sign in   help     Gallery List Person ( click here to submit a new photo ) Allan Our son Allan is 2 months old and has been such a terrific blessing to our family. Allan is our firstborn child and we were unaware of Allan having DS until after he was born. However, my husband and I are most fortunate to have the uncompromised love and support of our family and friends. To date, I am grateful that my beautiful boy has no major health complications. We look forward to the days and years ahead. I pray God's best for his life and pray that my hubby and I will be as big a blessing to his life as he's already been to ours. Anna Rose Anna Rose is 18 months old in this picture, taken December, 2001. You could never guess that she had two major heart defects that were repaired just six months prior! Anna attends a preschool program 2-3 days per week and loves all of the kids and activities there. Annas older brother, Grant, 3 and sister, Claire, 6, love to help with Anna. Grant many times likes to sneak in a couple of wrestling maneuvers! Anna has been a wonderful addition to our family and we know that we are blessed to have her! Anthony Anthony was the first son we adopted that was born with DS. We since went on the adopt another boy and are working on adopting a little girl!! Anthony is now four years old, and is a handful!! We wouldn't change him for the world. We call him Houdini, because he can escape from anything. He loves everyone, and especially his big sister and his Mommy. Anthony will be attending pre school this fall! Austin Austin is 8 years old and will be entering the second grade at Herbert Mills Elementary School in Reynoldsburg in the fall. Along with Mom & Dad, he has a six year old sister Alyson who he adores and Princess his dog. Austin played teeball in Reynoldsburg and Pickerington this past summer. He spent his vacation camping in the woods and had a lot of fun. He is very outgoing and friendly and enjoys being around people. He also enjoys books, playing gameboy and videos. The movie Shrek and any Disney movie are among his favorites. Bailey Bailey is now 15 months old. She is doing well. She attends physical, occupational, and speech therapy once a week. She is starting to pull herself up to standing, and she is motoring around quite a bit! She sure keeps mommy and daddy on their toes! We thank God every day for her. She is truly a blessing! Brenton Brenton is our little angel. He was born June 24, 2005. He is starting to coo and laugh out loud, the greatest sounds in the world! Words cannot explain how blessed we feel that he is a part of our lives. Bryanna Bryanna will be 8 years old this November, she is in the first grade and LOVES school! She has two older siblings, Steven's 14 and Robyn's 25 years old. She dearly loves them and everyone! She always is upbeat and go-go-go! It doesn't seem like it's been that long ago that we were blessed with her (did I mention she was a "pleasant" surprise?) She's learning to read and her speech is getting better everyday. She especially likes to spell her name. She also likes going to the swimming pool, riding her bike, and watching her DVD's. She makes everyday worthwhile and greatful for God's blessings! Caden Caden is 15 months. He dearly loves all the attention he receives from his 13 brothers and sisters. Caden was 3 months premature weighing only 2 lbs but now weighs 25 lbs. We are so blessed! Calloway Cal recently underwent pulmonary banding surgery in hopes that this would help him grow better. He has been in Children's NICU since birth. Hopefully we can bring him home soon. Chance This is Chance on a visit to grandma's camper. Chance loves his grandma he lights up whenever he see's her. Davis Davis is 6 months old as of Dec 2006. He is happy and healthy. Davis Davis is a busy, happy 8 months old as of February 2007. He is now sitting and crawling backwards. DeAndre DeAndre is 8 years old and in the second grade. When he was born we were all devastated and knew nothing about Down Syndrome. DeAndre took my heart and is truly a God-Sent. Everyone that meets him comments on what a polite and delightful little boy he is. DeAndre loves music. I believe he will play an instrument one day. Elijah This adorable little guy is five-year-old Elijah. Eli had a rough start to life because he was born to parents who loved him, but couldn't meet his extensive medical needs. After three years of frequent moves through the foster care system, he joined our family. We can't imagine life without him! He is adored by his four older sisters and one older brother. He is most definitely "Daddy's little man" and he thinks his dad walks on water. In the last year and a half, most of Eli's medical needs have been resolved. He now walks, runs, jumps and climbs. He knows over 100 words in sign language and is working hard on speech. He is one smart little cookie and there is no stopping him once he sets his mind on something. Talk about stubborn! Ellie This is Ellie on her 3rd birthday. She is an extremely busy little girl and keeps all of those around her on their toes. She is attending and enjoying pre-school. She loves to dance to any music, play ball with her older brother and take care of her babies. Emily This is our Emily Margaret. After 9 long years of trying to have a baby, our angel finally arrived. Life has been such a ride since