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June 30, 2008
Pure Cuteness
I love this video, he did this a dozen times or more when we were at the pool and it was just so cute.
Posted by tabrizia at 11:11 PM
Videos of the Munckin Swimming
Here are two videos of Desmond swimming in the pool while we were on vacation. The first is with my Dad and the second is with my Mom.
Posted by tabrizia at 11:05 PM
Video from the Ocean
Here is a video of Desmond playing in the Ocean with his Daddy and Grandpa (my Father). It isn't the best, but I love watching him fall into the water, I may be an evil mother though.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:58 PM
June 29, 2008
Yum I'm blue
Here are more blueberry pictures, I swear with the numbers of berries he eats he is going to turn blue.
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Blueberries
We also picked a bunch of blueberries for Desmond. He loves blueberries, he had a ton while we were on vacation, so we decided to pick a bunch for him so he would have some at home. We got him 4 pounds, hopefully it will last the week. Here are a couple of pictures of him and the blueberries.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:57 AM
Cherries
We went out yesterday to go berry picking, first we picked some cherries for me, Desmond enjoyed them as well.
The next three pictures and just silly face pictures I got of him while we were picking the Cherries.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:54 AM
Mommom and Poppop
On our way down and back we stopped at my Grandparents house in Richmond. It was almost midway and it gave Desmond time to run around after being stuck in the car. Here are a couple of pictures of Desmond with two of his Great-Grandparents. They aren't great because he wasn't willing to stay still long enough for me to get any really good pictures, but they work.
Desmond did wave bye-bye as we were ready to head out to gohome.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:48 AM | Comments (1)
Random Vacation Pictures
Here are a couple of pictures that don't fit elsewhere. Two are of Desmond up on the loft looking out. The other two just amused me. We had a lot of fun on vacation, it was nice and relaxing, rather then being go, go, go, which was nice.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:45 AM
Eating Mac and Cheese
My parents left early so on Thursday we didn't have a highchair/booster for Desmond so he ate in a regular chair. Here is the imp enjoying his mac and cheese.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:43 AM
Colander
While we were in the condo, Desmond found the Colander and enjoyed playing with it and putting it on his head, or more correctly getting Nonnie to put it on his head.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:40 AM
Still Swimming
Here are more Swim pictures from the vacation.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:37 AM | Comments (1)
Swimming
We also went swimming in the pool by the condo while we were there. Desmond really enjoyed that as well. Here are a bunch of pictures of him playing in the water there with his Nonnie, Grandpa and Dad.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:33 AM
The Beach 5
Here are the last set of beach pictures. They are a bunch of pictures of him sitting in the water enjoying it.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:31 AM
The Beach 4
Here are a bunch more of him playing in the water.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:30 AM
The Beach 3
Here are some of him exploring around the water and enjoying the water.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:25 AM
The Beach 2
Here are some of him in the deeper water. He wasn't as sure about it. Also I don't think he liked the restrictiveness of his life jacket, which we put on him when we went out deeper.
Posted by tabrizia at 10:23 AM
The Beach
While we were on vacation in New Bern we went to the Beach one day with my Dad. My Mom had to work, here are a bunch of beach pictures from it. Desmond really enjoyed it, he liked playing in the water and holding onto a shell and a orange shovel. The first set of pictures are from when we first got there and his first experience with the water.
Yum Banana and Sand:
Posted by tabrizia at 10:19 AM | Comments (1)
June 17, 2008
Strawberries for Father's Day
So for Father's Day we went Strawberry picking. Which is amusing when you realize Dan doesn't even like Strawberries. Desmond does however. We have recently been letting Desmond chose his own clothes out of a choice of 2 or 3 shirts. So Dan let Desmond chose his own shirt for the expedition, unfortunately he forgot to let him chose from non-white shirts. So we have another very strawberry shirt in the end. Here are a bunch of pictures I took of Desmond as Dan picked Strawberries.
Posted by tabrizia at 01:51 PM | Comments (1)
More Playground Pictures
On Sunday we went Strawberry Picking for Father's day. When we got home my in-laws came over and we spent time with them. We all took Desmond out ot the playground to run around some, so here are some more pictures of him playing there.
