Caden is 9 yrs old and in the 4th grade. I couldn't have asked for Presley to have a better, more protective big brother. He adores her and always helps to raise even more Down syndrome awareness. He loves to ride Presley's bus with her to school and he lets her watch Barney on his iTouch :)

Some cute 'Cadenisms':
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Caden: "Mom, I love Martin Luther King, Jr." Mom: "That's great honey, why?" Caden: "Because I'm white and my best friend, E'Shun is brown. If Martin Luther King, Jr. was never born, then E'Shun and I couldn't be friends! I love him for that!"
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Don't say the "R" word - it's really mean and will hurt my sister's feelings!
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Can you believe that Presley has Down syndrome - she talks so good :)
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Mom. I wish Abbey had Down syndrome too so I could teach her more!
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We were in a restaurant and Caden noticed an older man with Down syndrome and pointed and said that he was 'silly'. After I explained that it's rude to point and not nice to say people are silly just because they may be different, I asked him WHY he thought that man was silly...his response was this - "Well, is he a daddy or is he a kid, I don't know!" It was one of the cutest, best explanations of people with Down syndrome. They are a young person in a body of their age.
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Your baby sister's name is Presley! "No, it's Avery!" We named her Presley instead of Avery... "well then I'll just call her Baby Sister!"
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"Mom, when I grow up and get big, I want to be Baby Sister's step dad...." Why, I asked? "Because I love her and she needs 2 dads too!"
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In Target a lady said to Caden, "Is that your baby sister?" He responded with, "no, she's my baby."
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"Mom, when I get big, I will build a beautiful house and Sister can live there with me and my kids."
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"Mom, I love sister and I want her forever!"
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"Stop crying, you're hurting my tummy!"
Jeffrey called me on my way home from work and said that he had picked Caden up....He said Caden wrote a story and would I like to hear it.....Here is Caden's story. written: Dec. 15, 2008 by Caden Landis McCombs
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