Our REAL LIVE angel under our Christmas tree! She was ALL smiles this Christmas...her FIRST Christmas with her forever family. We are so lucky to have her. She is PURE joy!
Living life one day at a time as a family of six...3 busy and bouncy boys and 1 Ukrainian princess. Our third son Joaquin was our unexpected blessing who came to us with a little something extra called Down syndrome and inspired us to adopt Sofia an orphan we fell in love with through Reece's Rainbow. We hope that our story will help open people's eyes to the beauty and gift that ALL children are. We are all more alike than different!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
One Year Ago Today...
One year ago today, my grandmother passed away peacefully. We miss you dearly Grandma.
One year ago today, I stumbled across Reece's Rainbow's Angel Tree fundraiser and decided to make a donation in my Grandma's memory.
One year ago today, I caught a glimpse of a little baby girl named Sofia (2) who had Down syndrome and a face that permanently touched my heart.
One year ago today, a seed was planted.
One year LATER, we are the Sanchez Six and we can't imagine life without our daughter. She completes us! What a difference a year makes.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
SO Much To Share
But so little time these days....I promise to do a proper update VERY soon.
So for now...here is our little sweetie! This symbolizes her new life. She's a kid in a candy store! Loving every moment of it.
So for now...here is our little sweetie! This symbolizes her new life. She's a kid in a candy store! Loving every moment of it.
Eye Update
We saw Joaquin's eye doctor again last week and received some good news. The patching of his "good" eye is working and she doesn't think he'll need eye surgery after all! WOW! Took me by surprise because she seemed to think it was the ONLY solution for so long.
She said his eyes are straightening on their own and that we should continue to patch his dominant eye 3 hours a day and then do a full eye evaluation in 3 months to see if maybe he needs glasses now.
So we will continue to monitor it closely and patch daily to help our little guy. It would be WONDERFUL not to do the surgery and to be able to fix it somewhat more naturally!
She said his eyes are straightening on their own and that we should continue to patch his dominant eye 3 hours a day and then do a full eye evaluation in 3 months to see if maybe he needs glasses now.
So we will continue to monitor it closely and patch daily to help our little guy. It would be WONDERFUL not to do the surgery and to be able to fix it somewhat more naturally!
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