Count down to Carlie's Birthday!!!!

Carlie Amanda Robles

Born on June 8th 2005

weighing 8lbs and 15ozShe was the hardest delivery and the easiest and most happiest baby!

Her first year was all smiles, giggles and laughter. She was a pure blessing and joy from the minute she was born, looking back I think we all knew there was something special and unique about her from how constantly "happy" she was, but at the same time no one at a clue she would be as special as we know her to be today! I'm so thankful for the time we were able to have with her viewing her as "perfectly normal" it has been an emotional trip looking back at her pictures and home videos and I'd like to share a little of that with you all. We all love her so very much, she has touched each of our lives in an unforgettable way and there is a lot more of that to come as we venture into the unknown world of Rett syndrome and how it affects our sweet and perfect Carlie!!!!
I will ALWAYS cherish that first year and a half we had with absolutely NO idea of what the future held for her!!!!! Ironically We took more home videos of her than any other of our kids, Heavenly Father KNEW we would be so thankful for this one day..... and WE are!!!!!

What a sweet and lovable baby she was, everyone loved to hold her and feel of her "unconditional "love she gave to each of us!!!!

every moment a new and exciting exploration, we are sooo looking forward to sharing and celebrating her fourth Birthday on Monday and would love for any and ALL to attend!!!

We will be having a SwiMmiNG PartY and a BaR-B-Q, with "homemade" ice cream, cake and lots of FaMily FuN!!!

Bring your own meat to be grilled, and a side to share!

Carlie is a hard one to buy gifts for due to her limited interest, here are some recommendations:

we plan on having her "out" a ton this summer, swimming playing and exploring the outside world. She is also on a GREAT speech therapy program and we are working on introducing several objects to her to expand her world of knowledge, understanding, and most important hopes for communication

-Simple toys, such as a

duck, car, bathtub,

house, chair,dog, etc etc

would be Awesome if you find them while you are out and about and looking for a gift for her

-Sunblock and simple pool toys

-clothes, although she does not really need much at this time.... her size is 5 and 6 for shirts and dresses, and 5 for pants and shorts.

shoe size is a 9

-she loves food, and one of her favorite candies is "dots" plus we use them as motivation for her therapies:)

-"big" flashcards of common, simple objects with the words on them would excite me beyond words!!!!! she may not be too excited at first, but in time she will learn to love and cherish them... we have a lot of work ahead of us!!!!! I hope to see you all there, sorry for the short notice, we love and appreciate all of you, and especially thank you soo much for all your love and support with a amazing "Carlie-Car"

Look forward to more pictures and maybe even home videos( if my computer continues to cooperate) over the next 3 three days, with a special home video of her babbling, you can actually hear her voice!!!! I have one or two of her talking, but have not been able to find them so far I'm almost certain they are on a VHS tape though so I wouldn't be able to upload it and share it , even if i did find it.

Counting down the fours days to her 4th birthday!!!!!