I wanted to post some pictures, however, my lovely children played with the cord to the camera and I have a feeling they broke it somehow, would sucking on the end of it cause my pictures not to download from my camera? (I am guessing so...this would be Miss C's Fault).
Anyway, we've been struck again by sickness, this time bad cold's, previously, about a week and a half ago we had the flu...yuck!!! Not only do we have colds, but my poor little girl has a double ear infection and RSV! I am nervous about the whole RSV thing, but they gave her Albuterol Syrup and her breathing is much better!! I had a hard time sleeping the first night, but I know that I have to just trust that God is watching over my kiddo's both when I am and when I can't.
Hopefully I will soon have pictures to post...I'll have to see if Mr. Fixit (aka Matt) can get the camera jack working again.
Merry Christmas!!
Cassidy loves to take a bath with her brother, I think she likes it so much because this is generally the closest that Dylan gets to her during a day, and he's actually playing with her, not yelling at her to get away. Oddly enough, Cassidy thought it was extremely funny when Dylan threw the ducks at her, she laughed so hard that I couldn't stop laughing. I haven't laughed this much in a while, my side even hurt when all was said and done.
We had our family pictures taken a couple of weeks ago by Tina Vink (see www.tinavinkphotography.com). Tina does an amazing job at taking pictures, especially of kids, I would recommend her to anyone!
To view our pictures click on the link below.
http://www.tinavinkportraits.smugmug.com/gallery/6483691_TfUtM#416914939_wYeGn
I am having such a hard time picking out pictures, I have a feeling this I will be spending a bit of $$ when all is said and done. Oh well, I love pictures, especially of my kiddos.
I took a few pictures of Cassidy the other day, it didn't work too well, she was a bit tired, however, I posted a couple anyway.
Hello!
I just wanted to share with everyone a cool little project that I am starting to do, I got the idea from my MOPs group (1st Cutlerville Christian Reformed Church). It's called "The Husband Project". The project is based on a book by Kathi Lipp. Kathi Lipp says, "It's about love." "It's about respect." "It's about letting your husband know you still think he's hot!" Anyway, she shows you how to take your marriage from ordinary to amazing in just 21 days. You can visit her website at http://www.kathilipp.com/ or just double click on the link below to go to the project details.
http://www.thehusbandproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/microsoft-word-thp-week-1-2-3-doc.pdf.
It is a pretty neat idea to rejuvinate and put some excitement back into your marriage, especially for mom's with young children, however, I think married women of any age can benefit from this project. I think it is so easy to focus on our children and forget about our men...I know I too often am guilty of this...so, Matt doesn't know what's coming, unless of course he's read this blog.
http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u159/devriesmail/?action=view¤t=MOV00692.flv (Double Click to view video clip)
( She has an ear infection and getting two teeth, however she remains quite content considering the circumstances...doing better that her mom would do)
(Unfortunately she decided not to look when I took this picture)
Dylan, posing with dad's hat on.
Dylan wearing the fireman's hat that Grandma G got him to go with his upcoming Halloween outfit. (Notice the ladder in the back of the picture near the tree...all firemen have ladder's because they rescue things from trees).
My sweet little pea
Dylan loves "climbing" in our front tree. I say "climbing" because he really can't climb the tree, Matt actually sticks him up in the tree. The first time that Matt stuck him in the tree I was not around, good thing, because I am not too fond of him being up in this tree, it is rather high for a 2 1/2 year old. The second time I was around for the event, hence the pictures. Anyway, the second time around things didn't work as well as the first go around, Dylan wouldn't slide down the tree to let Matt get him down...so needless to say I heard, "Daddy, Rescue Me, Rescue Me". While Matt scratched his head about how to prod Dylan out of the tree, I told him the logical way to get Dylan out would be with a ladder. Matt got our ladder out and "rescued" Dylan from the tree. Now, every time we are outside together Dylan wants to get in the tree to be rescued.
Yesterday, I was outside grilling dinner, and as usual, Dylan likes to be outside with me and he loves playing with the hose. Well, I turned the hose on for him and if you could've seen what happened you would be rolling on the ground. The hose was near the grill, and the grill and mommy were near the house. Dylan picked up the hose and started spraying it not realizing that the hose nozzle was pointing directly at himself in the extreme power mode. I looked up to see him getting soaked (see hair above - happened from force of the water shooting from the hose)...he threw the hose down next to me and it landed on the driveway with the handle pointing straight up at me and the house...I was the next one in the line of fire and I too got soaked. I looked around to see if anyone saw us, not sure if they did, however, we have the high school right across the street from us and they were practicing football, if anyone saw what happened they got a good chuckle.
