Friday, June 20, 2008

Captain Cobee







I love this story. My boys constanly play super heros or something of the sort. They are so good about including Cobee in their role play. The other day, they were playing pirates and they deemed Cobee their Capian. They were calling him Captian Cobee all day long. I had to hide myself around the corner so that they wouldn't see me take my mommy moment. It struck me how appropriate this name was for him. Captian Cobee. Because even though he is the baby of our family, he is the one who will lead us all home.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

How Can I Help?




I met a really great Doctor in Billings. He helped get me information that I needed to get started on our journey. He gave me the names of families and support groups that could contact. He is the doctor that deals with high-risk pregnancies, and I have diabetes, and so, I was referred to him. He did the last ulta-sound on Cobee, the week that he was born. It turns out that he was from Idaho, and had attended ISU--where I attended. My in-laws know his wife's family. It's a small world. He was so great and helpful. When families find out that their baby will be born with Down syndrome, they are referred to him. So I went to him and asked how I could help. Was there anything that I could do for families that see him? He told me that sometimes a parent's testimony can impact another, and strike a chord with someone else. It could mean saving a baby from abortion, or adoption. So I decided that I wanted to help. I wrote a song about my thoughts on motherhood, and felt like it was appropriate. My friend had taken some pics of Cobee and me while I was in Idaho, and they were perfect for the cover of this CD. I will try to upload the song and here is the CD cover.