Summer Come and Almost Gone

This has been a great summer for us. Despite the economy being in the toilet and our household facing some difficult times, it has been a wonderful few months. Reveille loves to go out and about. She appreciates fine dining as long as she is fed promptly upon her request. She also enjoys seeing new people and hearing about how adorable she is. More than once this summer we have received complimentary items or services because she batted her eyelashes at some unsuspecting person. She appears to be a fan of the outdoors and proved to be quite the camper. Although in all instances Reveille prefers air conditioning to any sort of heat. We have enjoyed multiple trips to the Brookfield Zoo. She has not yet disclosed what her favorite animal is. However, there is one Grandma that is hoping she shares a love for giraffes. We also got to spend an afternoon at the Shedd Aquarium. The sea horses & sea dragons there were the big winners. Reveille had a look of shear wonder as these little creatures, glowing under a black light, would go gliding by. In general she is always enthralled by fish in aquariums. Most of the time, they seem to move at just the right pace for her and their bright colors make them easy targets to spot. She also has enjoyed her time acting like a fish too. Swimming in Grandma & Grandpa’s pool was a favorite activity and it gave her an opportunity to show off her skills in the pool at the church picnic. We stimulated her scientific mind by taking a trip to the Museum of Science and Industry. There she had her 1st introduction to the magical world of Harry Potter. Her mother and I were far more excited about that than she was, yet she had a great time getting to know her Unkie Dew & Auntie Krista. There were multiple doctor’s visits peppered into her summer, but aside from the typical shots nothing too traumatic occurred. All in all it was a fabulous summer. Mom is back to school now and her Grandma Lis and I will be taking care of her during the week. I am sure Reveille is going to be happy with the temperature cooling off as summer moves to fall. Even though her mother does not share in her affinity to cooler temperatures. We are looking forward to sharing our future adventures and holiday fun with you, and hopefully being able to see many of you along the way!

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Reveille has been baptised

Heather & I were very happy to have Reveille baptized last Sunday. Our Christian faith is an important part of our family and we want Reveille to be able to experience the joy that comes from a relationship with Jesus. Her baptism ceremony was a great 1st step on that journey. The ceremony was performed by Minister Paul Vroom during Missio Dei’s sunday morning worship and we had an open house afterwards at her Grandparent’s home to continue the celebration. Another important part of our family is looking for excuses to throw a party. It was a wonderful day spent with friends and family celebrating her little life and anticipating what Christ will do in it. A few pictures of the day can be seen here. The dress she wore during the baptism was the same dress her mother was baptised in. The dress she had on later came to her from relatives in Texas. We were very happy to hear that Reveille’s baptism was also celebrated that fine state at Magnolia United Methodist Church.

If you would like to know more about what we believe about Infant Baptism we were introduced to this book through the process at our church. I am including this as it seems like it can be a bit of a hot topic amongst church folk.

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Our 1st Easter

Reveille got to celebrate Jesus waking from the grave for the first time. Unfortunately  we were unable to celebrate with our church family and we all missed them. However, we were able to have a wonderful day with our biological one. We had a great morning brunch and in the afternoon Reveille got to meet some of her extended family for the first time. Her adorable dress was provided for her by her Grandma Lis. It pays to have a Personal Shopper looking out for you!

Pictures of the Brunch Here

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