Big Sister in Training

Matthew and Leann have been very excited about their new brother that could join our family at any time. Leann especially is so excited about being a part of taking care of her new little brother. So, we decided to take her to the sibling class that the hospital offers. She learned so much at the class and was so excited to come home and teach her awesome big brother everything she learned!



Leann is so excited about her sign that she made to hang on the door when her little brother arrives!




Learning to feed our new baby.




Leann burping her baby.




Leann learning how to change a diaper!




The Big Sister in Training learned how to properly hold her new little brother.




Leann is now a Certified Big Sister!

The Special Child

The closer to the due date we get the more nervous I am getting. The questions of will he or wont he keep coming into my mind. Will he have Downs Syndrome? Whether he has it or not will not change how much we will love him with our whole hearts. I think it is just the not knowing, and the fact that in just weeks we will have all the answers to the questions that have been running through our minds. A sweet friend of mine keeps telling me that God only blesses special people with a special needs child, and sent this poem to my email and I wanted to share it.

The Special Child
The Child, yet unborn, spoke with the Father,
"Lord, how will I survive in the world?
I will not be like other children, My
walk may be slower, my speech hard
to understand, I may look different.
What is to become of me?"

The Lord replied to the child,
"My precious one, have no fear, I will
give you exceptional parents, They
will love you because you are special,
not in spite of it. Though your path
through life will be difficult, your
reward will be greater, You have been
blessed with a special ability to love,
and those whose lives you touch will
be blessed because you are special."


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