Living in the Light: "Hi, Shadow!"

Friday, March 26, 2010

"Hi, Shadow!"

Bridget has always loved her shadow. We're at the beach, and she discovered it on our deck today. She was captivated by the way her shadow looked when she swung a frisbee from side-to-side. "Hi, Shadow!," she would shout from time to time.

Bridget is loving the beach. She keeps saying, "Mommy, shoes. Beach!"

She is our honorary and official flip-flop washer. She's got complete control of the foot shower by our deck. Got sand on your shoes? Bridget is your gal :).

Here she is watching Max & Ruby and eating her snack of Goldfish in the late afternoon sunshine:

Stay tuned for more from the beach...

14 comments:

CharissaFriday, March 26, 2010
Oh how cute! I was trying to figure out how you had so much sunshine already.
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AnnFriday, March 26, 2010
She is SO beautiful! Love the new header too. What a sunny yellow! : )
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KelliFriday, March 26, 2010
What pretty pictures! I also love the new header, makes things look so optimistic, so cheery, and makes me think of hope! :)
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CheriFriday, March 26, 2010
Loooove her, she is such a doll!
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amy jupinFriday, March 26, 2010
you are totally killing me with these beach pics lisa! you know how much i love the beach!!!

bridget looks adorable. LOVE the yellow swimsuit, the ruffles and of course the new header. if you need someone to watch bridget while you go get alina, let me know! she and ben would have a blast! :)
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TamiSaturday, March 27, 2010
So beautiful!
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The Sanchez FamilySaturday, March 27, 2010
GORGEOUS Lisa! So fresh, so spring, so new! So great talking to you today! Enjoy your days in the sun with the kiddos!
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LisaSaturday, March 27, 2010
Bathing suit - Target $10 :)
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MarySunday, March 28, 2010
She is always so gorgeous!
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Monica CrumleyMonday, March 29, 2010
Such a sweet post. Love the photos of her.
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KellyTuesday, March 30, 2010
Way too cute! With boys the swim selections aren't nearly as adorable. I always drool over the girl displays in the stores and then resign myself to the navy/red truck/bug themed stuff in the boy aisle. Bridget did a great job modelling the cutesy stuff I can't buy.
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My name is SarahTuesday, March 30, 2010
Hi Bridget!!! I love your bathing suit. It is so cute. I am happy that you are having fun at the beach.
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LisaWednesday, March 31, 2010
Lisa, I left a little something for you on my blog :)
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heatherbrownSunday, April 18, 2010
Your daughter is stunning!
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Welcome

For those of you already following us, Bridget's Light and Loving Alina have merged :). For anyone who is new to our story, Welcome!

Bridget and Alina are the youngest of our six children. Bridget (born July, 2006) is our biological daughter. Alina (born March, 2007, and adopted into our family April, 2010) is the daughter of our hearts. Both girls have Down syndrome.

Feel free to browse this blog at your leisure, to comment or to email us. We're are happy to answer questions or provide more detail to others who are interested in learning more about life with Down syndrome, or about our International Adoption experience.

Living in the Light

I've replayed the day Bridget was born a million times...and I hate saying (and remembering) that the day was filled with sadness and uncertainty. It makes me mad--though I'm not sure at exactly who or what--that we wasted that day being somber when we should have been celebrating. I feel sad for the kids, for Chris and for me, and for our extended family and friends who were worried--heart heavy--for us. If we knew then what we know now, we would have been celebrating. The little girl that arrived in our lives that Sunday in July was the best thing that ever happened to us.

She is everything that is good about Life.

I've re-written the moments in my mind to go something like this:

We were just beginning.
A beautiful life awaited us--
and it was far more beautiful
than we'd imagined.
It is the day we got her;
the day that everything came together.
It is the day we began living in the light...

Take Your Coat Off & Stay Awhile...

If you visit our house, you are welcome to kick your shoes off by the front door, or leave them on--whichever is most comfortable for you. The same applies when you visit here.

You should feel free to stop by often or sporadically. Leave comments whenever you'd like, but don't feel obligated (I'll always answer questions or entertain topics for new posts. Just email me or leave a comment if there's something you'd like me to address or know. And I'll keep writing even if everyone out there is silent...but if everyone out there leaves feedback, I'll have much more to write about!)

If you knock on my door and I'm in my pj's, I may or may not answer (I always assume it's the Fed Ex guy, anyway). But that is part of the beauty of blogland...you can pop in here, without warning, at any time day or night. You can slip quietly away, or take up residence. Since there's no chance of waking a sleeping baby--or encountering unflushed toilets--you can also go anywhere you please on this blog at your leisure.

This is all to say that however you got here, and whatever shape you came in, I'm glad you stopped by. Feel free to stay awhile and look around...

Living in the Light

Friday, March 26, 2010

"Hi, Shadow!"

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