After 16 years abroad, I moved back to my native Sweden. My husband is Austrian and we met in the US where I lived from 1996-2006, and then we moved to Alp-land aka Austria where we lived til 2013. I am still trying to get over that culture shock.
We have two kids. Vincent, our first born was born on May 12, 2006 with an extra chromosome aka Down syndrome (Translocation 21;21). Edgar was born October 10, 2009, but only 46 chromosomes there.
I admit to thinking it was the end of our world when we got the results of the blood test showing our son had DS, 5 days after Vince was born. I was so wrong! Though everything is not easy, life is a lot of fun! That extra chromosome really did not change much.
I started running again in 2011 and completed my first half marathon in October 2011. In 2012 I completed two half marathons and a handful of other races. Running is now a big part of my life and I run at least five days a week. Both for fun and for peace of mind. I am starting to think a full marathon would be fun. Maybe in 2014...
This blog is about living life Upside Down. Enjoy.
Vince favorite word to say (Say NOT sign) is BALL. Ball is pretty much the same word in German and English. In Swedish you say BOLL. It is also the one word I can get him to repeat after me 95% of the time. So he was standing in the middle of the room saying BALL yesterday. I then got the ball and told him BOLL. He looked at me, then at the ball, then at me again and said BOLL!
That’s my multilingual, chromosomally enhanced kid!
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Prince Vince Meets the World 
Du låter förvånad? Alla andra har vetat sen dag 1 att han är ett litet geni. Så de så!
Härligt att han är på benen igen. Stackarn!! Och stackars föräldrarna! Och självfallet en affärsresa, det är något magiskt med dem.
Hoppas att ni får en lugn jul, det är ni värda!
Jag håller med Alexandra. Är du förvånad? Vince har väl hela tiden visat prov på att vara en envis, smart, läraktig kille. Han påminner om nån…just det….hans mamma! 🙂
Ett geni helt klart. Fast det visste vi ju redan…Tack för klapparna förresten. De kom idag.