Rivers of Joy

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Natie spent half the evening in the bathtub tonight. I showed him how to turn the jets on, and at first the loud rumbling scared him! So I turned them off. After a second or two of silence, he looked up at me and smiled...then he said, "more"

jets on, jets off.

on, off...

on....

then I got out one of his Christmas presents; bath paints. The best $8 bucks Santa ever spent.

Later on in the evening, we ended up playing Apples to Apples for like....2 hours. I'm not kidding. This is what we were looking forward to for so long!

Just time.

together.

Snuggle time with KC

'nighty night to a wonderful Christmas.

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nate...

our youngest son born October 20, 2007. Nate was diagnosed with Trisomy 21 just after birth. He is the source of never-ending rivers of joy. I heard someone say on Christian radio recently that people who have special needs children will tell you that the day that child came into their lives, joy came into the home. I couldn't have said it better myself! Was his diagnosis easy? No...and was there great anxiety? Yes...but there is no doubt about it that God was nearer than ever before. In the summer of 2012, Nate was also diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy 3, a rare, genetically inherited neuromuscular condition unrelated to Ds. Jars of Clay have written "The Valley Song" from where the title of this blog comes from. There are no truer words to describe our family journey..."I will sing of Your Mercies that lead me through valleys of sorrow...to rivers of joy."