Buddy Walk

So we did the Down Syndrome Buddy Walk yesterday and let me just say that it was awesome!!! We had so much fun! We want to thank all our friends and family who supported us. We were able to raise a little over $1,400.00 for Connor's Crew. A big thanks to Jed who got his company to double his donations, and a big thanks to Holly for designing our shirts. Also thanks to Jetti and Scott for bringing the Phoenix Sun's Gorilla to our group-the kids loved it. There were about 3000 people who turned out to support Down Syndrome yesterday and it was just a really fun and uplifting experience. The kids had a blast. There was a rock climbing wall, a jumping castle and booth after booth of games and trick-or-treating. There were so many cute kids there and the neatest thing was they were so happy and you would not even know that they had a disability-they don't see themselves as disabled. We met a mom and her little girl who is 11 months old and has Down Syndrome-we took Connor's picture with her-she is so dang cute-her name is Madison and I think her mom used the phrase "arranged marriage"! I also got to meet a mom from California when we were standing in the food line for lunch. Her little boy is 18 months old. He fell asleep on my shoulder while we were talking-he was so cute. Anyways, his mom was telling me that he had heart surgery when he was nine weeks old and he now has a pacemaker, he also is not able to feed himself yet and so he has a feeding tube in his stomache, she is hoping it will be out soon. It made me so thankful that Connor is so healthy. Our pediatrician, Dr. Sudha got an award for Doctor of the year at the awards ceremony, which was also neat because we love Dr. Sudha. It was just a great experience and we will definitely be making it a yearly event for our family. If you were not able to go this year you are all definitely invited next year, and to those of you who were able to go with us this year, thankyou so much, it was great to have such a big group. We love you all- Chris, Kaija, Callie, Connor and Cooper