Posted by tabrizia at 01:46 PM
June 12, 2008
The playground
So this morning Desmond was running around like a boundless ball of energy. Up the stairs, down the stairs, through the living room into the kitchen, rinse and repeat. So I decided we would go to the playground and burn off some of the energy before it got too hot. So around 11 we searched for his shoes and finally found two matching shoes that fit. I then put him in the Beco and walked to the playground, which is all of 5 minutes away or so. It was around 82F (28ish C for those who use Celsius) out so it wasn't too bad out. When we got to the playground he ran around some and played in the sandbox, the swing and the bouncy car. The slides were a bit hot so he didn't want to climb up them, and he had no interest in climbing up the play structures stairs either. We played for about 40 minutes and came home, where he had lunch and then was quite ready for his nap. Here are some pictures of him having fun.
Posted by tabrizia at 02:00 PM
Guacamole
Desmond likes avacados. While I don't mind them, I don't normally buy them, because I also don't love them. He also likes Guacamole, so when we were grocery shopping we found a small package of Guacamole, with two packages of it in it and picked it up for him. Desmond also likes feeding himself, but still isn't a huge fan of forks or spoons, so he tends to get a wee bit messy. Anyways here are some pictures of Desmond after his before bed snack of Guacamole.
Posted by tabrizia at 01:56 PM
Sitting in my high chair, high chair, high chair!
Sitting in my high chair banging my spoons! Anyways talking of climbing, we recently reset Desmond's chair. We took off the baby bar, but still use the straps, we also lowered the seat, since it was starting to be to high, and put the bottom piece back on. This means Desmond can now climb into his chair and sit down. Here are a couple of pictures of him doing just that last night. We keep his chair now down on it's back so he can't climb up on it and get into trouble.
Posted by tabrizia at 01:52 PM
Climbing Everywhere!
Desmond is finally tall enough he can climb onto my computer chair, he can also climb onto Dan's chair, with the help of the two boxes we keep over there to keep him out of the corner where Dan's computer is. Here are a couple of pictures Dan took when he saw that Desmond could climb onto my chair.
Posted by tabrizia at 01:48 PM | Comments (1)
Gymboree!
So we love Gymboree level 4. It is working out so well, we are really glad we've moved up, Desmond is participating a lot more now and the class fits him so much better. Anyways here are a bunch of pictures I took at Gymboree on Saturday.
Posted by tabrizia at 01:42 PM
Apple
On Thursday of last week we went to the farmers market. We bought sugar snap peas, bread, jam and apples. While Dan was putting things away Desmond decided to try an apple, at which point we learned that he can eat apples without us having to slice them. They have been a huge hit with him, he loves eating an apple and carting it around with him till he is finished. After he is done, K-line is nice enough to eat the other half, apparently the dog likes apples too.
Posted by tabrizia at 01:39 PM
Painting
Last week we decided to play with the paint and crayons and playdoh some. So here are some more pictures of the artist as a young man.
Posted by tabrizia at 01:36 PM
Pictures, Pictures get your Pictures here!
So I went through the cameras today and pulled off all the various pictures of Desmond that I haven't put up on the blog yet, so there are a lot of pictures coming, you have been warned. I'm going to try to go oldest to newest, but no promises.
First up are pictures of Desmond making a mess, shocking isn't it? We aren't closing the gate that often anymore so he has run of the house, he mainly likes to pull things out of drawers in the kitchen. Here is what I found him doing the other day, pulling all the plastic bags out of their boxes. As you can tell he is quite proud of himself.
Posted by tabrizia at 01:31 PM
June 05, 2008
My son is weird
He was just running around with one sock on playing with packages of microwave popcorn.
Now he is playing with Dan's computer, after climbing up into his chair, still with just one sock on.
Posted by tabrizia at 03:35 PM
Moving on up
So Desmond is in Gymboree we go once or twice a week, we have a lot of make sessions that lets us get that second session in, he has been going since he was 4 months old or so and in level 1, we moved to level 2 at 5 months and level 3 at 8 months (normally it is level 1: newborn to 6 months, level 2: 6 to 10 months, level 3: 10 to 16 months) anyways we are moving up to level 4 at 14 months. The class he is in is really crowded and he is past the level they are at, and we have had a bunch of new babies in the class so the class is now skewed towards the younger end of the age range, which changes the dynamics a lot, since he is no where near the lower end of the spectrum in the class.
