The Reese's

Who says having a newborn means slowing down?! I have come to realize that nothing is slow when it comes to having a toddler AND a newborn. But, I wouldn't trade these days for anything. When Emilee was born in late August and with her diagnosis my main goal was to continue our lives like she didn't have DS simply because we don't want to hinder her development in any way. I will admit that the first few times taking her out and everyone commenting on how adorable she is was very hard. I would begin to tear up and think they KNEW and were just being polite to me. But c'mon she is freaking adorable. Then we had the realization of everyone with disabilities we saw when out. Like our first trip back to the zoo and as we were leaving the boy who was about seven or older, clearly had down syndrome and was being pushed around in the stroller. Yes, I bawled my eyes out as I walked to the car carrying Emilee. But we came to the realization that it's like buying a new car....

It is after 10pm and I can't seem to find the sleepy dust everyone else has found... I'm guessing they didn't save me any! We returned to Philly after a 2 week vacation to Maryland. It was a wondeful time spent with family. I will have to post pictures and a post all by itself as we were quite busy! My main goal of posting tonight is to update on the littlest stink. Emilee had her first OT appointment tonight and we couldn't be prouder of our strong little girl. With the diagnosis of DS we couldn't, and some days can't, fathom the world of the unknown. Will Millie meet her milestones, what types of delays should we expect, will her regressions last longer? Much like any two month-old we can't really do much to facilitate growth other than feeding, interacting and providing tummy time. Our therapist, Cara, showed us some things but was overall very impressed with the current milestones she is hitting. Emilee was showing off tonight, she pulled out all of ...