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It's Final!!

On Tuesday, September the 15th, 2015 in Salt Lake County, Utah the Judge Finalized Paislynne's adoption. She is now officially a Guthrie!! We are overjoyed and feel so blessed!! Tanner is one happy big brother too!!! 

            

 

World Down Syndrome Day

Today is World Down Syndrome Day and I have someone very special to celebrate. I can't hardly believe it's been over 10 years now since God blessed me with Tanner! Tanner has been one of the most precious gifts that God has ever given me, and I still wonder what in the world I done to deserve it! When the Doctor gave us Tanners diagnosis when he was only a week old I felt like we experienced another death,  how did this happen to me? Not that I thought I had been so great but we had just buried his twin brother and now you tell me Tanner has DS,  how unfair is that! Wow when I look back to those feelings of hurt and anguish I have to say if I had known then what I know now I would have smiled when they told me the diagnosis. Tanner has made my life so special,  I would not change him for the world. Oh so you are saying there are no challenges with raising a child with special needs?....no I'm not saying that but I can definitely say that the good days by far outweigh the bad days. Everything that Tanner learns,  every milestone he reaches is celebrated,  we appreciate the small things that most parents overlook......I love celebrating Tanner and all the things he learns and he loves it too!! He is loving,  caring,  sweet, (a little stubborn sometimes too) he is funny,  smart and so much fun to be around! Tanner can read,  write,  count, he is doing great in math and learning more everyday. He has already learned more than I ever imagined he could,  I am so proud of him! Today has been a good day and when I looked at Tanner today I had to ask God again,  why did you choose me to raise someone so special,  I don't know the answer but I do know that I am so happy that God chose me!!!! We love you Tanner!!!!

Rock the socks for World Down Syndrome Day!

A special day!

Yesterday Tanner celebrated his 10th Birthday.... it's so hard to imagine that he could be that old! Tanner has brought a joy to my life that I could have never imagined. After receiving Tanner's diagnosis of Down Syndrome I felt like I had been done wrong, but I was so wrong! Tanner is the most perfect little boy God could have gave me,  I could not be prouder of him and I am so happy he is my son! Tanner's Birthday is always bittersweet considering it's also the anniversary of the loss of Tanner's twin brother Reagan. I have a memory picture album of Reagan in our living room, and yesterday afternoon I walked in there and seen Tanner setting there looking at the picture book,  he rarely does that and I thought it was special since it was their Birthday.....it made me wonder what he was thinking. Thank you God for Tanner,  and thank you God that he is just like he is!