First off, how did my 2 1/2 year old son, who weighs approximately 30 lbs, fit in our television cabinet? Second, how did he get the doors to close by himself? I am afraid what I will find him doing next. He is definitely all boy.
Currently, I am downstairs in the office trying to get away from the crying little girl upstairs. This morning I went to the doctor with Cassidy because I thought she had an ear infection...she hasn't been sleeping well for the past four nights, however, this was not the case, she's perfectly healthy. According to the doctor she loves me way too much, especially at night and she is going through some separation anxiety. Additionally, she hates sleeping in her crib, she'd rather sleep in her car seat...I told the dr. and he informed me that I needed to let her "cry it out". I did this with Dylan, but he wasn't as bad, he'd take naps and sleep in his crib. Anyway, I've been listening to her cry for 40 minutes...it's really hard not to pick her up and cuddle with her, but I know it will get better and eventually she'll fall asleep. If anyone has suggestions on how to get her to sleep (she doesn't like pipes...so she doesn't have a comfort mechanism right now) I welcome your advice.
The pics above just show her growing up, she's almost sitting by herself, she started eating cereal and she's rolling over a little...how fast they grow up.
Last week Thursday, Matt took off from work early and Dylan and him went to the John Ball Park Zoo, while Cassidy and I went shopping. Dylan loved the zoo, he especially liked the Petting Zoo because he was able to comb the hair of the goats. Matt told me they spent 45 minutes combing goats hair...the goats must love all these little kids coming at them with bristle brushes. I only wish my son loved getting his hair combed as much as he likes to comb others hair.
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We're back from Robinson Lake and I am tired (as well both kids), but we had a lot of fun and that's what counts. I didn't think I could handle bringing Cassidy, who is 4 months old on vacation with us, however, it worked and we ended up having a great time. I was amazed at how well Dylan adapted to his new surroundings, now I am more worried about the week ahead, I think he was a bit spoiled with all the people around and the amount of fun things he got to do, so we shall see how he handles being back at home in the regular routine of things. We had great weather all week long, good family and friends to hang out with and a great place to stay, so needless to say we can't wait for next year!
My little girl is growing up so fast, it is so hard to believe that she is already 3 months old. I've said it before but time flies. Cassidy is such a joy, she is generally a very content and happy little girl...I took some pictures of her for her 3 month pics, a couple of them are located above.
Last night Grandma DeVries gave Dylan a haircut, this can be somewhat of a challenge, so she often has to bribe him to get him to sit still. The general bribe is that she will take him for a bike ride if he is good, most often the bribe works wonders. I think Dylan's haircuts take about 5 minutes, grandma worries about how it looks when done, but we are just thankful to get his mop cut off ever few weeks or so. I think the haircuts look great, even if grandma says otherwise, I don't expect too much considering she's working with a busy-body 2 year old. Thanks Grandma!!!
The Fire Truck
Grandpa & Dylan
Grandpa, Dylan and the Monkey
Dylan riding a horse with daddy
Riding the motorcycle
On Saturday my dad's work sponsored a carnival for the employees and their kids/grandkids. The carnival was a lot of fun for Dylan, he had a great time looking at all the animals (ie, elephant, camel, horses, chickens, etc). Dylan loved the rides and all the festivities despite the cooler temperatures and rain. 
On Sunday morning our daughter, Cassidy Ann was baptised into the Christian faith at Covenant CRC by our Pastor, Curt Walters. What a blessing it is to bring your children before the the Lord and make a covenant promise to bring them up in the way of Christ. It is an even greater feeling to know that our Family, Friends and Church congregation stand in community with us making such a great promise. Matt and I look forward to seeing what God has in store for both of our children as they grow up in the knowledge of Christ. It is our prayer that both of them one day will accept Christ as their Lord and Savior. Baptismal Prayer
Almighty God, who by our baptism into the death and resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ dost turn us from the old life of sin: Grant that we, being reborn to new life in him, may live in righteousness and holiness all our days; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
