Deqlan Ross Higgins

Monday, March 22, 2010

A MORNING WITH THE TRAINS

On Friday morning Deqlan and I joined Nanna and Meggie and Keaton at Centurion Model Trains for a morning of fun and trains and friends! of course the boys had a great time , we rode around the track around 4 times ! Was a lovely morning Thanks Meggie and Keaton for taking us for a picnic to!

Friday, March 19, 2010

Football Friday

Fridays in South Africa have been declared Football Fridays , to increase the spirit for the Fifa soccer World Cup arriving in just over 80 days!

So workers and if kids are allowed and engouraged to wear Bafana ( the name of our soccer team) shirts on Fridays! Today was our families first official football Friday and we think Deqlan looked to gorgeous for words! I even taught him to say ' BAFANA BAFANA HEY!'

Mark also got his collection of soccer tops out last night and found his Liverpool top from 30 years ago - he was so proud to put it on Deqlan ! It was a very special moment and Deqlan looked lovely in it, although many in our family would have liked it to be a Manchester United top!

Deqlan has had a little temperature going the last 2 nights and his sinuses looked blocked - we took him to the doctor who says his right ear is the cause -we going to keep an eye on it and hopefully can get away without giving antibiotics. Please pray his little body can fight this and that he feels lots better soon!

Otherwise, Deqlan is doing so well and saying almost everything we say - he is even trying to string his own sentences together and succeeding with our help - 'BEACH, I PLAY AT THE BEACH' 'SEA. I SWIM IN THE SEA' Both hopefully can be used with delight when we go down to the midland and hopefully the sea for a day or so!

Hope you all have a great weekend, its a long one here in South Africa, so we look forward to spending 3 whole days enjoying each others company, without traffic and rushing around to much!

God Bless, lots of love

Mark Samm Deqlan Logan

REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS, AND AGAIN I SAY REJOICE

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONRAD

Dear Conrad

Wishing you a very very Happy Birthday for today and many many more!

We hope today is awesome in every way and that the year ahead opens many doors and windows and cupboards ( ha ha) for you! May all the dedication and love you put into everything you do , return to you a million fold !

Thank you for being an awesome brother and friend and godfather - you are one very special person and we are so thankful and blessed to have you as part of our family, it wouldnt be the same without you!

You have a heart of gold, and you are so quick to want to help anyone in need. You are so patient and tolerant and understanding and loving and giving and caring with our precious Deqlan and Logan.

You are the most amazing Dad to Keaton, its priceless to watch the two of you together! I cant wait to see you with your little girl who is only a few weeks away from being in your arms..i know she is going to be loved and adored by you !

Have an awesome day Conrad, stay the amazing person you are!

God Bless, lots of love

Mott Ice The Deq and Loggie Bear

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

HAPPY TO YOU !

keaton and ice eating our cake

hip hip hooray for conrad

keaton helping his dada blow out his candles - this was the best cake i have ever tasted - chocolate and cream and strawberries and more chocolate!

Kristen had an absolute ball opening her gifts, definitely enjoyed the wrapping paper and ribbon more then the gifts themselves

kristen picking inside our gift to her

Deqlan had an awesome time at the party, even sitting down at the party table!

Getting ready to blow the candles out

my heart nearly broke watching Deqlan stare at the cupcakes.He didnt try and take one, its like he knows what he cant eat..i just felt terrible he couldnt enjoy one...but i know what could happen if he eats it , so we will enjoy our healthy happy chatty guy and one day when your tummy can handle it my boy, you can have all the cupcakes in the world!

lovely pic of Dalene and Kristen the gorgeous birthday girl!

Deqlan playing muscial chairs, there were 6 or 7 chairs lined up against the wall and he had to try each and every single one out, and then decided it was more fun to run around anyway

Happy 1st Birthday Kristen!

Megs and Keaton

Keatie and Ice - he loves posing for photos and saying cheese!

My boy and I playing on the round a bout!

