what happened to October?

deqlan is doing fantastic! thank you lord! he continues to love his ipad , i cant download new apps fast enough for hime to enjoy :) his favourite ones at the moment are puzzles and learning how to write by following letters with his finger and also writing free hand - i love u is a common favourite at the moment :) he also loves typing out my phone number and the names of our family members. deqlan still dislikes to use pencils and crayons to write, but loves using his ipad or the computer to type out the letters.

deqie continies to love little leaps and his beloved teacher ayline :) discussions for grade r and grade 1 options have already started and we await finalisation of the grade r arrangements, at little leaps. the hunt is on for a suitable primary school for our big boy- what a tough decision. not easy to find a "little leaps" equivalent in primary school terms, but the search and research continue and we trust god to lead us to the perfect option for deqlan

october seems like a blur for me - days melted into weeks and before you knew it we were in november already. i had many tummy issues and many trips to the doctor and hospital at the most wonderful times of early hours of the morning or weekend . many visits and many tests later it seems like irritable bowl syndrome, perhaps some seafood poisoning on one occasion and what looked like gallbladder symptoms, were the root of the trouble. i had a gastroscopy last week which thankfully lordn turned out to be all clear. im watching everything i eat as many foods seems to make matters worse. tomatoes. dairy. citrus are no good at the moment and keep me up like this morning , so i grabbed the oppotunity to update our blog to pass the time and the cramps !

next week we celebrate my and nans birthday - our first birthday without my nan physically here with us. ive been trying to put the thought at the back of my mind as it hurts so much to think about not having my birthday girl with me to sing to, to blow our candles out together, to watch open her gifts we so lovingly chose. i promised grandpa im going to try my best to enjoy the day celebrating the wonderful memories i have of nan and the 32 years i was blessed to share my birthday with nan.

have a lovely weekend everybody, thanks for popping in and your continued prayers and love for deqlan and our family

all our love god bless

mark samm deqlan logan

be still and know that i am god

ps-wish i could get my phone to type capitals on our blog!