october....

october first marks the first official day of down syndrome awareness month.  and if you know me...you know this is pretty much the only month of the entire year you can expect some consistent blogging.  i am not promising every day, like i did the previous two years, but i will promise to be as consistent as possible.  the point of this is to help educate people on the subject of down syndrome, to promote awareness and to help parents or people in general see the myths about down syndrome so that they can better interact with families and people associated with it.  in the last two years my blog posts have included facts about down syndrome (31 to be exact) but this year i want to try something different...i want to share facts about camden.  i will still link in some ds facts here and there but i want the overall feel of the blog this month to be overwhelmingly about my little guy,  because he is the reason that i do this.  so be prepared to learn everything there is to know about the two and a half year old who is, as we speak, climbing all over me as i try and type this.  i also want to emphasize that facts about camden are not going to ring true for every child with down syndrome, because well, each child with down syndrome is as unique and different as every other child in the world. 

so here it goes...fact number one about my tiny toddler: his absolute all time favorite activity is wrestling.  the kid loves physical activity/attention.  he craves it.  he will climb up your face, he will attack you from behind, he will tickle you when you least expect it...he is always waiting, watching for the prime moment to pounce.  and it makes me happy, because it is a just one piece of camden that proves that he is a little boy, like any other little boy. 

in other news...to help utah celebrate the start of down syndrome awareness month, chick-fil-a is hosting an awareness night at all of their utah locations tonight from 5-7...so go eat some chicken, and help support the utah down syndrome foundation in their efforts to provide support, activities and education to families in utah.   our family will be at the jordan landing location and would love to see you there!

stay tuned....