Warning long post. Time flies. So grateful for my little guy.

I can't believe how close to one year we are.. After having a second trimester miscarriage in February of 2016 I became pregnant with my rainbow baby in September of 2017 at the age of 36. I chose to go for the early prenatal testing so I could find out the gender of our baby early. I didn't expect that during the nuchal translucency test we would find that baby had a thickening of the fluid on the back of the neck. This is indicative of trisomy 13, trisomy 18 and trisomy 21. The week I waited for the results of my blood test was extremely stressful. I spent so much time researching the possible diagnosis all I did was worry about what the fate of my baby was. When the doctor called I was 11 or 12 weeks I was so relieved to learn that my baby would be born with down syndrome, it was the best of the 3 trisomies. We could live with down syndrome. Then the doctor asked if I wanted cvs. My answer was no. Though only a 1% chance of miscarriage due to cvs it was too big a risk for me. I had already decided to keep my baby. Just before hanging up the doctor asked if I had any questions I remembered I did. What is babys gender? Boy!!! So exciting I already had 4 girls and my only boy was 12 and had waited so long for a brother. They were all so excited to find out they were getting a baby brother it didn't matter that he would have special needs. I was due June 11th we welcomed Dante June 5th. He was so perfect! We have spent the last 11 months seeing several specialist. We seem to have missed many of the medical conditions associated with down syndrome. He does have two heart conditions. Vsd and asd but is doing great and we might be able to avoid surgery. He has a milk protein allergy, reflux and some feeding issues but over all doing great. He has some delays as expected with his diagnosis. He sits up, can get on hands and knees then onto belly and he slides all over getting into Everything!! He stands and steps holding our hands. He can't pull himself up yet or crawl and he won't hold his bottle. It has been such an amazing journey so far. He brings us so much love and joy. I am so blessed to be his momma.