Mr. Pin Up

We had our appointment this morning to look at the four pictures of Kean

the poor photographer got before our boy was d.o.n.e.

Surprisingly, all four of them were cute. 

They even showed me the picture that will likely go in the Treasure

Valley Down syndrome calendar.

They photo shopped him in with two girls-- Kean and his ladies.

Amazing... it actually looks like he was there for the group photo shoot.

We had a scare this evening.  Another lightning storm and

another grass fire about five miles from our house.

Of course, if you are a regular reader of this blog, you'll

remember that 3 years ago we had a similar fire in nearly

the same spot.  It gobbled up 11 of our acres and took down the two

houses next to us.

As you can imagine, we are a bit fire shy around here.

But good news to report, the fire is 70 percent contained,

the winds are calm and we feel safe enough to head to bed.

So goodnight all.

In Absentia

We hate goodbyes... so it was see you later to Kean's speech therapist, Leni today.

She has only been with us for a couple of months and Kean adores her but alas, she

is moving to another company.

Sure hate goodbyes.

We left Fuzzball at home with Grammy this evening and headed out

to the Treasure Valley Down syndrome dinner in honor of National Down syndrome day.

A little lesson for you-- did you know that Down syndrome's official diagnosis is

Trisomy 21 and today being 3-21-2013-- it's Down syndrome day.

Our little peanut was one of tonight's honorees.

He was spotlighted for his courage-- they read an essay about his bravery, gave him an award

and had me say a few words-- yikes.

At least I got through it without losing it.  I tend to be an emotional basket case these days. 

 On top of the dinner and awards, they had a group of darling cheerleaders put on a show.

They had each family make a poster (ours was for Keanut) and hold it high

for the celebratory parade.

 And then they let the kids cut loose with a dance.

It was great fun... and we can't wait to participate on some future March 21st

with our boy.