then! A week in the NICU, then the news that devestated us--Down Syndrome. What I have learned after these long last 27 months is very clear. SHe was waiting to come to us when we could handle everything that comes with DS, and when we were ready to have her in our life. I have met some of the greatest people that I never would have met if it weren't for Emily. I have also made life choices, like become a stay at home mom, that I may not have made if she had been a "typical" child. WE live in Athens Ohio and services here are terribly limited, so I hope that all the things I am involving her in now will benefit her future. WE are truly blessed and wouldn't have it any other way! Ethan Ethan came to us at birth through adoption. He has been such a joy! He just had open heart surgery a month ago and is doing great. We love him so much and thank God everyday for him. He has slept all night since he was a few days old. We have two adopted sons with DS, and wouldn't change them for anything in the whole world! Faith This is Faith. Shes happy and healthy and was 1 year old on March 6. She gets plenty of love, attention,and stimulation from her three older brothers. She is a joy and a blessing to all of us, including our wonderful relatives and friends. She really gets excited when she watches her Love and Learning video. She also loves to be read to. We thank God shes in our lives! Gage Gage is 5 yrs old and in pre K in Whitehall. He will be a big brother soon (Nov 06) and he has many pets that includes his dog Rebel, many cats & kittens and has a rabbit named Thumper. This will be Gage's 4th time he has walked the buddy walk. Gavon He loves playing the piano at his grandma's house and pointing out all the buses in the neighborhood. Haley Rose Haley Rose and her big brother Brandon. Haley was born January 30, 2004 and she loves to hang out with her brother, swim, riding toys and giving hugs! As you can see, they both love to laugh! Hanna This is our little angel. She turned two in July 2005. Hannah is very healthy and active. She loves to read books and listen to music. She attends school twice a week and enjoys all the teachers and therapists. Our lives are so blessed by her and we consider it a privilege to have her in our home. Hannah This is our very precious angel Hannah! She is 32 months. She was born on 12/20/03 and we did not know she had DS until she was born. Hannah was also born with ASD heart defect which has self corrected and with Co-annal Atresia a nose defect. She has had around 20 operations in her tiny amount of life so far, but she is such a strong little girl. She is the light of our eye. She loves to sing and praise the Lord. She has two brothers Elijah 19months and Noah 2months. She is now pulling herself up to stand and should be walking soon. She will be attending Forest Rose School in January! Isabel Isabel is now 7 months old and we count our blessings everyday! She is in Speech, Physical and Occupational Therapy and is doing great. She is crawling backwards and starting to hop forward on her knees!! She sits without support for small periods of time and just chatters away at us! She loves music too! (as you can see from her photo. She is a regular master of music! Jack Jack is 14 months old in this photo. Jack is always a happy kid. He loves his big brother Cole and his dog Duffy. We can't imagine life without his infectious smile. Jon Jon is a big boy now he was born on Jan 5, 2000. He has been a blessing from God and I thank him for giving me such a wonderful child. He has over come many obsticals in his life. He does not say much of anything and he needs a lot of help. He will be going in to kidergarden in the fall. He loves to play with his little sister Elvira and big brother Edwin. They do all kinds of things togeather. Also Jon's sister has turner syndrome so not only was I blessed with one special child but 2 of them, but her condition isn't all that bad. Jon loves his brother and sister. Julia Julia is 5 years old. She has an older sister Michelle and an older brother Brian. She attends preschool and loves riding the bus. Her favorite toy is her daddy. Her bubbly personality and infectious love for people make her a joy to be around. She loves to learn, do new things and explore her surroundings. Her big thing, currently, is cutting paper with scissors. She is our angel from heaven. Justin Justin is 2 1/2 and the middle child in our family of three boys. He has a 5 yr old brother Evan and a 16 month old brother Eric. Having Eric was one of the best things we ever could have done for Justin, he really motivates him! Justin goes to school at Nisonger ECE at Ohio State University and is doing extremely well, in addition he also receives speech, physical and occupational therapy once a week outside of school. We have a very busy, CRAZY house and Justin is the one that keeps us all "sane" and always laughing, and if you've ever had a bad day Justin can wipe it all away with just one smile. Justin Justin is a surviving identical twin. Justin and Jordan, both born with DS, were born at 29 weeks. Jordan passed away at 13 days old in my arms. Justin is the light of our lives. He is the biggest ham. He has a big sister, Alyssa, a big brother Jacob, and little big brother Jarod. Justin is now 3 years old. He is 100% J tube fed because he can't swallow. He just