This year was Evie's first Valentine's Day as a preschooler. I found out that her class wasn't swapping individual Valentine's Day cards, but that there was an option to put them on the cubbies for each child. I've been waiting for a very long time to be able to do Valentine's Day cards for my daughter, and darn it, it was going to happen! This is actually for a friend, but shown here for demonstration purposes. What's inside? Party sized Playdough! Envelopes and stickers from jane.com. I want to share why Valentine's Day cards are extra special to me. Ever since little Evie was at just 10 week of gestation in my womb, I had to process a lot of fear about what it would be like to have a child with Down Syndrome. One of those fears was that she wouldn't have any friends. Yesterday, when she came home with a pile of Valentines, I was pretty excited to go through them. The ones that unexpectedly most touched my heart were ...
While sharing our journey with Down Syndrome, we want to help other parents with our experiences, as well as spread awareness about what it means to have Down Syndrome (spoiler: it means great things!).