Communication

In the last couple months you have came such a long way in communication. You have been working on signing lots, and working on turning all that chattering you do into words, you are doing so great. You have the sweetest lil voice it is music to mommy's ear's. :) I can't even imagine the list of words and sign's we are going to have to show off to speech in Oct when we go back. Here is a list of your awesomeness....

You say: Moma, Da Da, Buba, Up, More, Num Nums, Ball,Ta Ta, Vroom for car.

You sign: All words above, Book, Thank you, No, Nice, Gentle, Hat, Hi, Bye, Kiss, Eat, Belly, Fish, Dog, All gone, Duck,

You are picking up new signs daily and try to copy every sound I say, soon there will be no stopping you :) Can't wait peanut..xoxo's

Just Love this one

As you grow you will see for yourself the love your sister has for you. She has adored you since she layed her eyes on you in your incubator. You are her baby :) 

A Mommy & I Night!!!

 Tonight it is just mommy and I, My brother & sister are having a sleep over at auntie meg's. Mommy said that we were going to get into some fun, and she sure meant it. I had a blast... Look what we did... 

Wonder what this is???

Mommy why am I in the bath tub with no water???

Pudding finger painting in the tub!!! YA!!!!

Like that mommy?

 Hmmm I'm not sure about this...

 I'll try again...

 Hmmmm

 I can do it....

 Look I did more!!!

 I can't beileve this...

 Down there too mommy??

 This is awesome...

 Can I paint me too??

 Mmmmm...

 It taste's really good ....

 Look at my hands mom...

I'll add lil more here....

Two of them for me....

 How does my face look with some green mom...

 No mom I need a lil more to finish my art work....

 Look it's perfect now I'm happy!!!!

 Now on to my next master piece...

 A little over here...

 My leg makes a great paint brush too...

 I'm so funny...

 This is so great I'm having a blast....

 Do you like all my art work mommy

Watch this mom....

 Look I can paint on my belly :)

I am mommy's final piece of art work, A Master piece from head to toe!!!!

All Cleaned up again, hope mommy lets me do that every night!!!!

Mommy say's its bed time now, Goodnight!!!!

Thanks To Circle 21- Down syndrome

I can't even begin to tell you the joy,the excitment, the proudness I am feeling right now. The non-profit organization in our area Circle21 contacted me about a pic of you that I was playing around with, they want to post it on there main facebook page.:) How cool is that!!!! It is so cool peanut we are making a differance and spreading a positive message.  You are so awesome and you don't even know it yet. :)

 I know I posted these pics just last week but this is the finished product:

I never would have imagined this pic getting all the attention it has gotten. When I agreed for circle 21 to use the photo i was just super excited and proud they asked to use my son and my pic I created, but it is so much more then that. It is being shared all over facebook,  it has been up for 3 hrs and has over 1000 Likes already..wow is all I can say, over 1000 ppl are seeing my boy and our message to them. Over 200 Shares, I am  so full of pride, So many lovely positive comments my eyes are wet with the most happiest of tears. Thank you Circle 21 for sharing Kayde's message because of you it has reached so much farther then i ever imagined. To my peanut The SKY is always your limit, reach baby reach.....

Some Sweet Kayde Chattering!!!

Its music to my ears to hear that sweet lil voice of yours, I have a feeling your going to be a gabber and honestly you are going to have to be to get anything in over your sister's gabbing..lol.  In this video mommy is trying so hard to get you to say "mum" but you say everything but that....:) You are 14 1/2 month corrected here.

Photo Playing Monday!!!

Here is another great message to the world from Kayde!!! Along with  few pics that I have been playing around with  from the cottage. There is nothing better then 2 Kayde's and you sure agree with that. But who wouldn't agree with that, such a handsome boy to talk to and look at.

PT Boot Camp

OK its not boot camp but to me I feel like I am putting you through boot camp. Some days I'm better then others. I try to hold strong through all the crying and resisting as I know you have to do it. 



 You are such a stubborn boy some days I have to wonder if PT is ever gonna be an enjoyable thing for us. We have started a new exercise program at PT. I can't remember what she called it, hence why I call it "Boot Camp" physio..;)  We have 3 exercises that we practice for 2 weeks, you are do to do each exercise for 20 mins. Over and over the same exercise for 20 mins, crying or no crying, helping or no helping from you. I am to make you get in those positions. Easier said then done.To date we make it 10 mins with each exercise, you hate them, till you cry so hard you can't breathe and you start to throw up. As hard as they are I do see improvement in you, you are gaining more muscle and learning to move around lil bits more. With that you notice you are moving yourself and just wanna full force go and get so frustrated. I just wish there was something mommy could figure out to do to help you enjoy PT more. For now we will continue  to battle and work to 20 min sessions with each exercise. :) We can do it and you  will do it peanut on your time....Xoxo's 

Kayde's Message to the world!!!

So lately there have been lots of great pics circulating the net, of wonderful children with Down Syndrome. Stating some powerful statments. Here is Kayde's to all of you:
No Prenatal Test could have ever changed me choosing life for my son.

Lips closed!!!!

I just love this pic of you, but more importantly we have worked from day 1 to keep that tongue in and lips closed and LOOK you are playing around in your saucer and lips are closed. Way to go buddy, I am seeing less and less of that tongue unless I stick mine out at you first. XoXo's

Trisomy 21 Speech

I can't say enough how well Dr. Crocker summed up so eloquently how I feel. This is the BEST BEST BEST video and NEEDS  to be watched by EVERYONE!!!!!

