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Nothing like a novel of a blogpost to recap an entire season of life. 2019 resolution - get back to blogging. Although, I think I say that every time I type up a new post, but it's good to have goals I guess. Our fall has been busy with regular life stuff, nothing too out of the ordinary for us and I'm definitely thankful for that! September This month started with my Mom's Retreat to Phoenix. It was a quick trip but wonderful nonetheless. Next year's retreat is in Nashville and I'm already planning and scheming to get myself there - for the entire thing this time! :) Gracyn lost her first tooth and refused to let the Tooth Fairy come visit. She held onto that tooth for about 3 weeks until her 2nd tooth fell out. Only then was the Tooth Fairy allowed to come collect the goods - but only if she did NOT come into the house. Gracyn put her teeth in ring box on the front porch and wrote her a note. She closed the blinds and locked the door and went out to check things...

Welp, October came and went, huh?! I can't believe the entire month passed us by and I didn't log a single blog post. October is, after all, Down Syndrome Awareness Month . On one hand, I feel guilty for not having posts ready to share as a way to advocate for Baker and raise awareness. It's my duty as his mom to do so, right?! On the other hand, we are busy l i v i n g  l i f e. And that life, thanks to work and everything that comes along with three kids, is busy so the old blog gets neglected. Don't worry, though. I'm still a serial poster over on  Instagram and Facebook so follow along there if you want to see just how normal our life really is. I'm always up for answering questions so be sure to ask if you want to know something but hopefully I'm doing him justice and advocating for him all day long by making sure he's treated like everybody else in our home. Making sure he knows and everyone around us knows that he belongs. Baker has Down syndro...

When we first received Baker's Down syndrome diagnosis , I hadn't knowingly met a single person who had experienced the same thing. I hadn't met a person with Down syndrome or knew anyone who had someone with Down syndrome in their family. I don't remember seeing kids with Ds in school or in stores or on TV. Maybe I had blinders on or it just wasn't on my radar. We had friends and family supporting us but as far as I was concerned, we were alone in experiencing this first hand. And as you can imagine, that's a pretty f'ing scary place to be. It felt like our world was caving in but after taking a day or two to process the initial news, I needed to do something. I needed to learn what this meant for Baker and our family. I needed to see what life would be like once Baker was born. Social media is so strange but it can also be really wonderful at times, people can connect easily and hashtags are searchable so that's where I turned. I had been added to a lo...