Gymboree

Grandma got us a Gymboree membership for the month of August.
Desmond really seemed to like it - thanks Lynne!

Photo roundup

So many photos, so little time - and the boy's just getting bigger and bigger. Here are some old photos that I've been meaning to post for quite a while.

June 1st - playing with Brendan

June 3 - at the rose garden
June 6 - hiking with auntie Alisha

And So It Begins...

Desmond picks out some CDs to rip

Good taste!

So now that Desmond is mobile--and a very fast crawler at that--his world has opened up, much to our dismay. He loves cords, and no matter how many spots you tack some cords to the wall, he still finds slack to pull and chew on them. He also loves the baseboard heater in the living room. Luckily it's about a million degrees outside so it isn't on, but we don't want him to get used to playing on/with it.

The thing we realized--and was proven during this post--was that we can make it as safe as possible, but he finds ways to bonk his head or escape in a flash. Just now he was playing with my suitcase I used for New York (his new favorite toy) and he stood up, only to fall over and loudly crack his head. That is the scariest sound in the world. Luckily because their memories are only for about 3 seconds, he was over it pretty quickly. I only hope that the bonks don't cause his 3 second memory to stay that way forever!

1,000,000 BC

In this ancient video Desmond takes on a wooly mammoth!

Super Baby!

This is an old video, as you can tell by the size of little Desmond. But I thought it was very funny. He's changed so much since then. For one thing, he looks like a tiny loaf of bologna in this.

Smiling Baby

In this video you will not only see the magical smile of wee Desmond, but you get to hear the dulcet tones of his dad singing a made up song for him. Prepare yourself.