Grandpa Bob and Uncle Rob visit

Grandpa Bob and Uncle Rob came down to meet Carsen and hang out for a few days. We had a great time with them, we took them to Cathedral Caverns (Brad's wanted to go since we moved here, so it was about time). Grandpa had a great time playing with Emerson, she completely adores him, he's really very cute with both of the girls.

Before heading into the Caverns

Walking with Grandpa, look how little she is compared to him

At the entrance

waiting for our tour time

Watch out Uncle Rob, she has a mouth full of water

Little miss independent, she insisted on walking most of the way

This is what Grandpa and Uncle Rob are looking at, in the above picture

Oh sweet baby

With Uncle Rob

The Big 4 0

As most of you know Brad just celebrated his 40th birthday!! Crazy! We celebrated by going down to Birmingham and catching a Marc Broussard concert! We worked it out that Victoria and her husband Chris could come and watch the girls while we were at the concert. I wasn't quite ready to leave them overnight, so it was nice to be able to have them back at the hotel. We enjoyed the zoo the next day, of course Carsen slept through the whole thing. That's pretty much par for the course with our kids, they sleep through all the firsts! We had a great weekend, we thank God for our little girls everyday, we love our little family!

Marc Broussard

Our little sleeper

Little miss personality and the birthday boy!

Feeding the flamingos, she actually got brave enough to try

This video is Emerson telling quite the story while we were driving home!

Carsen is 2 Months Old!!

Carsen went in for her two month check up today, she weighs a whopping 9 lbs 7 oz and she's 20 1/4 inches long! She's growing like a weed!! I guess I should have realized when we had to move up a size in diapers! Carsen is doing wonderful, we've started early intervention, she has a physical and an occupational therapist that come to the house and give us exercises to do with her to help build up her muscle tone. Right now we are working on head control, we do a lot of tummy time, baby sit ups, and we are now practicing rolling over, and I am working on some neck stretches with her. She is right on track!

We've recently joined a group called BUDS (Bringing Up Down Syndrome) it's a group of ordinary people just like us that all have a child with Down Syndrome. It's nice to know there are other parents out there that have been exactly where we are, be able to get advice, and have a common thread among us. It's been a very positive thing for us to get involved in. BUDS sponsors a walk every year called the Buddy Walk, it's to promote education and inclusion for Down Syndrome, mark your calendars, it's October 16th this year!