The things they forget to tell you

After they give you the dreaded diagnosis  they forget to tell you a few things.

1. Your child, in most ways, is like all children. They will laugh,cry, snuggle, and their smile will knock you down! 

2. They will be happy just like any "normal" child! 

3. They will have favorite toys, favorite blankets, and favorite "baby tools" just like every baby!

4. They will steal your heart. Whether they're nonverbal or not they will expose you to feeling no one ever knew existed.

5. They will live happily! The may only amount to the age of an eight year old but that "inner" eight year old is happy! Whatever happens to them is normal. They know no different!

6. They don't tell you how your child will wrap even complete strangers. If Elizabeth does anything "beyond her developmental compacity" it's entrap a total stranger! I've heard on more then one occasion "there's just something about her."

7. Your family will not judge they will embrace! My family could care less if she had 46 chromosomes, they still think she could be president! 

8. They will always have a special place. I know I will love the next with as much passion as I do Elizabeth, but once you've knocked on deaths door together there is just a bond you cannot shake!

9. They never tell you how much pride you will have in your child. They don't realize how much a simple grasping of a toy is an accomplishment. 

10. They seem to forget to tell you how perfect each and every chromosome is! Especially the 47th! 

11. They forget to tell you how much they'll look like their daddy. Or how stubborn they are like their mom (yes, I just owned up to it!).

Okay, okay.. I could do this all day! You guys get the point!