21 for WDSD (photo heavy)

Today is

WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY

March 21st, 3/21... in honor of an extra gene (3) on the 21st chromosome. Clever, right?

So, in honor of this very special day, I thought I'd put together a special post in honor of the 21 days Elisha has been in our custody. 

Here are 21 photos to commemorate life so far!

Our first photo of our daughter, age 2:

Then, shortly after, we received a few more:

Months later, we found this one, age 3:

We had no idea what to expect. 

And then, we met her.

"She's a ray of sunshine," we said. 

How true that really is. 

First smoothie... "YUM YUM!" she says.

First time outside 

Elisha loves her balance beam

First bowl of ice cream

Chasing Maisy through the yard

Elisha loves to play dress up

She sometimes gets caught getting into trouble :)

Lady Gaga has NOTHIN' on me!

(I had to include this to prove she's not smiling all the time. This is in the midst of a temper tantrum.)

Time to clean this messy yard!