The older I get, the faster life zips by. I think I spent half my life hoping time move quicker and now I’m spending it wishing it would slow down.
There has been so much going on. I thought it would be a good time to offer an update from this Down syndrome Mama.
There’s been this.
This kid is six weeks old. He is an exact replica of Parker’s big brother, Rigel. He’s made me a Grandmother and Parker an Uncle. Except I’m not a fan of being called Grandma. That was my mother in law. I’m working on a moniker all my own. Got any ideas?
And this. Parker’s big sister, The Curly Girly is getting married.
Then, unfortunately, quite a bit of this……
Just to make sure that life never gets too boring, we’ve had a bit of this added in. Yeah. How about that low muscle tone with Down syndrome?
Seriously. I need to learn how to live life without blinking. Within even a nano-moment there’s so much to love.
How have YOU been?
Yeah! Sweet baby pic!!He is as adorable as I imagined he would be!! In the Persian culture, they call the Grandmothers ‘Mama’ followed by their name- so you would be ‘Mama Tammy’. My kids call their Persian Grandma “Mama Jon’, because ‘Jon’ is a term of endearment like ‘dear’, so roughly Dear Mama. It works. When I was a kid, one of my Grandmothers was Nana because her mother (my great grandmother) already had the ‘Grandma’ title. That worked fine, too. It was partly why we called Ariana the knickname ‘Nana’ because I could picture my Nana’s soul with her. I have sent my Nana more than once to watch over Parker, too.
Congratulations to your daughter- she is just gorgeous!
Hoping Parker feels better soon. It’s been one of those winters for sure.