Little Miss Darcie Do: Who I am.

With her friends on World Down Syndrome Day showing off our blue and yellow DS colors. 

In honor of our 2nd world Down syndrome day with our Darcie we teamed up with the International Down Syndrome Coalition to crash the blogsphere. They are sharing many wonderful blogs about people with Down syndrome. The theme is "Who I am" so we decided to share a little bit about Miss Darcie Teagan O'Daniel. 

The funny thing is that Darcie is still a mystery. Her future is wide open and we don't yet know what she will like or want to do. Just like any other child we will have to wait and see what develops, where she will lead us, and what she will become. 

What we know now is that she is a girl that likes to smile. She is easy going and doesn't complain much but she will tell you how she feels about things. She is a strong fighter with crazy hair and she can light up a room. She likes to dance and snuggle. She has been through a lot but she never gives up.

Rocking lots of socks and her Down syndrome shirt. 

She likes to eat and we haven't found anything she doesn't like yet. Tonight she ate spinach and goat cheese and was fussing at me because I wasn't shoveling it in fast enough. Even though she eats a ton she still weighs less than 12 pounds at 13 months old and does not have a single tooth. She is doing things in her own time.

Our World Down Syndrome Day cake. 

She is really good at holding her head up now and rolling over. We are getting close on being able to sit unassisted. She likes to talk and her favorite words are dada and bub for her dad and brothers. She just learned to shake her head and nod but she just does it randomly. It is really cute. 

She is a sister, cousin, niece, daughter, granddaughter and friend. She is loved and important and never a burden. We are blessed to have her in our lives. 

Lots of socks. Like socks, some people may be a little different, wacky or colorful. They come in all shapes, sizes and colors but we are all still similar no matter what our chromosomes are like. 

Here is the IDSC video Who I Am.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VG7dh5W40I