Monday, November 21, 2011

Playdate and Four Weeks

Gonna start off with this gem:
(Look! I got a picture of them together!)

Etta's out of school this week for the Thanksgiving holiday so Suzy and I decided that we should get together at our house for a playdate this week. Weekday playdates are few and far between these days. With everyone's school and therapy schedules, it's hard to get a group together. So, I put the word out and this morning we had a little group in our play room. Suzy came with Owen and Lyla, then Erin showed up with Liam and Karis, and Emily popped in with Cooper and Hank. So, eight kids all together. It's neat, this particular mix. We all met because our first child has Down syndrome and now all four of us have a second child. As amazing and special as our children with Ds are, I am so looking forward to the people thier siblings will become. I feel like they are so lucky to have a sibling with special needs, hopefully making them more patient, compassionate people.

Anyway, we had this playdate today... :)
Etta and Lyla

Karis and Liam

Lyla and Hank

Owen

Cooper

Etta (and Owen)

Cooper, Etta, and Owen

Cooper, Etta, and Owen

Liam

Brothers Hank and Coop

Etta

Etta and Hank

Liam, Suzy, and Lyla (and Karis)

Karis (the look on her face is cracking me up!), Liam, Lyla, and Cooper

Etta and Karis (who were playing this mirroring game together. It was SUPER cute!)

Daniel is four weeks old now! How time flies! He's already growing out some of his "newborn" clothes!

A few pictures from the last week...

Etta likes to play with Daddy under the coffee table. <3

Showing us his big muscles

Oh, and the cat is definitely in love with him!

1 comment:

EmilyBumbaloughCox said...

Oh my gosh, Im in love with that cat!! That is precious