started crawling at 27 mos and recently started to stand. Hopefully he will be walking sometime this year. Kaitlyn Kaitlyn is 10 years old and in the 4th grade. She loves school and being with all her friends. She enjoys tap dancing and is on the YMCA Swim Team. She received a Gold Medal at the 2005 Ohio State Special Olympics Aquatics competition in the 50 Backstroke. She will be competing again this year. Kaitlyn is also a 4-H member where she takes cooking projects and raises market rabbits. Kendall Kendall is now three years old and attends preschool four days per week. Kendall has two older brothers and three cats. She loves to read books, play with her baby dolls and watch VeggieTales. We are all very proud of Kendall and the progress that she has made. She is such a blessing to all that interact with her, especially her parents! We thank God that Kendall is in our lives. Kiah DeAndre is now 10 yrs old and one of the most wonderful little boys you have ever met. Recently Kiah was born with down syndrome. She is 5mths old and beautiful. I am blessed with two grandchildren with Down Syndrome. They are wonderful and bring our family and friends so much joy. Some times when you tell someone you have a child with down syndrome, they automatically have a sad face, well we are the ones that should have a sad face that they don't have a child in their life with Down Syndrome, because they will never know the joy we experience with having them in our lifes. We love you Deandre and Kiah with all our hearts. Kody Kody is 20 months old and will turn 2 on July 22. Kody has early intervention in our home and is doing outstanding. We thank God for the therapist and for all their hard work. His twin Kyle and him have a wonderful relationship, they give each other pats on the back or a hug whenever one is crying or not feeling well. Their older brother Darrick (he is 9 years old) is a great influence and is always the first to help out. Kody, Kyle and Darrick love to play basketball together. Kody also loves watching Bear in the Big Blue House and the Baby Einstein video collection. Kody always is smiling and is the bright sunshine of everyone's heart. Kody is a true God given miracle to us, along with Kyle and Darrick. Our family would also like to thank everyone at The Down Syndrome Association for their friendship and support. Kylie Our precious Kylie will be 9 years old this month. She has truly been a blessing to our entire family. Kylie is in the third grade this year and doing very well. She enjoys playing in her playhouse, swinging and riding her bike when outdoors and when inside she loves to watch movies. Kylie has an older sister, Katelyn(10 years), who is absolutely wonderful with her and a younger brother, Matthew(2 years). She is our little SUNSHINE! Lauren Lauren Grace is almost 2 years old now. She is such a light in our lives! Lauren is constantly amazing us. She started walking around 21 months and has been nonstop ever since. She is signing several words and is saying some words now too! Lauren loves to play with her big brother Ethan who is 4 years old. They are good buddies. Lauren Grace Lauren is now 3 years old. The time has flown by! She is quite the little angel in our lives. She has a big brother, Ethan who is 5, who adores her. Logan Logan is the newest member of our family. We were blessed with him on December 25th, 2006. Yes, a christmas baby, which means he will be twice as spoiled! His older brother and older sister love him so much, and his dad and I think he's pretty amazing too! Madison Rose Phillips This is Madison Rose Phillips she turned 6 July 9, 2003. She is a happy, loving and caring child. She has an older sister Melissa and an older brother Patrick. They both enjoy Madi, she keeps everyone laughing with her contagious sense of humor. Madi is a very suprising little girl she can do anything she sets her mind to. She has been dancing for 3 years, playing soccer for 1 year and enjoys a week of dance camp in the summer. Madison has always liked reading books, we go to the library every week and bring home books. She also belongs to a book club. She is a very well behaved and easy going child. She tends to be stubborn at times but generally speaking all kids can. Madison has changed our lives in so many ways all for the better. She is an Angel sent from heaven. Maizie Maizie is now 15 months old and doing great. She had open heart surgery in December, 2000 and is doing well. She attends early intervention once a week and is getting stronger each and every day and is starting to keep mommy on her toes. She loves to jabber and is starting to get around very well. She and her dog are starting to "discover" each other and he is liking all the treats she is giving to him instead of eating herself! She is very loveable and lights up a room when she enters. She is definitely an angel sent from Heaven! Mallory Mallory just turned 18 months old. She is doing really great! She started walking at 13 months and is now trying to run. She recently learned to climb up her slide and go down by herself, can scale the stairs in seconds flat and is just generally into everything, she is always in motion. She receives PT and OT bi-weekly and Speech weekly. She saying about 5 words, but the clearest is 'Daddy' and can do 3 signs. She loves her big sister and learns so much from