For instance today's activities focused on walking. Desmond has been walking well for the past 4 months, so it was kind of pointless. Plus he really isn't fond of having between 12 and 15 other kids in the class, we prefer about 8 in the class. I talked to his teacher today and she agreed that he is ready, so tomorrow we're going to try out the level 4 Gymboree class and see if what we think, we'll probably move up, though I am not sure if we're going to do the Friday 10:30 class or the Tuesday 10:30 class, I know we aren't going to the 9:30 classes since he is barely awake then, just need to decide if Tuesday or Friday works better for us overall.
So we are moving up in the world and in Gymboree, it should be fun.
Posted by tabrizia at 02:57 PM
June 02, 2008
Minor Side Effect, Really?
So at Desmond's 12 month well baby check up we went ahead and let him get his DTaP, he is on a delayed vaccination schedule, because we really don't want to be putting a ton of toxin's in his body every time he is due for shots so we don't do more then 2 shots a visit, 1 if it is a combo shot like the DTaP. So he got his 6 month DTaP at 12 months (the third on in the series). It had a hard bump and swelled up the next day, which we didn't worry too much about, since it is a listed side effect of the shot, and when I get my DTP I get the same reaction. However, we were a bit concerned when after a month we noticed the hard spot in his thigh was still there. Anyways yesterday 2 months after the shot we noticed it had a raised bump at the injection site again.
Okay that just doesn't seem right, we'll call the doctor's office on Monday. So Dan called today, apparently nope it is still just a minor side effect of the shot, the lump can linger in the leg for months and up to a year even. Okay call me crazy, but a hard lump in my son's thigh as a reaction to a shot for over 2 months and that can potentially linger for a year just doesn't seem like a "minor side effect" to me.
I am not sure I really want to get him the next shot in the series after this, we probably will because it was one of the shots on our original list of important shots, but you know the whole 2 months to a year before the lump goes away thing really makes me kind of leery of giving him the next shot in the series, since what happens if he has a more severe reaction, because a lump in the leg for 2+ months just doesn't seem minor to me. On the plus side I don't have to worry about it for his July appointment since we are doing the Polio and Prevnar shots then which will catch him up to 12 months, but I will need to decide what I want to do by October when he has his 18 month check up since that would be when he would get the 15 month DTaP since we would be basically caught up then with the shots we are getting him and not delaying or refusing.
I am not really happy with the whole minor reaction is a lump in his thigh that can linger for months.
Posted by tabrizia at 02:51 PM | Comments (2)
Brag: he recognizes D!
Okay the listing the words he knows post was not really a brag, despite what my Mom says (hi Mom!). And I should probably add some of his new words in as well, he's gained a good dozen since that post, but anyways, this post is a brag.
Desmond recognizes the letter D. If you ask him where the D is he will pull out the right alphabet letter from his bath letters. He will also point it out in books, which is when I first realized he knew it, he pointed to a D in one of his books and said D. He will also just randomly pick up his alphabet D and hold it up and say D.
I think he may recognize S and E as well, but I know he recognizes D, how cool is that!
So that mom is a real brag, at under 14 months old Desmond knows the letter D!
Posted by tabrizia at 02:42 PM
June 01, 2008
The Aquarium
So we went to the Aquarium today with Noah, we had invited Clare along too but she was out of town. We had fun and Desmond loved looking at the "dish" (fish). We didn't spend a ton of time, since Desmond is only 14 months, but he does enjoy the "dish". It makes the season passes nice though, since we tend to only spend an hour or two in the aquarium before he is done, and if we had to buy $20 tickets each time Desmond won't get to see "dish" that often. After the aquarium we went to 5 guys since Noah had heard good things about them. Both of us were less them impressed, Dan and Desmond's thoughts don't really count here. They were decent, but they weren't the amazingness that Noah had been lead to believe or that I had heard they were. Oh well it was a nice lunch still. Anyways here are some pictures from the Aquarium.
Posted by tabrizia at 07:45 PM | Comments (1)
Water Play
Desmond loves the water, he really likes playing in. Here are a bunch of pictures from earlier this week when he was playing with water in our yard. Some are from his water table he got for his birthday and the rest are from him playing a big clear container filled with water.
Posted by tabrizia at 07:39 PM