Sickies

Baby Bunny and Mama have the sickies this week.  I'm pretty sure the transmission occurred through a cup of vanilla and chocolate ice cream we shared on Sunday at Longwood Gardens.  Once again, Baby Bunny is only afflicted with a running nose and coughs, Mama is down with fever, chills, stuffed nose, probably bronchitis and sinusitis at the same time.  That says something about the immune response of a 2.5-year old versus a 41-year old

This weekend we celebrate Easter.  I have a long 4-day weekend.  The weather has gotten more seasonal compared to the warm 80-degrees on the day we visited Longwood.  Being cold and sick, we'll likely wait until May to go back and see the tulips in full bloom.  That's suppose to be spectacular.

Looking forward to seeing all the tulips in full bloom later this spring.

Bun Bun in her spring dress.

Snuggling with Mama before she succumbed to some respiratory bug.

Becky

When Bun Bun was a day old, we were given the news that she may have Down Syndrome.  In my earlier blogs, I spoke about how devastated we were but that we were still madly in love with our Baby Bunny regardless.

I have never met anyone with Down Syndrome before.  I've seen them out and about with their families, and some bagged my groceries at the supermarket.  The only people I really kinda knew were those on TV, like Chris Burke who played Corky on "Life Goes On" in the 80's and Lauren Potter who currently plays Becky on "Glee".  We've been fans of "Glee" pretty much since the beginning and always looked forward to watching.  I think Becky became a regular on the show while I was pregnant.  So, when we knew Bun Bun has Down Syndrome, we often thought about her and how amazing she was.  Because of Lauren Potter/Becky, we were greatly encouraged by how much this young woman (now 23 years old) was able to accomplish.

Last night, the students at the University invited Lauren Potter to speak here, and I got to meet her and her big brother, Brandon.  Lauren read from a manuscript to a fairly large size crowd.  She talked about her dream of becoming an actress and her experiences on "Glee".  She took questions from the audience and was actually very articulate and witty.  I jumped at the chance to meet her afterwards and talk to her big brother a little bit.  Thanks to a student I knew, I cut in front of the line (milking my professor status), thanked her for visiting us, and got a picture taken with her.

Cutting in front of the line and meeting Lauren Potter

New books for Baby Bunny!  Between some Jane Austen and Moby Dick, she's going to be the most well-read pre-schooler!

92 Signs!

Bun Bun is now up to 92 signs!  She's learning her colors, too.  She can point out yellow.  I think she really misses George and the Man with the Yellow Hat!

Daddy thinks this is Bun Bun's "worry" look.