A Special Bug Indeed!!!

This is so cool, This book was given to you  from Tell!!! The women who wrote this book is from Cobourg which is the next town over, she wrote this book for her lil boy who also has Down Syndrome. It is a great book about inclusion. It is also so wonderful because as far as mommy has found there are not alot of  children's books about Down Syndrome.A few but not enough, I wish there were more. This book is a new addition to our nightly reads and will continue to be for a long time!!!!

Here's the article from our local paper:






COBOURG - Bryar Rogers had one purpose for writing a book about her son Tanner, who has Down Syndrome.
"Just because they're different doesn't mean they don't have something positive to share," Rogers says.
"In our own little way, we're all different."
Rogers, who grew up in Cobourg, is a first-time author who has written a children's book called A Special Bug Indeed about five-year-old son Tanner.
Rogers and her husband Jason live in Oceanside, California with their son.
She and Tanner have been waiting to return to California, but spoke last week withNorthumberland Todayabout her book, which came out in January.
During her pregnancy, Rogers was given a test for Down Syndrome which came back positive. But because there are often false positives, further tests were done which came back negative.
The couple refused to have one final test which would either confirm or deny the child's health. During that test a needle is injected into the womb, and is a potential threat to the baby's health.
"There was a one-in-200 chance something could happen to him with the needle and one in 300 chance that he had Down Syndrome," Rogers says.
Tanner was born at 4 a.m. on January 23, 2005 and shortly after, it was confirmed he had Down Syndrome.
Though Rogers knew a little about Down Syndrome from working special needs children during her co-op placement as a Cobourg District Collegiate Institute West student years ago, it was a life-changing experience for the couple.
"There are many levels of severity," she says. "There are huge health risks, and, in certain cases, the child has a hole in their heart."
From the moment Tanner was born, the couple's biggest fear was that other children would make fun of their son.
"We're going to give him as much confidence as we can, but are kids going to tease him or bully him because he's different?" she recalls thinking.
Rogers says she started putting her thought about the book to paper when her son was two years old.
"If there was something I could do to show children that everybody is different on a certain level... and maybe you're missing something if you don't give them a chance," she says.
The name of the book was simple, she says.
"When Tanner was born he looked like a little bug to me and I always called him my bug.
"I didn't want it to be a person," she says of the main character in the book. "I wanted it to be something fun and creative."
The 41-page colour book is about a family of bugs and their discovery that the mother bug is pregnant. When TJ is born they learn he's "different from the rest."
The book chronicles the adventures of TJ in school and how he is a little behind in learning at school, but how one day when he hears a song on the radio he starts dancing.
Although he can't join the school band, TJ helps out by setting up the equipment every time they play.
"Valued by these musicians TJ's confidence soon grew," the story goes. "He was acknowledged and admired as a member of their crew."
When a saxophone player in the band comes down with chicken pox, TJ steps in and amazes the audience and his family.
"TJ's talents weren't expected as others had judged his special needs," the book concludes. "But once he had the chance he proved he was a special bug indeed."
Rogers says she hopes people enjoy reading the book, adding it was fun for her to write.
A Special Bug Indeed was illustrated by Craig Twigg, who works in Toronto but is from Cobourg.
"I want kids to be aware of kids with special needs and not pre-judge them and not give them a hard time because you don't know them," Rogers says. " You have no idea what skills and qualities they can share."
The books costs $20 and to order a copy of the book, go to www.publishamerica.comand go to Online bookstore and search for the title.

A Funny Night With Your Lil Cousin

Lol I will let the pics tell the story, but this was your first time having someone smaller then you around.....

I will be good with her...

Uhmm what does she have??

So this is what she does with it...

I didn't do  anything mommy.. ( soother no where in sight )

Uhmm wonder if mom's looking now???

Oh my peanut you are definitely a funny boy there's never gonna be a dull moment with you I can tell..xoxo's

21 New Awesome Things About Kayde

Oh my, how do I choose as you are truly becoming your own little self, coming out with news all the time now. :) in no random order here's your new awesomeness!!!!!!!

1. Is 16 1/2 months old ( 14 months adjusted) is 20lbs which puts him in the 50%.:)

2. Has Hypothyroidism, since on medication is now in the 25% for growth.

3. Says Da Da but  really means ma ma..lol

4. Has 4 teeth, bottom and top fronts, and oh yes they are very sharp.

5.  Waves hi and bye- bye!!

6. Sign's "Ma Ma" but never when I ask. :)

7. Eats anything and everything.

8. Has the sweetest lil giggle especially if you tickle that right shoulder...lol

9. Loves to lock and pull on his big sister curls any chance he gets!!

10. Ya!! Fits in size 2 shoes, my lil foot..

11. Sign's "more"

12. Is a little fish loves the water!

13. Sleeps on his belly

14. Loves to bang and be loud, don't blame him he's gotta be heard over his sister & brother

15. Shakes head No No No!!!

16. Say's Ba Ba

17. Loves to play peek-a-boo!!

18. Is a little dancer, wonder where he get that from

19. Patty cake is one of his favorite games

20. Gives kiss

21. The newest of all is to sit and spin and try to scoot on your bum...:) Love it! Love it! Love it! Get ready...Set...Soon I gonna have a mover and I can't wait!!!!

A May Day @ The Park

May Photo Sweetness!!!!

 Big boy now!! Checking out the swing!!!

 Momma bear and her 2 lil cubs <3

Most fav of the day, looking so grown up here!

Yep I think I like this swing..lol