HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY!

The birthday boy was excited to head for school today! He knows mommy is bringing cupcakes for treats! And he loves his cupcakes!!

I can't believe it's been 9 yrs! Seems like yesterday, seems like forever. We woke up 9 years ago, me with labor pains, hubby with fear I think, but the whole world was in front of us! Our baby boy would born that day. Boy were we unprepared for the ride we were about to take!!!

I can chuckle at those naive parents of 9 yrs ago. It wasn't funny back then though.... it was dramatic and traumatic and scary and unreal. We were thrown head first into the deep end of the pool, the pool of trisomy 21. We barely kept our heads above water..gasping for air...a life preserver....a floating door...anything.

Today we can breast stroke, back stroke and high dive with the best of them! Today we toss out the life preserver to those who are just starting to tread water...slowly bringing them to the shore. We can now be the lifeguards, watching over and protecting those still swimming....

I should have done a winter analogy huh? Since it's only 9 degrees and snowing today!!! LOL

Happy Birthday Little Man! We've come a long ways baby!!

Is it just me or....

do you have alot of those oh I don't know what to call them... people who dress up or hold up the big cardboard signs and stand out on the street corner and wave at you? Omaha is chock full of them. I don't know how much they make, but holy cow it's COLD outside!!! You couldn't pay me enough!

Today it was women dressed up like the Statue of Liberty.... advertising for Liberty Tax Services (cute eh?). I saw 2 different ones...I actually waved at the one... is that bad? She seemed so nice and COLD. Poor thing. I felt she needed a friendly wave, bless her heart. Hubby thinks they're all crack whores working for their habit!!! LOL

I also saw a person with the big signs....for Old World Market. They're closing our stores here in Omaha.

Halloween brings out the costume shop goodies. Gorillas, pirates, grim reaper and mummies. The Maggie Moo cow is out once a while too... big udders on that one!!!

Also around town are the "Will work for Food" people. The -20 temps drove them indoors to the shelters, but since it's warming up a bit.... they'll be back out.

Is it just a midwest thing? Is it the desperate economy we're in??? Hmmmm things to ponder...