Confident in Sitting

Look at her now :-) This is taken just a week later and she's confident enough to wave and smile while she sits. So BIG!!

Learning to Sit

These pictures are taken at the beginning of October as Macee is getting more and more confident with sitting. She's playing with her stars and watching them light up.

Pumpkins

It was a gorgeous fall day at the beginning of October and Macee and I took a trip to Trax Farms to see the pumpkins. They have mounds and mounds of them and Macee enjoyed posing for some pictures. Too cute :-)

Macee Pictured on Parenting Mag's Website

For the month of October, Parenting Magazine celebrated children with Down syndrome. They asked for parents to send in pictures of their children and then posted the photos in galleries at Parenting.com. Macee was chosen and can be found at the following link:

http://www.parenting.com/gallery/Baby/A-Special-Joy-16-Babies-With-Down-Syndrome/3. Here is the picture of our famous baby :-)

First Fall Walk

As the leaves began to change in September, Macee and I headed out for a gorgeous walk on the Montour Trail one Sunday afternoon. It was Macee's first time holding a fall leave. She really enjoyed checking them out.

Pretty in Purple

This is one of my favorite dresses on Macee. I opted for a little photo shoot after church back in September. Such a cutie as she poses with her baby :-)

She does not like the puffs

These pictures are from when I first introduced Macee to puffs back in August. The purpose is for her to get used to the taste and texture, so she will then want to feed herself with these wonderful things. Yeah, she does not like them. So I keep trying and she's got them in her mouth a couple of times. Yay Macee :-)

PA Cousins

Another Sunday afternoon at Hannaw and Pap's house (Mike's parents). Macee plays with some of her PA cousins. Pictured are Ali, Madi, and Cameron. Ali and Madi are helping Macee match the shapes on the toy while Cameron eats his.

Sarah Palin

Macee and I attended a presentation by Sarah Palin on Oct. 24 at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriot where she addressed a small group, 350 people on the McCain/Palin policies related to Special Needs Children and Adults. The presentation was very encouraging! Also, after she spoke, she came off the stage on our side of the room and we got to meet her. As I'm getting closer to the front, the next thing I know is Sarah makes eye contact with me, sticks her arms out to hold Macee, and we have a conversation. She is so "real" and genuinely wanted to know about Macee. She was excited because Macee and her son Trig are so close in age (almost 2 months apart). She also said "May God bless you" and I said it back, then I was able to tell her that we are praying for her and she smiled and said thank you very much! And then as I take a step back to take a picture, my camera turns off and is out of battery. Yep, camera failed and I don't have the important picture of Macee is Sarah's arms. I was able to talk with someone from her campaign who took my information and said she would ask the campaign photographers if they got a picture and if so, they would email it to me. So, we'll see. But still, such an AWESOME opportunity! Here are a couple of pictures I took, and then one from Yahoo news with me in the background.