Tag: SPEECH THERAPY

It was an emotional, yet joyful month of July as Anna celebrated her golden birthday in quarantine turning five on July 5th.  Around her birthday, I always flashback to the early part of my pregnancy when I found out about her diagnosis of Down Syndrome.  Since, typically, it is unacceptable in my culture to knowingly […]

What have Anna and I been up to during quarantine?  Besides therapy, we actually tried to make the best of our time.  Although before, we were doing activities such as swimming, horseback riding, physical therapy, and occupational therapy; now, we have had to get creative at home.  Besides all the home therapy I attempt whenever […]

Anna is back to preschool!  Anna loves being in preschool!  She is currently fully immersed in a typical preschool.   So far, she is doing fantastic, except, I do believe she may be the only one still in a diaper.  Anna was born with imperforate anus and was taken for surgery soon after birth. She […]

Anna had an awesome summer!   She has been enjoying horseback riding and swimming. But, the highlight of our summer was our trip to Italy, we had an incredible time!  Besides the Gondola ride, her favorite part was the water taxi in Venice -a speedboat to get back to the airport as we celebrated her […]

Meet Anna!   This is our precious, happy, spunky four year old child with Down Syndrome.  Everyone says it-her presence immediately lights up a room. She is such a joyful girl and she shows her happiness not just with a facial expression but with her whole body.  Her deep, visceral gut laugh exudes joy. This […]

Anna-such a sweet, loving, joyful girl!  She is so very unique-I can see as she is growing up how her personality is blossoming and she never fails to surprise me.  It was time for “show and tell” via Zoom in her transitional kindergarten class.  She brought her little baby doll and her teacher asked, “What […]

Celebration for World Down Syndrome Day (March 21st) specifically chosen to represent Trisomy 21 (three 21 Chromosomes) seen in Down Syndrome.  Typically, on that day, we ask people to “rock your socks” which means to wear fun, colorful, mismatched socks on each foot.  This is done to mainly raise awareness about Down Syndrome and for […]

Anna had a medical procedure May 5, where she went under anesthesia.  I flashback to the day that she was born and how she had to be whisked away and on the 2nd day of life how she had to undergo a major operation.  She had 3 surgeries and 5 hospitalizations all within the first […]

Difficult times with COVID, but our long period of restrictions have made us all a bit more antsy than usual.  As a result, we decided on a vacation that might be considered somewhat more COVID friendly- outdoor excursions. We went to Mount Shasta, Lassen Volcanic National Park, and Lake Tahoe.  Then, after visiting up North […]

Anna started Kindergarten!  She has the most wonderful teacher and for this I feel truly blessed!  She felt so proud of herself being able to go to school finally with her brother and sister!  I made her a “visual schedule” for school days so that she knows what she needs to do in the morning […]