10 of 31

Yes, I know. I failed. I almost failed 2 days in a row, but I am staying up a tad bit late to write this. I feel that tonight it is worth it because I have something important to share! So I am sorry that I wasn't able to write last night!

We need YOUR help to get Celine to $15,407.40! Right now she is $3824 away from there. If we can get her to that amount by the end of October, someone will give $5000! It is a match donation, so for every single dollar you donate (up to $5000) it gets matched. So by the end of October, Celine could potentially have upwards of $20,000! So dig deep into your pockets on this one, because every single dollar is needed! 

 

Please keep Celine, her future family, and this fundraiser in your prayers over the next 3 weeks! 

Also, if you would like to enter to win a Nikon Digital SLR camera, please see the details HERE! 

For every $10 you donate to Celine, you get 1 entry!

ALSO, Patti has offered all of her Scentsy proceeds for the month of October to Celine. So if you are in need of some new fall fragrences, head on over to her Scentsy shop and order away! 

Kaleigh

Day 8 of 31

Today in my biology class, we got assigned a new project. The project is about different disorders and the topic the teacher chose to give an example on was Down Syndrome! (Which I later found out meant I also couldn't pick that to do my project on... so I got a little bummed!) But the things that I found amazing from this class was how accepting everyone in my class was about people with Down Syndrome. Here are some things that I was thrilled to overhear:

"People with Down Syndrome always are happy, don't you think?" (Followed by almost the entire class agreeing).

"There is a little girl at my church who has Down Syndrome... she is too sweet!"

"My cousin has Downs... and she is the cutest thing ever!"


One of the main reasons I am bummed about not being able to do Down Syndrome is because we are supposed to include organizations that support our disorders. Reece's Rainbow would be the first one I'd put! Instead I have to do it on a random disorder that I do not know much about... boo!

So I just thought I would share this little bit on info with you guys today for day 8 out of 31!

Kaleigh

Brett Has a Family!

Just a quick post on this very busy Sunday evening: Brett has a family! He has been found!!!! I am literally jumping up and down with joy right now! Thank you God for opening the eyes of his family.

Kaleigh

Miss Rose

Did you know that many years ago on this date (Oct 6), the rose became the national flower for the US? So in honor of today, I am posting about a little girl on RR named Rose, who has DS.

Click on the picture to see her page!

Isn't she a cutie? Please continue praying for her that she will stay strong and healthy until her family can come rescue her! Also please pray that her family comes soon, because she is so young still! Lastly, her grant is at $0 still, so please consider donating to her or doing some fundraising to benefit her!

Kaleigh

The Planner

I wasn't planning on participating in 21 for 31 this year... in fact, I didn't even know about it until about 11 pm on Oct 1. When I saw something on a blog about it, I instantly felt the need to join in. So far, I am glad I did because it gives me an incentive to write. But, let me tell you a little secret. I am a person who likes to have everything nicely lined up days before. But with this challenge, I joined in completely blind. I didn't participate in last years, I didn't have any cool giveaways planned, and I certainly don't have a ton of readers.
It has been so much fun reading everyone's posts so far, and I can't wait to continue to blog daily. Hopefully before too long, I will come up with a schedule on what to blog about. But for now, I am just typing what comes to mind! So bear with me ;)

This month I am hoping to write about:

• giveaways that are going on to help families adopting through RR
• Auctions and sales to benefit families from RR
• Bring awareness to all the babes lying overseas in cribs
• Write about whichever children I feel called to write about!

AN UPDATE ON MICAH: He now has $18 in his account, so thank you to whoever donated!! I was so excited to see that, and that means we are over halfway to the goal and it is not even halfway through the month!

Kaleigh

Kacey's Family Found her!

Those of you who have been in the Reece's Rainbow community for a while have probably heard about Kacey. She is almost 4 years old and has Apert Syndrome. But a few days ago, when I was checking the My Family Found Me page on RR, I saw her on there!! *insert happy dance* Please continue praying for her and the family that is coming to rescue her soon!

Then, the very next day I looked back and saw Ivan in on the My Family Found Me page too! *insert crazy happy dance!* He also has Apert Syndrome and is just over 3 years old. I can't wait to find out if they are being adopted separately, or together. If they are being adopted by the same family, can you believe how much faith that would take? Any adoption takes a lot of faith, but especially multiple and special needs adoptions!

Kaleigh

On Wednesday's we wear pink...

As some of you might know, today was "national Mean Girls day." If you have seen the movie, you will understand why, but if not, here is a little excerpt.

So yes, it is October 3rd. BUT it is also Wednesday! If you have seen this movie, you would know that on Wednesday's we wear pink! So Oct 3rd happened to fall on a Wednesday... pretty good reason to celebrate if you ask me!

So in honor of today, I decided to post about all the little boys who are wearing pink in their pictures on RR. There aren't too many, but every single one matters.

 

Xander

  

Caiden 

 

Emerson

 

Vincent

 

Cole 

 

 

Levi 

 Day 3 of 31 down... this is actually turning out to be really fun! By the end, I am sure I will be sad it's over. 

Kaleigh