HEAR THIS MY PRESLEY ANN...

Apparently, with all the time I spent basking in the sunny days this past week, I completely missed the boat on World Down syndrome Day, which was Saturday, March 21st.
Of course, I found some great posts on many of my friends blogs, but one of my favorites was the one my friend, Cheri posted. It was 21 quotes, from 21 people with Down syndrome, celebrating their 21st chromosome... however, my favorite quote out of all of them, was from Graham Sheldon, who said:
"I can get a lot of money if I sell my extra chromosome on eBay. I don't need it anymore."
That cracks me up, and made my day!!
I wanted to add my own favorite quote, not from someone with Ds, but from someone on the journey, as a mother of a person with Ds... in the very beginning, my friend, Heather shared a quote with me, that someone else had shared with her, in her time of need, it was...

'If I knew then, what I know now, I wouldn't have cried a single tear'

I can't begin to articulate to people just how true that is!
I love my extra-chromosome-sportin'-butterfly so stinkin' much it hurts!! And I feel like one of the lucky ones to have been chosen to be the mother of such pure joy. I don't expect everyone to understand that, and that is okay!!

But Presley Ann, you hear this:
"YOUR DADDY & I LOVE YOU SO INCREDIBLY MUCH, JUST AS YOU ARE!!! We feel sooooo lucky God picked us for you, and we wouldn't change one single thing about you!!"