With my baby biscuits over the weekend. She wrinkles her nose now when she smiles - so cute! I love how the light is shining right on her in this picture...she is an angel. :)

PBS Kids Character with ABS

We were out having dinner a week or so ago and Kyla had started to get fussy so my Husband took her over to the fish tank that was in the restaurant to check out the fish for a bit. There were two little girls also looking at the fish and they turned around and saw Kyla's arm and asked what had happened and the little girl who was 3 says "she looks like SpongeBob's friend." My Husband was just like "oh really?," not having any idea who the girl was talking about and just made conversation with the girl and explained to them what had happened. Of course they were curious about it for like 2 minutes and then all focus was on the fish. :)

After the little girl said this, I was curious who she was talking about and had remembered reading something about a cartoon character who had ABS...I couldn't remember where I had seen this, but I finally found one that does - his name is Andy and he is on Maya & Miguel which is on PBS Kids. Andy has an arm that looks exactly like Kyla's, but it is his right arm rather than left.

It's pretty cute, a lot of kids have gone to the website and asked "Andy" about his arm and how he plays sports without his other hand, how he handles people looking differently at him, etc. I've never seen this show, but definately it will be something we'll eventually show to Kyla. Awesome awareness for ABS!

Links:

http://pbskids.org/mayaandmiguel/english/friends/andy/flash.html
http://pbskids.org/mayaandmiguel/english/friends/andy/faq/index.html

Info taken from Wikipedia about the Character:

Andy Arlington: A 10-year-old English-American boy who was born with only one arm and is Miguel's friend. Often seen in the background with Miguel and Theo, he likes to play soccer, basketball, and baseball. Andy comes from a wealthy family. He does not consider himself to be better than anyone else, though. He has a crush on a Mexican girl named Esperanza, but was nervous about speaking with her as he cannot speak Spanish well and she is not fluent in English. Besides meeting and being nervous about meeting Esperanza, it is not known whether or not they are still together. Voiced by Jeannie Elias.

Practice

Using her prosthetic to carry her bouncy ball around the living room.

Me & My One-Year Old!

"The most precious and valuable jewels you'll ever have around your neck are the arms of your child."

I loved this saying, because Kyla has just started wrapping her arms around us when she gets picked up and it is the best feeling in the world. No way to describe it. She feels too good to hold.

Here is a photo of her and I that was snapped last night. She is a big one years old now and so silly! I was tossing her up and down and getting her to laugh for the pictures. :)

Chosen One

But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 1 Peter 4:13