her. She is such a sweetie, and has a great little personality. We are so proud of her! Matthew Matthew was born on March 18, 2002. He is a very very busy and funny guy. Here he is doing his best GQ imitation with his brother and best buddy Zack. Matthew helps us realize how fun and simple life can be when we are running around town. Thanks Matthew for making us stop and smell the roses. Nathalie Nathalie is 15 months old. She is able to sit up, wave hello and good-bye, and turn the pages on her favorite books. She has ST and OT twice a month and PT three times a month. With all the work, she'll be crawling soon and then nothing will be safe! She is very sweet and her smile lights up the room! We are very glad to have Nathalie! Nicolette Nicolette turned 6 last April and is doing great. She has been active in gymnastics for almost a year now, and loves it. She will start kindergarten this fall and is really looking forward to it. She loves all the things she does in school. She is an only child but gets plenty of stimulation from lots of family and friends. Spongebob Squarepants is her favorite when she watches TV. When she is outdoors she loves to have a picnic so we built a small pond with a waterfall in the backyard to make this even more special. She loves her new fish Nemo. Nikki Nicolette turns 9 this April 2007. She is a very happy little girl with several areas of interest, which include: Cheerleading, Drill Team,Girl Scouts, Gymnasticts, School, Reading, Movies, and her two dogs. She doesn't have any siblings, but she isn't short on friends. She took her second trip to Disney last summer and has been begging to go back ever since. She loves all things Disney, especially all the Princess'. We are so blessed to have her as our "Little Princess". Noah Noah was one year old on 9/13/04. He still loves his music and likes to play peek-a-boo. He plays ball with us and has so much fun. It is truly amazing watching him grow and learn new things everyday. He is a true blessing to everyone who knows him. Payton This is Payton, he and his twin sister Paige turn 4 this April. Payton loves swimming, playing ball with his 5 year old brother Tanner, or dancing to music. His most favorite activity is watching The Wiggles! His loving personality and big smile is the brighest part of our day. Praise Praise is four years old. She was born on Dec. 19, 1997. We thank God for Praise's life because it has been a joy to watch her grow from what we feared would be a burden to care for, to becoming a healthiest of all our five children (two boys and two other girls). We got the news in our twelfth week of pregnancy with Praise that she was Down Syndrome. We were advised to terminate the pregnancy. But, as Christians, we trusted God. We were told Praise will pose all kinds of medical problems, especially heart problems. To the glory of God, Praise does not have any heart problems and has been an almost perfect child health wise. She is full of energy. Praise is not talking yet, but we are believing God for a complete transformation in that area. Though she loves to play outside, Praise's most favorite place in the house is the Kitchen and the refrigerator. She loves to eat. She is presently attending Sutter Park preschool in Worthington. Rian Rian is now 15 months old. She has a twin brother Jakob, who loves his sister very much! Rian receives speech, physical and occupational therapy once a week. Rian hobbies include: singing and playing on her mothers keyboard (usually with her feet) and clapping her hands. God has really blessed our family and friends with such a loving and gentle miracle in Rian. Sierra Sierra Sky is 10 years old and in the 4th grade in Logan OH. She has been a mircle & blessing to our family and friends. Always smiling through it all. Along with mom & dad, she has two big sister (Shena 15 and Shadow 11) and a puppy sugar. She has a very special Nanny (Sharon) who is very important in her life. Sierra enjoys all Disney movies, music and playing outside with her sisters & friends. Sierra knows no strangers! Sierra participated in track & field this past summer and had a blast, we are going to try basketball this year. You could say we are encouraging her to play sports since her mom is the Special Olympic Coordinator in our county! She is also a Tomahawk Football Cheerleader with her sister's squad. Sierra was unexpected but what a blessing and wonderful unexpected surprise, the best suprise we have every received!! We thank God everyday for giving her to us. Silas Silas was born April 1, 2000. Luckily, with a birthday like that, he's got a great sense of humor! He's a happy, healthy guy, with a charming personality. He loves to play ball and wrestle with his big brother Sam, sing with Elmo and Raffi, and flirt with anyone and everyone! He loves his class at the Childhood League Center, and also enjoys PT at Childrens Dublin, swimming lessons at Easter Seals, and a Parents and Twos program at First Community Weekday School. He's learning lots of new words (now we just need to learn them too so we know what he's talking about!), trying to jump and ride a tricycle. He loves books, music, and anyone who will flirt with him! (Did I mention he likes to flirt?)  All contents Copyright © 2006 by DSACO. All rights reserved. Click here to give us feedback on this site. | Privacy Statement