We had a wonderful day at our first Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta Buddy Walk! It was so neat to see so many people and beautiful children there! There had to be at least 800 to 1,000 people on the Marietta Square! We enjoyed spending time with our friends and their baby Alyssa, who is 11 days younger than Abigail! I've mentioned before they were due on the same day, but Abigail decided to come early! We also got to see an old friend from high school who was in my older sister's grade! She has an incredible son who has Down's Syndrome and was just too cute! What a great time!
Its the kind of function where you come together, spread out a blanket, have barbeque, visit with lots of people, enjoy lots of fun things for the kids..little train rides, jumping inflatables, cotton candy, live entertainment (dancing, and the Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders), etc! Busy day! We all snickered as we began our "walk" portion of the day because their was an incredible air show starting at Dobbins AFB just a few miles South of us. So as hundreds of people took to the street, the planes took to the sky! Needless to say, the buddy walk took much longer than the police who blocked the streets expected because every few seconds, we were all pausing to look up and see the neat tricks! Ha ha! It was so funny because we all can't walk and look up and the same time, so it was a real people jam up! Cade absolutely loved it! We vowed right then that we will get this little fellow to an air show as soon as we can, because he would look and look until he could find the planes in the sky and just watch in awe! So precious! Annabelle seemed to like them too, but Cade was just glued to it! Abigail officially slept during her first walk..she had been awake from 12:30 to 3:30 while all the other festivities took place! She loves to be moving, so it didn't take anytime for her to fall sound asleep!
It did get a bit warm as we are still having days in the low 80's. Can't say that I remember putting sunscreen on Darby and Shane on October 17th of any year when they were little! Maybe we just didn't worry about sunscreen as much then..ha ! Cade and Annabelle also had the best time leaning over the edge of the large fountain on the square! Along with tons of kids! Their little hands and shirts were quite wet! Cade made a little friend while he was there! A precious little girl about his size with Downs. She just had to touch him and of course he didn't mind! He's so much more adaptable about that than Annabelle! She made friends with 4 year old identical twins girls! They were throwing pennies in the fountain and their mother started giving Annabelle money to throw in too! She got very good, very quick at holding her hand out and saying Tanktu! It only took a second for her to throw it in and reach for more! So funny! Whew, it seems like money goes that fast when their teenagers!
Jamie has endless energy when it comes to chasing them down and holding them in such a crowd! I don't know what I'd do without him ( I have to brag that the man did 4 loads of laundry Saturday and 2 on Sunday and cleaned the kitchen after dinner both days!-I normally do about 8 or so loads a week! Never dreamed it would be like that!) WOW! Then he kept up with the twins so I could take care of the baby and actually have a little adult conversation today! I'm so lucky to have that kind of help!
Can't wait until next year's buddy walk! We got some great ideas! People go all out for their teams! We saw lots of creative things! Huge team signs carried through the walk, bright team shirts, etc! So cute!
Friday night, Darby had her call/response film screening for the IJM (International Justice Mission) organization she founded on the campus! Its a phenomenal organization that targets human trafficking in America as well as abroad! (surprisingly, Atlanta is the number one city for trafficking of young girls in the country)! Amazingly startling and sad!! She had a good turnout despite competing with a bon fire for homecoming being held at the same time! They have accomplished truly great things on campus and now reaching throughout the Southeast! She's helping to bring a christian band called 10th Avenue North to Tuscaloosa for a spring concert! Fun to coordinate since she'll be in Argentina for the semester when they come! I'm so proud of her and her passions! She did enjoy Homecoming this weekend at BAMA! Sounds like it was great! It's such a beautiful campus and she does a great job of explaining how exciting game day is! Can't wait until we can get all the kids out there for a game! They would enjoy it so much!
Shane had his youth group tonight! He seemed to enjoy the time there! So glad he's plugged in. He was supposed to go fishing Saturday, but his plans fell through. He's been itching to go for a while..hopefully they can find some time soon!
Saturday had a couple of funny moments provided by the twins! Jamie decided to have his lunch while sitting on the floor sin the den so that he could watch the Florida State game. He had his legs stretched out straight in front of him and had a pretty good set up! Annabelle decided to plant herself on top of his legs while facing him. She of course was looking for bites of his chicken and salad! Never mind that she had just finished with her own lunch! Daddy's is always better! Anyway, bless his heart, he was trying to see the game and occasionally stick a bite in her mouth as well as his, when she decided to take his fork. She told him, "I got it" (one of her favorite phrases). She then proceeded to use it to get her own bites. Guess he wasn't moving fast enough for her! ha ha! poor Daddy!
Not long after that, Cade was being a bit sassy! He got put on the timeout stair! Annabelle wanted to go visit him there! Daddy told her, "no" She attempted over and over. She apparently has some persisitence in her blood line? Anyway, She got in trouble and was crying because she couldn't be with her brother in time out..which rendered her in a different time out! They are so funny! Can't believe they try to console eachother when one of them is in trouble! Even if the other one is in trouble for doing something ugly to the first one!Whew, multiples are fun!
Hope everyone had a great weekend! Its hard to get ready for the week to start and for our schedules to get going again!Oh well! Here we go!
Love to all!
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