One of Deqlans new 'things' - he calls them '5 cds' and they come everywhere, to parties, to shops, to bath to sleep!

Keatie!

deqlan and Nanna on the round a bout- i think Nanna got very dizzy after a few turns around and around and around

Chris and his little girl Kristen

Deqlan and Keatie playing together and having fun! I knew they were going to have to enjoy playing together some time - i know they love each other so much!

Deqlan in action on the trampoline

Keaton feeding grandpa chips

told you they have started enjoying playing together, a little...

'come in captain keaton , this is captain grandpa' this is the cutest ever - Nanna taught Keaton this game of holding these shapes up to his ears and pretending to be a pilot!

'Come in Nanna!'

Had a lovely weekend ! Lots of Birthdays !

We joined Kristen and her parents Dalene and Chris at a lovely venue called Kings and Quenies in Johannesburg to celebrate her 1st Birthday! each party has its own venue in the venue with a lapa and trampoline, jumping castle, jungle gym and so much space to run and play! It also has a little farm with cows and horses and chicken and rabbits and both boys enjoyed seeing the animals -Deqlan payed the animals a lot more attention then what he normally would, cant wait to see how he enjoys the animals when we go to the midlands, especially the horses ' I SEE A HORSE'

I think Kristen had a lovely time and she got some gorgeous gifts! Deqlan was very excited at singing happy Birthday ( he also had 2 birthdays at school the day before) and after eveyone had sang their rendention of Happy Birthday to you Deqlan broke out into his! 'HAPPY TO YOU, HAPPY TO YOU,HIP HOORAY' It was to beautiful to see.... Thank you Kristen for a lovely party, thanks Chris and Dalene for having us, it was a lovely morning and thanks for going to so much effort with Deqlans party box and his requirements! It was a lovely day!

Deqlan had a lovely nap on the way home and then woke up to find Logan was visiting, so he was quite happy about that. We then headed off to Conrad and Megs and Keaton for the afternoon to celebrate his upcoming birthday with a lovely braai and divine cake and awesome company. it was awesome to see all three kids playing together , Keaton and Logan are best of friends as always, and Deqlan also joined in with them while having a very wet bath in Meggies spa bath! I think Megs is still mopping the water up, Deqlan splashed everywhere!

Sunday we went to Mass, and Grandpa and Mom were once again there as our sponsors -thank you both so much for coming with us and for leading us and guiding us on our confirmation journey, we are thrilled to be making our official confirmation in two weeks time, after 1 year of hard dedicated wanting to learn, thursday evenings!

I was so shocked to hear of another angel today, Connor Ross, passed away after fighting leukimia for only a short while, and landed up in icu with an infection. He was only 9 years old, please pray for Connor and his parents and family. We have to start finding cures..Please Lord

Please pray for my Grandad as he goes for a full physical work up tomorow , there are also concerns about his heart and circulation as well as diabetes. He will be going for bone scan, lung xray and liver tests on 22 March, then a plan will be confirmed for him. Please pray for the cancer to be frozen , not to cause any further harm and for any pain to disapear. Please lead us to the right plan for Grandpa Lord.

Sleep tight everyone, till tommorow

God Bless, all our love

Mark Samm Deqlan Logan

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD

Monday, March 15, 2010

ANGELS

It was been an incredibly tough few days in the world of neuroblastoma - so many precious children were called home to Jesus after fighting neuroblastoma, some for many years, some for only a few months.

Their parents never left a stone unturned in their dedication to fighting for their children to recieve the best possible treatments.

Please pray for these precious children and their families and loved ones. We are so very sorry and send you our love and support and prayers and ask Our Lord to guide you, carry you, comfort you as only He can. Please Lord lead us to a cure

Rest In peace sweet angels

Layla grace
Bethany
Sam www.teamsam.com
Lesly http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/leslyfoster/mystory
Sophia
Sydney Marie https://www.carepages.com/carepages/Sydneymarie