Braska Bear

Monday will be a big day, since yesterday I turned 3. And yep, we did another new background!!! Yay!!!

Look around and see my new background! Can you guess what is special about today?!?! (In case you're looking at this after today, I'll put a picture in here so you can see what we were getting excited about!)

From a post today at JustRK … That beautiful little face has found a home in my mind in a way that few have.  Little precious Laynee. Jalayne Grace. Read more…

On Sunday we went to Grandma C’s for football again.  We do this most every Sunday because we can watch Da Bears at her house but not at our house.  Our TV doesn’t show us Bears.  I don’t know how that works. Maybe Grandma C made it that way so we will come see her.  She’s tricky sometimes like that. This week we got to see Aunt Doris and Uncle Tim. Aunt Doris is Grandma C’s sister, but they live far away in a state called Washington, so I had never got to meet them.  They are both VERY nice!! I wish they lived where we could see them more.  They have a daughter named Larae and that’s where I got my middle name, isn’t that neat?  I hope I get to meet her someday soon.  And Cousin Priscilla and Cousin Zachary too! Aunt Doris cleaned up the kitchen after dinner and she let me help her.  I think I did pretty good for my first time. I hope we can see you again soon, Uncle Tim and Aunt Doris!

It’s late and I’m more than tired, but if I don’t get some of this down now, I’ll totally forget. So bear with me as I document a little.  If I leave something out that’s interesting to you, feel free to ask. Today was Braska’s 3-year appointment at the DS Center at St. Louis Children’s.  We love this place. It is a large part of why we now live here.  If you have a kiddo with DS and you’re anywhere within about 3-4 hours of St. Louis and you’re not seeing these docs for yearly check-ups, you are missing out. I’ll have to talk more about why it’s helpful and important to us later, but really… it’s totally worth a day once a year.  To talk with people who deal with and know DS thoroughly and often.  Priceless. We used to make these days very full, seeing up to 6 specialties in one day, plus labs, but part of the beauty of living nearby instead of 3 hours away is that we don’t have to do it like that anymore.  Today we saw the doc at the DS center, the c...

Here’s a couple pictures of me and my guy Jack at his house on Grandma C’s birthday.  See? He dressed up too! He is missing his beanstalk…can you tell what he is??   “Hey, you look funny.” “Yeah, I know. My mommy put this big puffy thing on me. I like your hat.”

Today is my Grandma C’s birthday and it’s the coolest thing! Everyone all over is celebrating with her! We went to her church last week for a party for her, and there was lots of kids all dressed up for her birthday. I was a cute pink monster, but we don’t know her name. (I heard Mommy call me Princess Monster Snot-a-lot, so maybe that's it.) And today we’re gonna put on our Grandma C’s Birthday outfits again for a party at church tonight! There have been people all around today with funny outfits on for her birthday. Isn’t it nice that everyone is helping Grandma C celebrate so fun?? I didn’t know that so many people knew my Grandma C!!! Happy Birthday Grandma C! Oh, and it’s my friend Georgia’s little brother Rainer’s birthday too. He’s 1! So maybe some people by where he lives are dressing up for him too. Happy Birthday Rainer! And there’s another special birthday that happened too…I’ll tell you about it soon!