Bad R.E.M. reference for such a wondrous event. This video was taken a mere two days after he had stood for the first time. The next frontier...walking. But that will be another video for another time.
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Bad! Bad! Bad!
We've been bad parents. It's been nearly a month since we last posted anything to this blog. This is not fair to you, as you have missed out on some truly fabulous moments in the life of Desmond. But never fear, I shall catch you up! I hereby swear to post for the next 10 days straight, sharing with you exciting moments involving such things as teeth, lakes, camping trips, toilet paper, swings, toothbrushes, boxes, baths, rock climbing, tricycles, solid foods... and so much more! Hang onto your hats, ladies and gentlemen! Away we go!
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I Want To Break Free
Thwarted by a door latch.
Enjoying confinement (ever so briefly) in the exersaucer.
Enjoying confinement (ever so briefly) in the exersaucer.
A favorite book.
Standing tall.
Video Ketchup
When last we saw our little hero, he was just starting to eat cereal and had the pre-crawl blues. This first video is right after that time. He was about 6 months old and liked to be stood up in his crib...sort of.
He also had a favorite trick that he liked to play in his crib.
Finally, the pre-crawl blues gave way to an obsession to find shoes. SHOES!
At this point we thought he was going to remain horizontal for the rest of his life. We were sooo wrong. This is one of his first vertical moments.
He also had a favorite trick that he liked to play in his crib.
Finally, the pre-crawl blues gave way to an obsession to find shoes. SHOES!
At this point we thought he was going to remain horizontal for the rest of his life. We were sooo wrong. This is one of his first vertical moments.
I know
Yes yes, we've been very negligent in our posting. I have no excuse, since our wireless router thingy has been fixed and the desktop is back in action. So, without further ado, let me make it up to you.
Extreme close up, and still adorable! The finger chewing and drooling really picked up in recent weeks, followed by lots of irritability and intermittent crying jags. "he's teething," people said. Problem was, people (including us) have been saying that for the past 4 months. Just last week, 2 teeth finally emerged, and from the look of his gums, more will follow soon. I've tried to get a picture, but he does not like me poking around is his mouth. This is the best I can do... for now.
A glimpse into the future:
"Desmond, have you seen the Victoria's Secret catalog?"
"Huh? What?"
"The underwear catalog with the half-naked women - have you seen it?"
"No. NO! Leave me alone! God!"
"What's this then? And why is it all ripped to shreds? What were you doing to it??"
"I hate you! Leave me alone!"
(Door slams, stereo turns up full blast.)
Des loves this suitcase. He uses is to stand up and pushes it around from room to room. One day I discovered him perched atop it. Not terribly safe, but terribly cute.
Extreme close up, and still adorable! The finger chewing and drooling really picked up in recent weeks, followed by lots of irritability and intermittent crying jags. "he's teething," people said. Problem was, people (including us) have been saying that for the past 4 months. Just last week, 2 teeth finally emerged, and from the look of his gums, more will follow soon. I've tried to get a picture, but he does not like me poking around is his mouth. This is the best I can do... for now.
A glimpse into the future:
"Desmond, have you seen the Victoria's Secret catalog?"
"Huh? What?"
"The underwear catalog with the half-naked women - have you seen it?"
"No. NO! Leave me alone! God!"
"What's this then? And why is it all ripped to shreds? What were you doing to it??"
"I hate you! Leave me alone!"
(Door slams, stereo turns up full blast.)
We got a new sofa. It's orange and leather, which makes it awesome. It came in a LOT of packing material, which was Desmond's favorite part. Don't you think this photo would make an excellent recycling campaign poster? "Don't throw out those noxious packaging bits! Let your small child play with them! If he manages to not suffocate, you may then smugly place them in the recycling bin."
Avast, ye scurvy dogs! Hand over yer pureed peas, lest I keelhaul ya! Yar.
Iz So Cute U Gonna Die
One of Desmond's favorite games is to stand in his crib and try to grab the mobile. For this game, I put pillows all around the inside of the crib, because he thinks it's a gas to fall onto a soft pillow while reaching for the mobile. He does not seem to enjoy falling and cracking his head against the crib rails. Go figure.
The boy is obsessed with laundry. He is inexplicably drawn to laundry piles. I threw this laundry on him, thinking it would please him. It did.
Yay, Daddy's home!
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!
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