Posted in Down syndrome, Family on Aug 19th, 2006 No Comments »
She said “ball.” Once. Hasn’t done it again, but she said it. Plain as day. “Ball.” She was signing it at the same time. I contribute it to an entire 2 weeks spent on The Letter B and the “buh” sound at school. The Rise School of Austin. It’s been fabulous. Admittedly, I was a [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Family, Thoughts on Apr 6th, 2006 No Comments »
At the recent Easter Seals gala, a live auction was the highlight of the evening. We were all there, and since it was getting late and Reid and Ava were maxing out on all of the action, we decided to watch the first item on the block get sold – a white rocking horse – [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Family on Oct 14th, 2005 No Comments »
Amy’s article about Ava and Down syndrome was published in the October issue of Parent:Wise Austin magazine. It’s been a big hit in the community. Amy has received several nice messages from other parents with and without kids with special needs. You can visit Parent:Wise here and you can download a PDF copy of the [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Family on Sep 28th, 2005 4 Comments »
by Amy Parham It was a beautiful day in May 2004, when my husband and I arrived at the hospital for the birth of our second child. We found out the sex this time and knew we were having a girl, but hadn’t a clue what her name should be. With several baby-name books in [...]