new reason to love

i have always LOVED fall for alot of reasons....the cool breeze that is a pleasant break from our 100 degree days of summer in tennesee... the leaves turning from grassy green to that brilliant orange... the girls being so excited about deciding what costume they will wear this year...the smell of the cinnamon candles i started burning last week... getting out ALL of the fallish decor and watching the girls smile as they say 'there's the mummy that says " i want my mummy!" .. replacing the dry flowers of summer with the mums of fall with buds just waiting to bloom...







maggie rae is not sure about our new friend on the steps just yet!







but now i have a new reason to love fall..october is national down syndrome awareness month. a month to educate and advocate for our sweet maggie rae and the many other sweet souls out there like her. to spread the word how individuals with down syndrome are a blessing, not a burden. how this is something to be celebrated, not saddened by. how much joy and love they have for everyone who is lucky enough to be a part of their sweet life. there really are no words to describe the love i feel when i look into my baby girls eyes...



i think that she knows something that we do not. i think she will teach us far more than we will ever teach her. i know she has already changed the way i look at many things. because of her we have met many wonderful people we may have never met. she has stretched our hearts bigger than i knew possible. she is teaching her big sisters to see a world through eyes that do not discriminate. she just oozes happiness and love and has a smile that lights up the room.





our sweet magpie has changed our world and we feel so blessed for her to be a part of our family. so please join us this month in celebrating her and all of the sweet individuals blessed with that magic chromosome :)