Baby Dylan
This was taken when Dylan was barely 3 days old. Uncle Richard stopped by to see him while he was in town trying to recruit some young men and women to join the military. Hmmm, he's always asking what my older sons are up to, I wonder why!!!
I'm sure if Richard was still recruiting when Dylan turns 21, he would be knocking on our door again :)
This is big brother (oldest too) holding his baby brother. There is only a 22 year age span!! Mike was nervous holding him, says he squirms too much. But look at how they are eyeing each other, Dylan's getting a good look since he won't see him for a while, big brother lives in California.
Introducing my daughter Mandy, she is just 12 (soon to be 13). She is in 7th grade (started school today!) and loves sports, especially basketball, cross country and softball.
The extra pictures of her are to show how much she has changed, especially hair color!! She started out as a brunette (2 months and 7 months)then she became a blondie (22 months).
Now she is fighting the fact that she is going to have dark hair and she has her Aunt Bonnie add blond highlights to her hair. Her school picture is from 6th grade. We women are never satisfied, are we!!
Mandy is fantastic with her new baby brother and a hugh help to me. I'll miss her now that school has started, she won't get home until close to 5pm each night due to B-Ball practice!
Mike, Nick and Mandy are 3 wonderful kids, I have been blessed! And now my fourth blessing is laying here beside me as I post. Children are truly a gift from God.
Ths is my second son (out of three now). An earlier post introduced Mike. Nick is 18 and just graduated from Onsted High School.
He was 5 weeks old in this baby picture and of course the other is his senior picture that Mike's girlfriend, Amanda, took of him in an alley in Ann Arbor.
He works for his Uncle Brian in the landscaping business, but has a job interview with Visteon (Ford) this week-end. (lucky break!!)
And once again check out the smiles!! (a baby loved, smiles)
(tomorrow, my one and only daughter)
I don't know why I have such a hard time saying good-bye to my son. He was here for one week from California and he just left a few minutes ago. Needless to say I ended up in tears once again, and he was just here in May for Nick's graduation. I always try not to cry, but... I still wish he hadn't moved so far away, even though he's loving California.
This is Mike when he was one year and then his senior picture. He is 22 now but he hasn't changed much from his senior picture, and his smile, well the pictures speak for themselves.
Daddy with his baby boy.
His favorite thing to say to his son each and every day: "daddy loves dylan"
Finally, I have new pictures!! This is Dylan with his mommy and he was about one week old. Mandy took this photo of us.
He is doing great! He weighs 7 lbs 13.5 oz. and is 21 inches already!! The doctor gave him his "first goal" in life already and that is to weight 9 lbs. at his one month check-up. I personally think setting goals at this young age is pushing it. :)
Sorry it's been a while since I've posted. Been very busy, and I'm still adjusting. I haven't turned in all my film, but hopefully by next week I'll have some updated photo's.
This is big brother Nick holding Dylan shortly after birth.
Dylan now weighs 7lbs. 4oz and is 20 inches long. He has good nights and some rough nights but overall it's going great. I'm back to working out at the fitness center and hopefully I'll get in to some different clothes (my own) soon because I'm really tired of maternity!! He's lying here on my legs as I'm typing and he is so darn cute!!
