Because, 8 is great!

He did so big! 

  Tyce had his first pool party.  His cousin Nash turned five and Tyce got to put on his first bathing suit!  He loved splashing in the water, and seeing all his big cousins. He also got to play games and was in the bounce house :).  I love seeing my baby explore.  

Tyce and Royce

Tyce and Aryana

Bounce boys!

They were doing some sort of dance with all the little ones, too funny,  oh my sister.

Mmm dinner was great now my cousins are loving me :)

Hi Nolan, I love you!

  And my beautiful boy turned eight months old and with eight months his personality is ever evolving. He knows how to get our attention, he fake cries, he fake screams then laughs when we pay attention to him. He flips every single time I try to change his diaper.  He holds his own bottle (these things he has been doing for at least a month). He babbles and has a scooter crawl.  I don't know if he is on track, I don't know if he is too far behind. I try not to dig into it often or ever. I know he will do things, I know he will do A LOT of things, I know that they will come.  What I do know is that today he is doing amazing things and he is a fighter, he is determined, healthy and happy.  And I don't think I am in any denial, I don't think TJ and I lie to ourselves, we know there is a possibility for this... that... or whatever but the future is that, and it really is so far away.  I never wanted to be a ''special needs'' parent, heck I still struggle with it, but most of the time I really embrace it, not because I have too, but because I know this is what God chose for me this time around. But I also know it does not define me, it is just a part of me, I am a mother first and then a mother of a child with some special needs. I also know that God trusted me this much, to give me this much, then he must have known I could handle it, because even when I thought I couldn't do it, he pushed me, made me wipe those tears and told me I was a mom now to a very amazing boy.  So get up and be his advocate because dammit for some reason I made you a social worker, do work!  So, today we will enjoy our 8 because it is the greatest stage thus far.

  I also get asked if we are having more babies.  Truthfully I didn't know at first. But after testing we found out Tyce has Trisomy 21 which is a non genetic type of Down syndrome, meaning neither TJ or I are carriers of the gene.  And truth be told 95 percent of DS is non-hereditary so it sometimes (95 percent to be exact) just happens.  With all that we have discussed it, ok, we really didn't ever discuss it, we just both have looked at each other and know we are having more, because if Tyce is the only one we will drive him nuts :). 

Favorite new thing, chewing on those toes.  Flexible?

And here are some videos. Shortly after he was hungry so I was unable to capture his scoot crawl, but I will, I'm sure of it!  (ok videos wouldn't load:( will keep working on it).

  

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