they live). They are sent from orphanages to institutions. Now, I didn't really know what they meant by institutions. It didn't sound so bad until i saw pictures like this.
Children become shells of their former selves in months. There are more here.

HOWEVER, there are many happy endings. These children were adopted and now have loving families. These are the happy transformations.
 Belle home 13 months
 Katie only 3 months later
 Kori one year later
 Sweet Gabe after only 8 months.
Here are more and more happy endings.



Tuesday, February 21, 2012

We have arrived...

After all these years we have lived with a tiny bed. There. I said it. We were tiny bed people. However, we are finally adults. Not just adults, we are KINGS!! And it is wonderful! We can sleep like starfish. It's amazing.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

What if...?

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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Moving

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Friday, January 6, 2012

Xander 1 1/2!

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Cruisin'

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Nursery

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

HALLOWEEN!

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Friday, October 28, 2011

Hysterical Rant Friday

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Virginia State Fair 2011

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Videos

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Xander 15 Months

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Come Play in Luray

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Friday, August 5, 2011

Adventures in California...Again

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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Katie

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Monday, June 27, 2011

Our California Adventure Part III: Catalina

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Our California Adventures Part I: Graduation

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Our California Adventures Part II: Big Sur

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Friday, June 17, 2011

In a Year I Have Learned...

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Monday, May 30, 2011

Utah and Illinois

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Walkin' Man

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Oh my we ARE hippies!

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Mother's Day

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Xander 11 Months

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Videos

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Unemployment

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Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter Sunday

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Monday, April 4, 2011

Xander's Ten Month Adventures!

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Monday, March 7, 2011

Better Out Than In

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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Oh So Many Videos

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Sleeping? Eating? Not in This Play Pen.

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Friday, February 4, 2011

Xander 8 Months!

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Saturday, January 22, 2011

The Money Pit

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Sunday, January 9, 2011

7 months and so much fun!

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Friday, January 7, 2011

Christmas!!!

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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Xander 6 Months

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Getting Used to Love

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Monday, November 8, 2010

Xander 5 Months!

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Friday, November 5, 2010

HELL

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Friday, October 22, 2010

Friday, October 15, 2010

Confessions From My Post Baby Body

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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Xander 4 Months!

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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Pajama Church!

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

I AM AWESOME!

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Xander One Year Old...Kinda

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Monday, September 13, 2010

The Amazing Xander!

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Sunday, September 12, 2010

The Cloth Diaper Experiment

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Friday, September 3, 2010

Xander 3 Months!

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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Xander's Cuteness and Pixie too!

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Videos

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Xander: Month 2!

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Xander's Last Bath in the Sink

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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Our Little Boy is Growing Up

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Friday, July 16, 2010

Spitting Image of My Father

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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