This will be our family's second year to participate. Our first opportunity would have been three months after Noah was born, but those three month had not given us the perspective or the time to vanquish the uncertainty and the fear that came with our new diagnosis. So, we sat that one out. The following year however, we showed up in force. We even had our own shirts made. It was pretty easy to have a good time. There was ice cream, pizza and an entire herd of inflatable bounce houses.
Needless to say, we will be participating this year. More importantly, Noah will be actually walking with his team this year. This is the part where I ask you to help. You can click the following link and signup to walk with Noah or simply make a donation to his team, Nitro Noah's Locomotive.
http://www.ezeventsolutions.com/fr/dsamemphis/2012stepup/NitroNoahsLocomotive
All the proceeds will go to The Down Syndrome Association of Memphis and the Mid-South to help advocate for people with down syndrome and assist new families by offering comfort and educational materials. This organization continues to help our family and community to deal with the many intricacies that come with a diagnosis of Down Syndrome.
In other news. All of Andrew's wild ways have caught up with him and he actually broke his arm. One minute we're relaxing on the front porch swing, the next minute Andrew losses his balance while being goofy and sitting backwards. He landed just right and broke both bones in his left fore arm. So for the next few weeks he will be sporting a Tiger Blue cast.
He was ridiculously shy upon getting his cast. He didn't want to go school because he knew people would look at him and ask him questions about his arm. He must have gotten this lack of desire for attention from his mother because I would have loved to have everyone chatting me up about my cast at his age. He has since loosened up a little, which is good, because we've been very busy.
First off, we love to party and the boy's cousin, Elle Kate, had her 2nd birthday celebration. The boys had a great time, especially Andrew who doesn't get a lot of chances to play with "girl" toys.
After one particularly stormy night here in the city, the morning revealed a cloudless sky and an uncharacteristic stiff breeze that made for perfect kite flying conditions. Andrew was more entertained by a piece of drift wood he found on the banks of the Mississippi.
We also had an opportunity to check out the Germantown Festival which had one of Andrew's favorite things...bouncy houses. The broken arm did little to deter him from pure bouncy house joy.
We wrapped everything up with some relaxing time on the back deck. Some members of the family relax better than others.
Needless to say, we will be participating this year. More importantly, Noah will be actually walking with his team this year. This is the part where I ask you to help. You can click the following link and signup to walk with Noah or simply make a donation to his team, Nitro Noah's Locomotive.
http://www.ezeventsolutions.com/fr/dsamemphis/2012stepup/NitroNoahsLocomotive
All the proceeds will go to The Down Syndrome Association of Memphis and the Mid-South to help advocate for people with down syndrome and assist new families by offering comfort and educational materials. This organization continues to help our family and community to deal with the many intricacies that come with a diagnosis of Down Syndrome.
In other news. All of Andrew's wild ways have caught up with him and he actually broke his arm. One minute we're relaxing on the front porch swing, the next minute Andrew losses his balance while being goofy and sitting backwards. He landed just right and broke both bones in his left fore arm. So for the next few weeks he will be sporting a Tiger Blue cast.
He was ridiculously shy upon getting his cast. He didn't want to go school because he knew people would look at him and ask him questions about his arm. He must have gotten this lack of desire for attention from his mother because I would have loved to have everyone chatting me up about my cast at his age. He has since loosened up a little, which is good, because we've been very busy.
First off, we love to party and the boy's cousin, Elle Kate, had her 2nd birthday celebration. The boys had a great time, especially Andrew who doesn't get a lot of chances to play with "girl" toys.
After one particularly stormy night here in the city, the morning revealed a cloudless sky and an uncharacteristic stiff breeze that made for perfect kite flying conditions. Andrew was more entertained by a piece of drift wood he found on the banks of the Mississippi.
We also had an opportunity to check out the Germantown Festival which had one of Andrew's favorite things...bouncy houses. The broken arm did little to deter him from pure bouncy house joy.
We wrapped everything up with some relaxing time on the back deck. Some members of the family relax better than others.
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